Wilhelm Greven

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Wilhelm Heinrich Erich Hubert Maria Greven (born June 12, 1875 in Cologne ; † April 8, 1939 ) was a German lawyer and alderman for the city of Cologne.

Life

Origin and family

Wilhelm Greven was the son of a Cologne timber merchant. His sister Maria married August Adenauer , the brother of Konrad Adenauer .

He was married to Lilly, born Hamm (1881–1961), a daughter of the Higher Regional Court President Oskar Hamm , and is the grandfather of Jochen Greven .

career

Alongside Peter Krautwig and Bruno Matzerath, Greven, who holds a doctorate in law, is a long-term companion of Konrad Adenauer. In addition to Adenauer, he was the second legal alderman with known membership in the Center Party .

In 1905 he was elected alderman for the city of Cologne, initially responsible for caring for the poor and orphans . Around 1911 he was chairman of the supervisory board of the Cologne-Süd building cooperative . On his initiative, as evidenced by his contribution from 1911 and his commitment, the GAG was founded in 1913 by a unanimous council decision, and Greven became its chairman. On the 100th birthday of the GAG, he received a name recognition. The Gremberghoven railway settlement was designed at his structural suggestion in 1911 . He was also involved in the construction of the Dormagen “Krüppelheim” of the Dr. Dormagen was involved and was present at the opening ceremony in June 1913.

In addition, he was active in the reorganization of urban poor relief. From 1914, the additional areas of responsibility were the housing department and ports (until 1921) and shipyards . He later became a lecturer at the re-established University of Cologne , where he taught housing .

He then served in the First World War , was awarded and returned to the city administration in his original field of activity at the end of 1918. Subsequently, he fought heavily against the introduction of tenant protection, such as B. the introduction of the tenant authorization card and the recognition of the building cooperative tenant protection . This was also due to the fact that around 1926 there had been a “regrettable fragmentation in the non-profit housing construction in Cologne”.

In March 1933, after the Reichstag and local elections, the Cologne City Hall was occupied by the NSDAP , and the removal of Konrad Adenauer as Cologne Mayor should be formally confirmed. Cologne's highest National Socialist , Gauleiter Josef Grohé , demanded this from the senior deputy, who was present in the town hall, Greven. Greven did not do this and referred to the district president Hans Elfgen to decide which Adenauer would leave a short time later. A few days later, Grevens was ousted together with six other aldermen, including Max Berndorff , Ernst Schwering and Willi Suth .

Greven died in 1939 at the age of 63 and was buried in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne .

Works (selection)

  • A municipal housing commission and its area of ​​work. A contribution to solving the housing issue in Cologne. Kölner Verlagsanstalt und Druckerei AG, Cologne, 1911
  • Municipal promotion of small housing in Cölln . ZfW, 1913, pp. 126-127.
  • Cologne settlement policy . In Cologne. Structural development 1888–1927, Berlin, 1927, pp. 87–89.
  • Cologne housing construction with special consideration of the buildings of the “Gemeinnützigen AG for housing construction, Cologne” . In: Apartment, Economy, Design, Berlin, 1928.
  • Cologne's housing situation according to the census of May 16, 1927 . Cologne Administration, Economy and Statistics, 7.2, Cologne, 1929.

literature

  • Klaus Novy : Housing reform in Cologne: history of building cooperatives . Bachem , 1986.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Ludwig Greven: Dispersion measurements in the area of ​​the decimeter waves . Universitat Koln., 1940 ( google.de [accessed October 11, 2019]).
  2. ^ A b c Heidrun Edelmann: The Adenauers and the University of Cologne . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019, ISBN 978-3-412-51525-6 , pp. 14 ( google.de [accessed on October 11, 2019]).
  3. ↑ Werner Biermann: Konrad Adenauer: A century of life . Rowohlt E-Book, 2017, ISBN 978-3-644-10026-8 ( google.de [accessed October 11, 2019]).
  4. ↑ Everhard Kleinertz, Hartmut Sander, Hugo Stehkämper, Historical Archive of the City of Cologne: Konrad Adenauer: his time, his work: Exhibition on the occasion of the 100th birthday on January 5, 1976, Historical Archive of the City of Cologne, January 5 to 30. April 1976 . The Archives, 1976, p. 11 ( google.de [accessed on October 11, 2019]).
  5. ↑ Cologne History Association: Yearbook . SH- Verlag, 1999, p. 160 ( google.de [accessed on October 11, 2019]).
  6. ↑ Konrad Adenauer, Hugo Stehkämper: Konrad Adenauer, Lord Mayor of Cologne . Historical archive, 1976, p. 35 ( google.de [accessed on October 11, 2019]).
  7. ^ A b Hans Peter Mensing, Konrad Adenauer: Adenauer in the Third Reich . Siedler, 1991, p. 517 ( google.de [accessed October 11, 2019]).
  8. ^ Clara E. Laeis: Corporate Citizenship: entrepreneurial citizen competence in the service of a renewal of the social market economy: a concept for medium-sized companies . LIT Verlag Münster, 2005, ISBN 978-3-8258-8630-1 , p. 91 ( google.de [accessed October 12, 2019]).
  9. ↑ Motor of housing construction: GAG has to build 1,200 subsidized apartments per year! Retrieved October 11, 2019 .
  10. ^ Hiltrud Kier, Ulrich Krings: Stadtspuren, Denkmäler in Köln . Bachem, 1998, ISBN 978-3-7616-1388-7 , pp. 566 ( google.de [accessed October 11, 2019]).
  11. ^ Chronicle of Cologne . Chronik Verlag, 1997, ISBN 978-3-577-14445-2 , p. 321 ( google.de [accessed on October 11, 2019]).
  12. ↑ Anniversary ceremony in the town hall. In: GAG Immobilien AG. Retrieved October 11, 2019 (German).
  13. ↑ Gremberghoven railway settlement | Knut Stegmann. P. 178 , accessed October 12, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Gabriele Oepen-Domschky: Cologne economic citizen of the German Empire: Eugen Langen, Ludwig Stollwerck, Arnold of Guilleaume and Simon Alfred von Oppenheim . Foundation Rheinisch-Westfälisches Wirtschaftsarchiv zu Köln, 2003, ISBN 978-3-933025-38-8 , p. 290 ( google.de [accessed on October 11, 2019]).
  15. ↑ Reading room - inventory - Order 791 - Hafen (Department). Retrieved October 12, 2019 .
  16. ^ Heidrun Edelmann: The Adenauers and the University of Cologne . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019, ISBN 978-3-412-51525-6 , pp. 108 ( google.de [accessed on October 11, 2019]).
  17. ^ SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg Germany: Photo gallery - Image 4 - Second World War: My father, the National Socialist. Retrieved October 11, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Konrad Adenauer, Hugo Stehkämper: Konrad Adenauer, Lord Mayor of Cologne . Historical archive, 1976, p. 257 ( google.de [accessed October 11, 2019]).
  19. ↑ Cologne History Association: Yearbook . SH- Verlag, 2007, p. 125 + 140 ( google.de [accessed on October 11, 2019]).
  20. ^ Adolf Klein (Dr phil.): Cologne in the Third Reich: City History of the Years 1933-1945 . Greven, 1983, ISBN 978-3-7743-0206-8 , pp. 72 ( google.de [accessed on October 11, 2019]).
  21. ^ Hans Peter Mensing, Konrad Adenauer: Adenauer in the Third Reich . Siedler, 1991, p. 513 ( google.de [accessed October 11, 2019]).
  22. ↑ burial place. In: Findagrave.com. Retrieved October 11, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Greven, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Greven, Wilhelm Heinrich Erich Hubert Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and alderman
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1939