Dietrich Lang (politician)
Dietrich Lang (born September 23, 1917 in Karlsruhe ; † August 8, 2007 in Neu-Ulm ) was a German local politician and lawyer . From 1961 to 1977 he was Lord Mayor of Neu-Ulm.
Life
Lang grew up in Achern and, after serving in the war, imprisonment and studying, first came to Neu-Ulm as a judge at the district court. On September 5, 1961, Lang was elected as the successor to the late Tassilo Grimmeiß as the mayor of the city. In the following local elections he was proposed three times as a non-party member of all parties for election.
During his 16-year term of office, the towns of Gerlenhofen, Finningen, Reutti, Holzschwang, Pfuhl, Burlafingen and Steinheim were incorporated as well as the loss of district freedom as part of the municipal reorganization of Bavaria. With the aim of strengthening Franco-German reconciliation, in 1966 he pursued a sustainable partnership agreement with the French city of Bois-Colombes , which he cultivated intensively beyond his term of office.
Lang provided decisive impulses for the urban design of Neu-Ulm. In addition to the construction of numerous public buildings, such as the primary and secondary school in Ludwigsfeld, the multi-purpose hall in Gerlenhofen, the triple gymnasium in Offenhausen, the district sports facility in Muthenhölzle or the common ice rink of the cities of Ulm and Neu-Ulm, he initiated the construction of the Edwin- Scharff House as the cultural center of the city and carried out the return of the work of the sculptor Edwin Scharff to his native city.
In addition to his duties as mayor, Lang also held top positions in various municipal associations. He was deputy chairman and treasurer of the Bavarian Association of Cities and, as spokesman for the mayors, a member of the Presidium of the German Association of Cities .
In 1977, Lang did not run for re-election for health reasons. In the same year, on the occasion of his 60th birthday, he was made an honorary citizen of the city of Neu-Ulm. The French twin town Bois-Colombes also awarded him honorary citizenship. Peter Biebl was elected as his successor .
On August 8, 2007, Dietrich Lang died a few weeks before the age of 90 after a brief illness.
The city of Neu-Ulm named a sports center on Europastraße built during Lang's tenure after him.
literature
- Frank Raberg : Biographical Lexicon for Ulm and Neu-Ulm 1802-2009 . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft im Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7995-8040-3 , p. 228 f .
Individual evidence
- ↑ SÜDWEST Presse of October 23, 2009 ( Memento of April 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lang, Dietrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German local politician and lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 2007 |
| Place of death | New Ulm |