Werner Bockelmann

Werner Bockelmann (23 September 1907 – 7 April 1968) was a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, who served as the Mayor of Frankfurt between 1957 and 1964. Bockelmann was born in Moscow to a German banker, Heinrich Bockelmann, and fellow German Anna Bockelmann (née Förster). The family was quite rich. In 1920, the Bockelmann family moved to Germany. After attending the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums in Hamburg, Bockelmann studied Law at the universities of Dresden, Hamburg, Göttingen and Graz. He became a lawyer in Hamburg in 1935. Bockelmann was the Chief of Staff of the Kriegsmarine between 1941 and 1945. Bockelmann's first political experience was in the city of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony. He served as the mayor of Lüneburg between 1945 and 1946, and became a city manager in 1946, staying in that role until 1955. From 1955 to 1957 Bockelmann was the mayor of Ludwigshafen in Rhineland-Palatinate.