Adolf Bauer (politician, 1945)

Adolf Bauer (2012)

Adolf "Adi" Bauer (born May 26, 1945 in Würzburg ) is a German politician . He was Episcopal Finance Director of the Diocese of Würzburg for 31 years and has been a member of the Würzburg City Council since 1984 . He is a member of the CSU city council and was honorary second mayor of the city of Würzburg from 1996 to 2020 .

Life and education

Adolf Bauer attended the boarding school of the Augustinian monastery in Würzburg. After graduating from the Wirsberg High School , he studied social and economic sciences at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg and at the University of World Trade in Vienna. In 1973 he was at this university a doctorate in social sciences and economics doctorate .

Episcopal Finance Director

From 1973 onwards, Bauer was responsible for special tasks in the Episcopal Ordinariate in Würzburg, such as setting up the EDP or planning the household. In January 1979, Bishop Josef Stangl appointed him financial director of the diocese. He was responsible for financial and property issues in the diocese of Würzburg. Bauer remained in this office for almost 31 years and was retired in May 2010 due to age reasons.

SBW affair

In the course of an affair involving the diocese-owned construction company SBW Bauträger- und Verwaltungs-GmbH ( SBW for short ) in summer 2018, Bauer was dismissed as a member of the supervisory board of this church building company. He then resigned as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Vinzenz Schreinerei und Buchbinderei GmbH and as a member of the investment committee of the Episcopal Chamber of Finance. The diocese had declared the SBW decisions to want to dissolve "entanglements", since they would not meet "today's ideas of compliance and control". According to a report in the Mainpost "Bauer attacked the diocese leadership" and announced that he had "no feelings of guilt". After a complaint about the SBW processes by the vicar general, the public prosecutor investigated and carried out house searches .

City councilor and mayor of Würzburg

Bauer has been a member of the Würzburg city council for the CSU parliamentary group since 1984 and was honorary mayor of Würzburg from 1996 to 2020. In his political work he is a member of the council of elders and the regional planning association of Würzburg. From October 7, 2013 to March 31, 2014, he temporarily assumed the office of Lord Mayor. On May 5, 2014, he was elected second mayor for a further six years in the constituent session of the newly elected city council.

honors and awards

1993: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
Municipal Medal of Merit in bronze
Golden plaque of thanks of the Malteser Hilfsdienst
2003: Honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Cordoba in Argentina (UCC)
2004: Papal Order of Gregory
Honorary member of the Augustinian order
Gold Medal of Honor of the Salesians of Don Bosco
2008: Gambrinus of the Mainfranken beer community

Memberships

Diocesan History Association: Board member
Society for the Promotion of Augustine Research: Deputy Chairman
Catholic Academy Cathedral School: Board member and deputy chairman of the Friends' Association
Catholic school in Bavaria: co-initiator in 1983 and board member.
K.St.V. Normannia Würzburg in KV
K.St.V. Walhalla Würzburg in KV honorary member
Parish, deanery and diocesan council (formerly)
St. Bruno Factory: Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Association of the Dioceses of Germany : Participation in the finance, publishing and legal commission
Weltbild -Verlag: Chairman of the Supervisory Board (formerly)

Web links

Commons : Adolf Bauer (Würzburg) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Würzburg has Bavaria's first "Climate Mayor". May 4, 2020, accessed June 17, 2020 .
↑ Bauer, Adolf: On the verification and realism of macroeconomic production functions: a critical contribution based on the theory of science. 1973, Retrieved March 17, 2019 .
^ The chronology of the SBW affair. July 25, 2018, accessed March 16, 2019 .
^ SBW affair: Mayor Bauer attacks diocese leadership. July 20, 2018, accessed March 19, 2019 .
↑ SBW affair: amazement over house search. September 6, 2018, accessed March 19, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Bauer, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bauer, Adi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (CSU), honorary mayor of the city of Würzburg, provisional lord mayor of the city of Würzburg
DATE OF BIRTH	May 26, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wurzburg

[1] Würzburg has Bavaria's first "Climate Mayor". May 4, 2020, accessed June 17, 2020 .

[2] Bauer, Adolf: On the verification and realism of macroeconomic production functions: a critical contribution based on the theory of science. 1973, Retrieved March 17, 2019 .

[3] The chronology of the SBW affair. July 25, 2018, accessed March 16, 2019 .

[4] SBW affair: Mayor Bauer attacks diocese leadership. July 20, 2018, accessed March 19, 2019 .

[5] SBW affair: amazement over house search. September 6, 2018, accessed March 19, 2019 .