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Founded in 1919
At the end of
the 19th century, Lindhorst was still dominated by
agriculture.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the first
SPD supporters settled in Lindhorst,
mainly because of the construction of
the Hannover – Minden railway line
and the
coal mining industry in the urban hinterland.
In 1919, the supporters joined ranks
to form the SPD Lindhorst association.
The founder was the former station
master, Mr. Loitsch.
Not only in Lindhorst
the SPD became the strongest force during several elections
with results of about 40%. Because the parish teamed
up with the the German National
People's Party, it was impossible for the SPD to get a
majority for the council.
In 1919, Mr. Loitsch was elected
Member of Parliament for Schaumburg-Lippe.
Then he became District Administrator of Bückeburg. At that
time, Mr. Wedemeier,
Mr. Kramer and Mr. Duhnsen were still workingf or the SPD.
Until 1932, the SPD achieved around
50% in Lindhorst.
The Nazi Era
Because of the National Socialism and the consequences
involved - such as the prohibition of the SPD
as well as the pursuit of its members - their work had to
rest until after the Second World War.
Re-establishment
Among others, Karl Lauenstein, Christoph Koller, Wilhelm
Mensching, Wilhelm Stahlhut as well as Fritz
Heine where the ones to rebuild the SPD in Lindhorst.
Christoph Koller was
Chairman from 1947 until 1953.
Elections in 1954
Because of immigration the population of Lindhorst
increased rapidly during these years.
In 1939, about 1.000 people were living in Lindhorst,
whereas in 1954 the number increased to around
4.000, appr. 3.000 of whom were miners. In November 1954,
the midterm elections for the council took place. The SPD
won the elections, getting the absolute majority. The party
provided 8 out of 15 councillors.
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Heinz Schmidt got the lead between 1953 and 1961.
By his initiative the „old playground“ and the
Lindhorster Solarbad were built. The latter was
transferred to
the joint community in 1974. On October 14th, 2006 he was
documentary nominated as honorary chairman.
In addition to his work at today's local association,
he has been active in the district board ever
since 60 plus was founded in 1992. |
Work priorities / Main priorities
At that time the members of the SPD local association dealt
with subjects such as children and youths as well as sports
and education.
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The former mayor of West Berlin and
Ex-Chancellor Willy Brandt with Herbert Saas at
the
Magister-Nothold school. Early 1961 in Lindhorst
[ Glück-Auf-Str. / Kornstraße ] |
They had a significant stake in the construction of
the kindergarten including the youth room,
the school, the sports field as
well as the swimming pool.
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Bürgermeister
der Gemeinde Lindhorst
wurde Wilhelm Mensching am 20.12.1954,
der dieses
Amt bis 1990 inne hatte.
Auch stellte die SPD von 1974 bis 1990 mit ihm
den Bürgermeister
der Samtgemeinde Lindhorst. |
In addition, the SPD campaigned for
the establishment of the local youth council. It was because
of their initiative that one of the first children's homes
in the rural area was founded. In the early days,
Christopher Koller was the president.
On July 11th,, 1953, Heinz
Schmidt - still active as honorary chairman in the board
of the local association in Lindhorst - took over the
presidency. Back then, the council, led by the council
members, had to cope with numerous difficult tasks like
water supply, waste water disposal and garbage disposal.
During the 50s, the local association had 21 members,
whereas they have 85 members today. In 1968, the number of
members peaked up to 171. From 1961 until 1972, Helmut
Günther took over the presidency of the local association.
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His son Andreas Günther, an active member of
the OV
(except for a short period) since 1981, was
elected into the county
council
in 2006. Thereby he achieved the fourth best
result among all
county council's
members. This is a highly remarkable result, as
it had
been his first-time
candidateship. However, he feels that this
result is
an obligation towards
the citizens.
In 2011, he is standing for election
to the municipality-citizen champion with 62.46 percent and this could
decide for themselves! |
As mayor, Kurt Reuther has dealt with contemporary
issues in Lindhorst since 1991.
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One year prior to the local election in 1991,
Kurt Reuther – generally referred to as „our
Kurt“ - became mayor
of the community and stayed until 2005. |
Thus, the SPD Lindhorst - led by chairman Detlef Klemz
(1093-2001) - campaigned for the maintenance of
the "old" sports ground at the
Lüdersfelderstraße and, subsequently, against the
building development of this area.
In 2001 was established on the basis of an initiative
of the 'home club' a village renewal program. After
approval by the State of Lower Saxony, was started in
2002 with the implementation. Engine of rural renewal
was Dziemba Max, who took over the lead with great
Engagent. The largest project was the renovation of
the old farm of the family Gümmer in the community
center. It was the village community center "Gümmer
court."
Thus, Kurt Reuther could hand over the mayor's office in the
new community centre to Hans-Otto Blume on September 30th
,2005.
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The former prime minister of Lower Saxony and
future Chancellor Gerhard Schröder with Hiltrud
(Hensen), Alfred Reckmann
and Kurt Reuther in Lindhorst. |
Current issues
Basically, the issues of the local association of the
SPD have not changed. During the days of "small
funds" working on current issues in Lindhorst
continues.
That substantially focus of the SPD is to continue the
renovation of villages. The aim is traffic-problems
are eliminated, such as the parking situation at the
kindergarten and the redevelopment of the market place
with a transfer to the central bus station.
After the completion of the village community center
"Gümmer yard" with its museum, was
even the school playground and the village hall in the
village of Ottensen 2011 repaired. Other activities
will follow, as the Final settlement of the mausoleum.
Further activities will follow.
Moreover, the members of the
SPD are campaigning in Lindhorst.
Among others,
Sebastian Edathy
the federal election campaign
and
Grant Hendrik Tonne
(Member of Parliament) for
various events in Lindhorst.
The district administrator, Heinz-Gerhard Schöttelndreier,
visits on a regular basis. Mainly, however, in connection
with village modernization issues.
For the members of the local
association, working with local clubs is of utmost
importance.
This involves, for example, the
refuse collection organised by the TuS Jahn-Lindhorst.
Various public events related to the
Lindhorst SPD do not just happen during election times
instead of election campaigns. Events
are announced in each of the display cases and online
www.spd-lindhorst.de
The website (spd-lindhorst-sgv.de) went online as a
B-version on the1st of January in 2006. Since then our
web-master Klaus Baxmann is working on its further
development.
Partially, these events, such as the annual bicycle tour
with a barbecue are very important for the inhabitants of
Lindhorst.
On the 14th of October in 2007 BINGO was
successfully put into practice for the first time.
The event now takes place every year because it appeals to „young“
and „old“.
The abundance of funds is inured to the benefits of a club.
Ideas of Detlef Klemz about the political honorary office:
Mainly because of the small size of Lindhorst, chances to
fill the honorary office with life are great. Thereby the
citizens can directly feel and see what is done.
A walk
through the village, an excursion always provides the
evidence for our public responsiveness in daily life.
Consistently there are conversations with the citizens of
Lindhorst like, for example in the "Klartext", where
they announce their views concerning our political work.
Thereby, I think it is very important and perfectly finde
that they do not always agree with everything we do or say.
This way it is possible to know precisely what the citizens
of Lindhorst require.
Moreover, it is also possible to clear out misunderstandings
and you get the chance to explain yourself.
Detlef
Klemz - member of the OV-Lindhorst since 1986
and since this year to 2006 in the party leadership of the
OV. Inga W.
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