Wilhelm Hillesheim

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Wilhelm Hillesheim ( March 17, 1889 in Güls ; † January 18, 1976 in Koblenz ) was a German carpenter and local politician ( CDU ).

Life

Hillesheim was the son of the Gülser ferryman Friedrich Wilhelm Hillesheim. He learned the trade of carpenter.

In 1914 he was drafted into military service. In September 1914 he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class, and shortly thereafter the Iron Cross 1st Class. During the Weimar Republic he was a member of the Center Party , which he belonged to until it was dissolved in 1933. From 1924 to 1933 he was a member of the municipal council in Güls. He was honored with a street named after him ( Wilhelmstraße after incorporation of Lubentiusstraße ) for his voluntary commitment to the citizens .

In the Third Reich he was temporarily imprisoned as an opponent of National Socialism , but thanks to his awards "because of the defendant's high sense of honor and his services to the fatherland", he was only sentenced to a fine.

After 1945 he was a member of the Güls municipal council, the Koblenz district council and deputy mayor of the Winningen district administration . From December 1952 he was first district deputy of the Koblenz district .

In his job he was involved in the restoration of numerous sacred buildings damaged in the Second World War for the timber construction company Dillmann in Rhens due to his in-depth knowledge of statics , such as the Church of Our Lady in Koblenz , the Basilica in Trier , the Christ Church and St. Peter in Mainz.

In 1956 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st Class , for his public work and his services for the reconstruction after the collapse in 1945 . In 1968 the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate honored him with the Freiherr vom Stein plaque .

Hillesheim had been married to Gertrud Hillesheim (born Winter from Dieblich ) since 1918 . The couple had three children, Susanne Hermans , Anton Hillesheim and Dora Hahn. Berti Hahn is a grandson of Wilhelm Hillesheim.

literature

  • Susanne Hermans: My parliamentary work. In: Sparkassen- und Giroverband Rheinland-Pfalz (Hrsg.): Rhineland-Palatinate Personal. Memories and encounters. Mainz 1987, ISBN 3-87439-144-2 , pp. 105-119.
  • Alois Pickel, Andreas Neisius: Bombs, rubble, human sacrifice - Güls in World War II. 2nd Edition. Ortsring Güls, 2004, pp. 160–162.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Küppers: Hubert Hermans (1909-1989). Authorized representative of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate in Bonn. In: Yearbook for West German State History. 16. 1990, pp. 521-535.
  2. ↑ Federal Cross of Merit for two deserving citizens. Staats-Zeitung - State Gazette for Rhineland-Palatinate, No. 1, Volume 8 of January 6, 1957, p. 2.
personal data
SURNAME Hillesheim, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German carpenter and local politician (CDU)
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Güls , Koblenz district
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 1976
Place of death Koblenz