Albrecht Schröter

Albrecht Schröter (2017)

Albrecht Schröter (* 7. April 1955 in Halle / Saale ) is a German politician of the SPD and was 2006-2018 Mayor of Jena .

Life

Albrecht Schröter attended the Polytechnic High School from 1962 to 1972 . For political reasons he was denied the Abitur. After graduating from school, he completed two and a half years of training as a nurse in Eberswalde and Bad Freienwalde (Oder) . He then began studying Protestant theology at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg .

After graduating in 1980, he worked as a research assistant in the theology section and as a vicar in Protestant youth work until he took over a pastor's office in Jena in 1984 (initially at the Friedenskirche and from 1986 to 1997 in the Luthersprengel). In 1985 he founded the “Jena Judaism Working Group” to deal with the history of Jena Jews and to look after the memory of the persecution of the Jews. 1996 followed by the doctorate to Dr. theol. in Halle-Wittenberg (summa cum laude). From 1997 he worked as a representative of the Free State of Thuringia for new religious movements and special communities and as a specialist at the Thuringian Institute for Teacher Training, Curriculum Development and Media (ThILLM) in Bad Berka . From 2000 to 2006 Schröter was the department head for social affairs and culture in the city of Jena. From July 1st, 2006 to June 30th, 2018 he was Lord Mayor of Jena.

Schröter is divorced and has five children and two grandchildren. He is the descendant of Dorothea Sophie Michaelsen, née Handel, a biological sister of Georg Friedrich Handel .

Political development

His commitment during the GDR period was primarily aimed at church youth work. On October 1, 1989, he co-founded the Democratic Awakening (DA) in Berlin and its spokesman in Jena. He left this party in March 1990 as a consequence of the result of the Volkskammer election and the merger of the DA, DSU and CDU . Until March 1990, Schröter was responsible at the “round table” in Jena for questions about renewal in the health system.

In October 1990 Schröter joined the SDP , later the SPD. From 1990 to 1994 he was a member of the Jena City Council and deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group. From 1998 to 2004 he was chairman of the Jena SPD. From 2004 to 2018 he was a member of the state executive committee of the SPD Thuringia . In May 2000 he was defeated by the incumbent Peter Röhlinger in the runoff elections for mayor with 47.2%. From September 2000 to June 2006 he was the department head for social affairs and culture in the city of Jena. In 2001 he founded the Jena Cultural Foundation, which he is chairman to this day.

Schröter was elected Lord Mayor of Jena with 54.4% in a runoff election on May 21, 2006. The re-election took place in the runoff election on May 6, 2012 with 72.9%. In the local elections in 2018 on April 15 and 29, 2018, he was defeated in the second ballot by Thomas Nitzsche (FDP).

From 2010 to 2018 Albrecht Schröter was a member of the Presidium of the German Association of Cities . There he was particularly committed to supporting the Middle East peace process through closer cooperation between German, Israeli and Palestinian municipalities.

Schröter is committed against right-wing extremism . In 2009 he launched the initiative “Municipalities against Right-Wing Extremism”, which established a network of central German municipalities in the fight against neo-Nazis and aims to provide mutual support for cities during Nazi rallies.

Religious activities

Schröter is a committed Protestant Christian who is strongly committed to ecumenism. He received his doctorate in 1996 with the doctoral thesis The Catholic-Apostolic Congregations in Germany and the "Fall Geyer" and thus provided the first scientific account of the European history of the Catholic-Apostolic Congregations and the emergence of the New Apostolic Church . To this day, this work is considered a standard work and provides many previously unknown documents and research results as an important source of information. In 2001 the book Pictures for the History of the Catholic Apostolic Congregations was published, a bilingual illustrated book with previously unpublished images. He also wrote articles in the lexicon of new religious groups, scenes and world views , Jews in Jena and in Helmut Obst's What is Church? The self-understanding of apostolic churches and communities as the Church of Jesus Christ .

In addition to his elaborations on the history of the apostolic religious communities, he regularly gives specialist lectures on the topic and has been actively campaigning for the reconciliation of the New Apostolic Church and the Apostolic Community for several years.

honors and awards

On November 17, 2011, Albrecht Schröter received the “Prize for civil courage against right-wing radicalism, anti-Semitism and racism”. The “Support Group Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe ” honored the longstanding commitment of the Jena mayor against neo-Nazis.

On February 3, 2015, Schröter reached 6th place out of 121 proposed mayors in the Internet vote for the title “ World Mayor ”. The British City Mayors Foundation awards the “World Mayor” every two years to honor the achievements of mayors.

Publications

• The Catholic Apostolic Congregations and the 'Geyer Case'. Dissertation . 3. Edition. Marburg 2004.
• with others (ed.): Jews in Jena. A search for clues. Jena 1998.
• Turn in Jena. Diary notes, documents, photos. Jena 2000. (2nd edition: The peaceful revolution in Jena. Diary notes, documents, photos. Jena 2009)
• Pictures on the history of the Catholic Apostolic Congregations. Jena 2001.

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1. ↑ Interview from 2007  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
2. ↑ Election of the district administrators and mayors of the independent cities 2006 - final result: Kreisfrei Stadt 053 Stadt Jena. State Returning Officer Thuringia, accessed on July 1, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Election of the district administrators and mayors of the independent cities 2012 - final result: Kreisfrei Stadt 053 Stadt Jena. State Returning Officer Thuringia, accessed on July 1, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Election of the district administrators and mayors of the urban districts 2018 - final result: District-free city 053 City of Jena. State Returning Officer Thuringia, accessed on July 1, 2018 . 
5. ↑ apwiki.de - The Catholic Apostolic Congregations in Germany and the Geyer case
6. ↑ apostolische-geschichte.de: ÖKT: Theological homework necessary ( Memento from July 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ apostolische-geschichte.de: Controversial history paper was removed from the Internet ( memento of June 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ jenatv.de: Civil courage prize for Albrecht Schröter ( Memento from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ worldmayor.com: Testimonials for Albrecht Schröter (Engl.)

Web links

Commons : Albrecht Schröter  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website
• Literature by and about Albrecht Schröter in the catalog of the German National Library

predecessor	Office	successor
Peter Röhlinger	Lord Mayor of Jena 2006-2018	Thomas Nitzsche