Franz Bourchard Ernst Adickes was a German politician. He was the mayor of

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from 1873 to 1876, the mayor of Altona from 1876 to 1879, and

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from 14 October 1890 to 1 October 1912. Adickes is considered one of the most important in the history of

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due to his tenure during the founding period, an important time in Frankfurt's urban development. In the history of Frankfurt, Adickes has the longest tenure as mayor.

Family

Adickes is the brother of German philosopher Erich Adickes. On 27 September 1873, Adickes married Sophie Therese Lambert (1848-1922) and they had four children: * Friedrich, the only son, died in July 1874 at the age of four days. * Theodore (1875-1945), married Dr. Ludwig Rottenberg (1864-1932), a Frankfurt composer and first conductor of the

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in 1895. Her daughter, Gertrud (1900-1967) married the Frankfurt composer

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. * Gertrud (1878-1960), married the business magnate and politician

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(1865-1951) in 1900 and together had a son and three daughters. * Erika (1889-1960), married Karl Eisenlohr.

Political Career

Adickes studied law in

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and

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from 1864 to 1867. In July 1873, shortly after his Second State Exam, he was unanimously elected mayor of Dortmund, a position he served for three years. In 1876, Adickes was appointed as the second mayor in the Prussian city of Altona, succeeding Friedrich Thaden. As mayor, Adickes developed the city to compete with neighboring

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. The Frankfurt city council elected Adickes on 14 October 1890 as mayor. He assisted the establishment of the Festhalle art museum. He was an important figure in the founding of

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in 1914. He also chieved the establishment of an efficient airport.

Death and legacy

Adickes died two and a half years after the end of his term as mayor of Frankfurt. In 1912, he was appointed honorary citizen of the city of Frankfurt, and in 1914 was awarded the title " Real Geheimer Rat", a symbolic honor for the highest officials in Prussia. On 25 October 1916, a bust was unveiled in the atrium of the new university for the university founder, who died the previous year. In 1996, on the occasion of Adickes' 150th birthday, the Institute of Urban History organized the exhibition Breakthrough to Modernity.

References

* https://www.myheritage.com/names/franz_adickes * {{DEFAULTSORT:Adickes, Franz Mayors of Frankfurt 20th-century German politicians 19th-century German politicians 1846 births 1915 deaths