Ludwig Landmann

Ludwig Landmann ( born May 18, 1868 in Mannheim, † March 5, 1945 in Voorburg, Netherlands) was a liberal German local politician of the Weimar Republic. Landmann belonged during the Empire, first the National Social, then the Progressive People's Party, and finally, after 1918 the German Democratic Party.

Life

Landmann graduated after graduating from the Mannheim school studying law in Heidelberg, Berlin and Munich. In 1894 he started at the city council Mannheim as legal laborers. He was appointed close associate of Mayor Otto Beck and 1898 the city counsel. In addition, he lectured at the School of Economics and in 1917 awarded him an honorary doctorate by the University of Heidelberg. Twice, in the seasons 1912/13 and 1914 /15, he also took over on an interim basis as director of the National Theatre Mannheim. The 1913 elected mayor Theodor Kutzer wanted to set up a fourth mayoral positions for compatriot, but this was rejected by the city council. As Kutzer wanted to transfer a portion of his portfolio to compatriot, there was another difference with the City Council, so that compatriot quit the service.

In 1917, he was Head of Economic Affairs in Frankfurt am Main. Shortly before this country man stepped out from the Jewish community and was non-denominational. In 1924 he was elected mayor of Frankfurt.

Immediately prior to the Nazi victory in the local elections on 12 March 1933, he was driven by threats from office and handed in his resignation. His successor was Frederick Cancer of the NSDAP.

Country man then left Frankfurt and moved to Berlin. Because of his Jewish background, he was subjected to various harassments, including his pension payments were temporarily suspended. In 1939 he left Germany and emigrated to the Netherlands, home of his wife. After the German occupation of the Netherlands in 1940, he was hidden by relatives and friends to protect him from deportation. In 1945, he died in hiding from malnutrition and heart failure.

Work

Ludwig Landmann laid the foundation for the economic rise of the city, which develops its full bloom by 1945. Known are its infrastructure, including the Forest Stadium, the Great Market Hall and the airport Frankfurt- Rebstock. He was co-founder of HaFraBa community of interest and may be considered as one of the " fathers" of the highway. Landmann also founded the Nassau homestead.

Landmann appointed Ernst May to settlement department heads with extensive powers. May built pioneering settlements and brought renowned architects and designers to Frankfurt that cooperated on the "New Frankfurt".

Appreciation

The Ludwig- Landmann-Straße is a reminder of him. A portrait of the mayor of Wilhelm Hongxin, a Sossenheimer painter, hangs in the foyer in front of the council chamber in the Frankfurt Römer City Hall.