Willi Werner Macke

Willi Werner Macke (born February 14, 1914 in Cochem ; † June 20, 1985 in Koblenz ) was a German lawyer, political scientist and politician ( CDU ). From 1960 to 1972 he was Lord Mayor of Koblenz.

Life and work

Macke was a soldier in World War II after studying law and political science . After 1945 he became the syndic of the city of Mönchengladbach . After he became an alderman for the city of Bonn in 1947 , he played a key role in its expansion into the federal capital . In March 1966, Macke resigned from the CDU because he no longer agreed with its denominational school policy. He was a member of the Catholic student union K.St.V. Arminia Bonn .

Acting as the Lord Mayor of Koblenz

Macke was unanimously elected mayor of the city of Koblenz on October 14, 1960 by the city council and remained in this office until October 13, 1972. During his term of office, the rebuilt Horchheimer Eisenbahnbrücke (1961), the opening of the Federal Archives at Wöllershof (1961), the inauguration of the Rhein-Mosel-Halle (1962), the start of construction of the residential area on the Horchheimer Höhe (1963), the Moselle canalization and approval of the Koblenz barrage (1964), the construction of the Rhine port in Koblenz (1965), the housing development on the former airfield on the Karthauser (1965), the construction of the city ​​baths (1966), the new construction of the monastery hospital (1970), the conversion the Löhrstrasse into a pedestrian zone (1971) and the demolition of the Rittersturz mountain hotel (1972).

On June 27, 1962, Koblenz became the 54th major city in Germany with a population of 100,000 . The biggest challenge of his tenure was the incorporation of Kesselheim and Stolzenfels in 1969 and Arenberg, Immendorf, Arzheim, Güls, Lay, Bubenheim, Rübenach and Kripp (formerly part of Rhens ) in 1970. The population of Koblenz increased from 106,381 to 124,000 and that Urban area by around 3,500 to 10,200 hectares. During his tenure, twinned cities with Nevers (1963) and London Borough of Haringey (1969) were established.

literature

• Wolfgang Schütz: Koblenz heads. People from the city's history - namesake for streets and squares. Verlag für Werbung Blätter GmbH Mülheim-Kärlich, Ed .: Bernd Weber, 2005 (2nd revised and expanded edition).
• Energieversorgung Mittelrhein GmbH (ed.): History of the city of Koblenz . Overall editing: Ingrid Bátori in conjunction with Dieter Kerber and Hans Josef Schmidt
  • Vol. 1: From the beginning to the end of the electoral era . Theiss, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-8062-0876-X
  • Vol. 2: From the French city to the present . Theiss, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-8062-1036-5