Wilhelm Füllenbach

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Wilhelm Füllenbach (born April 4, 1887 in Dümpten near Mülheim, † February 5, 1948 in Düsseldorf ) was a German lawyer and politician. Towards the end of the war, he briefly served as appointed mayor of Düsseldorf in 1945 .

Füllenbach studied law and received his doctorate in Münster in 1906 .

During the time of National Socialism , Füllenbach acted at least temporarily as city ​​treasurer in Düsseldorf . The Americans conquered the city on April 17, 1945. On the same day, following advice from Catholic clergy, who always advised US troops in Germany, they appointed Füllenbach Lord Mayor . At the beginning of June 1945 the British took control of Düsseldorf as part of the British zone of occupation. Füllenbach, who was not dependent on any parliament, relied on the Catholic Church, former central politicians and former liberals who had been members of the DVP in choosing his employees . In addition, he campaigned for the Catholic denominational school and rejected the previously existing community schools. As a result, he aroused criticism from the SPD, which is strongly anchored in Düsseldorf, the trade unions and the Protestant Church, which advocated non-denominational schools. The SPD and KPD demanded that Füllenbach be recalled. Philipp Auerbach , to whom the newly appointed District President Fuchs had entrusted the task of "uncovering the past of the National Socialists", was apparently able to contribute information that, among other things, a. "contributed" to the "dismissal" of Füllenbach. The KPD accused him of being a supporting member of the SS . The British then withdrew support from Füllenbach. Füllenbach was released on September 18, 1945. A street in the Golzheim district of Düsseldorf between Meineckestrasse and Tersteegenstrasse is named in honor of Füllenbach. Füllenbach has since been rehabilitated. In 2016 his portrait was hung in Düsseldorf City Hall.

His great-grandson Elias H. Füllenbach has been prior of the Dominican monastery in Düsseldorf since November 2014.

Works

  • The legal position of the executor in the legal disputes he has led and the effects of his death on them. Munster i. W. 1910 (Diss. Münster).
  • Civil register of the city of Düsseldorf. Collection of the imperial and state legal provisions, ordinances and decrees of the state authorities relating to community life . Düsseldorf 1928.

literature

  • Karl H. Neidhöfer: Düsseldorf. Street names and their history. Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1979, ISBN 3-77000-494-9 .
  • Clemens von Looz-Corswarem, article Füllenbach. In the S. / Benedikt Mauer (Ed.), The large Düsseldorf Lexicon . Cologne 2012, p. 249.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hannes Ludyga: Philipp Auerbach (1906–1952): State Commissioner for Racially, Religiously and Politically Persecuted People . 2005, p. 36.
  2. ^ Peter Hüttenberger: Düsseldorf under British occupation. In Hugo Weidenhaupt (ed.): Düsseldorf. History from the origins to the 20th century. Volume 3 . Schwann, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-491-34223-6 , p. 632.
  3. ↑ duesseldorf.de - city map view of Füllenbachstraße ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / splan7-2.duesseldorf.de
  4. ↑ http://www.wz.de/lokales/duesseldorf/ex-ob-fuellenbach-haengt-nun-endet-in-der-ahnengalerie-1.2214137
  5. ↑ http://www.wz-newsline.de/lokales/duesseldorf/kultur/auftakt-fuer-die-weltklasse-schau-1.662842
personal data
SURNAME Füllenbach, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Muffled
DATE OF DEATH February 5, 1948
Place of death Dusseldorf