Christian Schramm

Christian Schramm (2011)

Christian Schramm (* 3. May 1952 in Burgstädt ) is a former local politician of the CDU and Mayor of Bautzen (1990-2015). From 2003 to 2015 he was President and Vice-President of the German Association of Towns and Municipalities .

Life

In 1968 Schramm graduated from the Polytechnic High School and began an apprenticeship as a lathe operator . 1970 to 1974 he studied religious education at the Protestant University of Moritzburg . From 1974 Schramm worked as a parish deacon in Bautzen - since 1988 as a district catechist of the Bautzen parish for two years .

Christian Schramm is married and has three children.

Political activity

Schramm, who was non-party before the fall of the Wall and who later worked as a co-founder of the New Forum in Bautzen, was also a member of a group for the democratic processing of the events surrounding the MfS detention center Bautzen II (today a memorial).

In 1990 he finally joined the CDU . In the same year he was elected mayor of the city of Bautzen . Since 1995, when Bautzen was renamed a major district town, his title was Lord Mayor. In the mayoral elections on June 8, 2008, he received 66.7% of the vote. For the elections on June 7, 2015, he did not run again after a 25-year term in office. Alexander Ahrens (independent) was elected as his successor . His term of office ended on July 30, 2015.

During his term of office, among other things, the renovation of the old town of Bautzen and the construction of the Kornmarkt-Center , a shopping center on the historic Kornmarkt in the city ​​center .

Member of the following bodies

Schramm holds the following positions in various supraregional bodies:

• Since 1990 member of the state board of the Saxon City and Municipal Council
• Since 1991 member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for the Sorbian People
• Since 1994 member of the main committee of the German Association of Towns and Municipalities
• From 1996 to 2017 member of the Saxon Cultural Senate , from 2013 as its president
• From 2001 to 2016 President of the Saxon City and Municipal Council
• Since 2002 member of the board of trustees for a cosmopolitan Saxony
• Since 2003 President and Vice President of the German Association of Towns and Municipalities
• Member of the MDR Board of Directors since 2010

Honors

On June 2, 2012 he was awarded Saxon Landtag President Matthias Roessler for "his contribution to the democratic development of local communities" the Saxon Constitutional Medal . On August 5, 2016, Stanislaw Tillich awarded him the Saxon Order of Merit .

On September 18, 2019, Schramm was awarded honorary citizenship of the city of Bautzen.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Saxony, Mayor election 2008 in Bautzen
2. ↑ Award of the Saxon Constitutional Medal, press release of June 2, 2012 ( Memento of the original of August 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Christian Schramm receives Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Christian Schramm is an honorary citizen of the city of Bautzen. Press release from September 19, 2019 on bautzen.de; accessed on September 20, 2019