Dieter Schnabel (Lawyer)
Dieter Schnabel (born January 18, 1935 in Stuttgart ) is a German lawyer, cultural journalist and local politician.
Life
He grew up in his hometown and in the northern Black Forest, after graduating from high school in Feuerbach , studied law , German studies and history at the universities of Tübingen , Bonn, Cologne, Zurich and Freiburg im Breisgau, where he passed the first state examination in law. After his legal traineeship in Ludwigsburg, Berlin, Vaihingen an der Enz , Düsseldorf and Stuttgart, where he passed the second state examination in law, he has been an independent lawyer with his own law firm, in Ditzingen since 1970 .
His specialty is criminal law. He was the public defender of Holger Meins , Andreas Baader and Johannes Thimme in the so-called Stammheimer RAF trials . From 1972 to 1976 he was a board member of the Stuttgart Bar Association. Since the late 1960s he has worked for domestic and foreign print media and radio stations, mainly as a theater critic and as such is a staunch opponent of the so-called directorial theater.
In 1986 Dieter Schnabel was a founding member of the German Association of Journalists (DJV) in Baden-Wuerttemberg, of which he has been the honorary member of the specialist committee for freelance journalists since 2010. In 2008 he became an honorary member of the German Association of Journalists, of which he headed the specialist committee for freelance journalists for nine years. From 1992 to 2007 he was the conference president of the annual DJV Association Days. From 2000 to 2006 he was first chairman of the Association of German Critics. V.
Dieter Schnabel has been a member of the municipal council of the large district town of Ditzingen since 1978, and since 1984 the parliamentary group leader of the INDEPENDENT CITIZENS, a non-party electoral association, of which he has been chairman since it was founded in 1975. In 1984 Dieter Schnabel was a founding member of the Kultur- und Kunstkreis Ditzingen e. V., of which he has been the first chairman ever since.
Awards
- 1988 Gold Medal of Honor from the Festival Municipality of Bregenz
- 1991 Badge of Honor of the State of Baden-Württemberg
- 1998 Silver badge of honor from the Württemberg State Sports Association V.
- 2006 Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
- 2007 Golden Badge of Honor from the Württemberg Tennis Association V. (whose legal commission he chaired from 1983 to 2007).
Publications
In addition to articles in theater programs and specialist magazines, Dieter Schnabel published the book "Sometimes someone must be there who remembers" (sheets of memory for composers, writers and theater people).
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.stammheim-verarbeitung.de/process.html (accessed on August 6, 2019)
- ↑ www.ditzingen.de (accessed on August 6, 2019)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schnabel, Dieter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and cultural journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |