Claus Weyrosta

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Claus Weyrosta (born March 15, 1925 in Breslau ; † September 27, 2003 ) was a Baden-Württemberg politician of the SPD and from 1967 to 1996 a member of the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg .

education and profession

After graduating from high school in 1942, Claus Weyrosta was drafted into the Wehrmacht . After the Second World War he worked as a transport worker and as a construction worker. He was also trained as a bricklayer . In 1954 he passed his state examination at the Stuttgart University of Technology and became an architect .

Political activity

Claus Weyrosta joined the SPD in 1962. From 1970 to 1975 and from 1977 to 1989 he was a member of the state executive committee of the SPD Baden-Württemberg .

From 1962 to 1968 he was a member of the municipal council of the city of Bietigheim and from 1965 to 1968 in the district council of the Ludwigsburg district . He became a member of the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg on February 1, 1967, replacing Karl Braun . From 1972 to 1976 and from 1980 to 1984 was deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group. In the period between 1976 and 1980 Erhard Eppler was parliamentary group chairman and Claus Weyrosta was its parliamentary manager . From 1984 to 1992 he was chairman of the economic committee and from March 3, 1993 to 1996 chairman of the environmental committee.

Other memberships, offices and honors

Claus Weyrosta campaigned in his political work for understanding and reconciliation between Germany and Poland after the Second World War. He was a member of the federal board of the German-Polish Society and until 1997 chairman of the Baden-Württemberg regional group. He was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Polish Order of Merit by the Polish government . On May 10, 1997 he was awarded the Baden-Württemberg Medal of Merit .

From 1989 on he was Federal Chairman of the Friends of Nature in Germany.

literature

  • Jörg Palitzsch: The warhorse. A rapprochement with the social democrat Claus Weyrosta (1925-2003). With a foreword by Hans Martin Bury. Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft Bietigheim 2005, 228 pages, ISBN 3-931843-12-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of medal recipients 1975–2019. (PDF; 180 kB) State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg, p. 41 , accessed on June 12, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Weyrosta, Claus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 2003