Christoph Kleemann
Christoph Kleemann (born April 17, 1944 in Meißen ; † October 28, 2015 ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and civil rights activist . He was a member of the New Forum and served in the spring of 1990 as mayor in Rostock .
Life
From 1954 to 1962, Christoph Kleemann was a student member of the Dresden Kreuzchor . He studied Protestant theology at the University of Rostock from 1962 to 1967 and then held various church offices. Among other things, he worked as a youth pastor in Meißen, from 1976 as a student pastor in Rostock and from 1978 to 1985 he headed the “Education for Peace” working group of the Protestant student community. From 1986 to 1989 he was pastor in Dobbertin . In 1989 he was u. a. Spokesman for the New Forum and, in this capacity, a member of the round table for the city of Rostock. From 1990 to 1998 Kleemann held various municipal offices. In 1990, after the resignation of the SED mayor Henning Schleiff, he became the incumbent mayor of Rostock until the local election. He then held the office of Mayor President from 1990 to 1994. From 1994 to 1998 he taught at the CJD Jugenddorf-Christophorusschule Rostock in addition to his position as Vice President of the Citizenship . In 1999 Kleemann became head of the BStU branch in Rostock and held this position until he retired in April 2009.
In 2011 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon .
Publications
- Feeling at home . In: Not written for the drawer . Short stories and short stories, Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-374-00794-5
- Was one. In: To Golgotha - for the sake of hope . Passion and Easter texts from our time, Reinhardt / Kaufmann, Lahr / Basel 1997, ISBN 3-7245-0934-0 / 3-7806-2438-9
- Rostock in autumn 1989 - departure . In: Rostock and the surrounding area. An illustrated travel guide, Edition Temmen, Bremen 1995, 3rd edition ISBN 3-86108-424-4
- Departure '89 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - An overview of the documentation . In: Modernization and Freedom , Contributions to the History of Democracy in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Stock & Stein Verlag, Schwerin 1995, ISBN 3-910179-56-8
- About the difficulty of facing your own story . Rostock University Speeches , New Series, Issue 7, University of Rostock 2002, ISSN 1437-4595
- Hans im Glück or The Journey to the West . Roman, Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle 2015, ISBN 978-3-95462-464-5
literature
- Rostock, from the turn until today , ed. Lindemann, Lütze, Info Tagebuch Verlag, Frankfurt / Karlsruhe 1991 ISBN 3-88190-157-4
- Bernhard Schmidtbauer: "In principle hope" The East German citizen movements and their contribution to the upheaval in 1989/90. The example of Rostock. Peter-Lang-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-631-46849-0 .
- Lothar Probst: "The north is waking up". On the history of the political upheaval in Rostock in autumn 1989. Edition Temmen, Bremen 1993, ISBN 3-86108-200-4 .
- Kai Langer: "You should know that the north is not sleeping ...". On the history of the "Wende" in the three northern districts of the GDR. Edition Temmen, Bremen 1999, ISBN 3-86108-749-9 .
- Andreas Wagner: Interview with Christoph Kleemann. In: Zeitgeschichte Regional 1999, Issue 2, pp. 37–40, ISSN 1434-1794
Web links
- Literature about Christoph Kleemann in the state bibliography MV
- Interview with Christoph Kleemann, Heinrich Böll Foundation
- Lecture by Christoph Kleemann on the occasion of the event Knowing how it was - insight through insight ?! on February 1, 2012 in Rostock
Individual evidence
- ↑ Städtischer Anzeiger, November 11, 2015
- ^ Civil rights activist Kleemann died at the age of 71 , Ostsee-Zeitung online from October 28, 2015
- ^ Konrad Adenauer Foundation
- ↑ BStU press release
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kleemann, Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Evangelical clergyman and Lord Mayor of Rostock |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Meissen |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 2015 |