Eckart Würzner

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Eckart Würzner

Eckart Würzner (born October 10, 1961 in Goslar ) is a German politician without a party . He has been Lord Mayor of Heidelberg since 2006 . The studied geographer is supported by the local party branches of the CDU , the FDP as well as the Free Voters and the electoral association Die Heidelberger and was re-elected in 2014. Würzner is Deputy President of the German Association of Cities .

Life and work

After Würzner graduated from high school in Hochdahl near Düsseldorf in 1982, he studied geography as a diploma course from 1982 to 1987 as well as geology and law as minor subjects in Mannheim and Heidelberg . In Heidelberg he was active in the Corps Suevia. Subsequently, he did his doctorate on the subject of a comparative case study on the potential effects of atmospheric environmental pollution on mortality in agglomerations for the area of ​​metropolitan areas in Germany and the greater Paris area .

In 1988 Würzner became an environmental consultant in the Office for Environmental Protection, Trade Inspection and Energy of the City of Heidelberg . In this office he was then from 1991 to 1997 head of the “Technical Environmental Protection” department. Since 1997 he has been the managing director of the regional climate protection and energy consulting agency Heidelberg Neighboring Communities gGmbH (KLIBA). From the end of 1997 to the end of 1999, he was given additional tasks to head the environmental and energy management department and the deputy head of the office for environmental protection and health promotion. From the beginning of 2000 to March 2001 he was head of the Office for Environmental Protection, Energy and Health Promotion.

Since 1998, Würzner has been teaching at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and the SRH Hochschule Heidelberg and leads internships and seminars in the areas of energy and environmental management , sustainability and project management. In the years 1991 to 2000 he published scientific and project-oriented writings, which focus on the environment. In May 2016, Würzner was appointed honorary professor by the SRH University of Heidelberg.

In 2001 Würzner was elected mayor for the environment and energy of Heidelberg by the local council. In November 2006, he was elected mayor of Heidelberg to succeed Beate Weber . The inauguration took place on December 14, 2006. In the mayor election on October 19, 2014, he was re-elected with a turnout of 21.80% with 84.44%, the SPD and the Greens had not put up a candidate.

Würzner is married and has four children.

Topics and projects as Lord Mayor

  • Conversion: Heidelberg can redevelop 180 hectares after the withdrawal of the US Army. Diverse mixed quarters are to be created on the five areas in the city. One of the main goals is the creation of inexpensive living space.
  • Bahnstadt: In a central location, Heidelberg's newest district is being built entirely in accordance with the passive house standard.
  • Mobility network: Local public transport in Heidelberg is to be strengthened with the expansion and construction of several tram lines.
  • Environmental protection: As a model municipality, Heidelberg participates in the Federal Ministry's 100% climate protection master plan .
  • Family offensive: expansion of childcare places
  • education

Other functions and activities

National

  • Since 2001:
  • 2001–2015: Second Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Rhein-Neckar Energy Efficiency Agency (E2A)
  • 2002–2015: First Chairman of the Environmental Competence Center Heidelberg-Rhein-Neckar e. V. (UKOM e.V.)
  • Since 2006:
  • Since 2007:
    • President of the DRK district association Rhein-Neckar / Heidelberg
    • Chairman of the supervisory board of the Academy for Elderly Heidelberg
    • Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Schurmann-Gesellschaft (supporting association DAI)
    • Member of the advisory board of the Evangelical City Mission Heidelberg
    • Member of the Board of Trustees of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Nuclear Physics and Medical Research
    • Member of the Board of Trustees of the College for Jewish Studies
    • Member of the Board of Trustees of the Documentation and Culture Center of German Sinti and Roma Heidelberg
    • Member of the Board of Trustees of the Reichspräsident-Friedrich-Ebert-Gedenkstätte Foundation
    • Member of the board of trustees in the stem cell research group
  • Since 2009: Chairman of the Rhein-Neckar sports region
  • Since 2012:
  • Member of the Corps Suevia
  • Member of the Heidelberg Voluntary Fire Brigade

International

  • Since 1991:
    • Co-establishment of the International Association for Local Environmental Initiatives ( ICLEI )
    • Support in setting up an environmental and energy management in Rio de Janeiro and Curitiba for the Carl-Duisberg Society
  • Since 1994: Member of the board of the European Network Energy Cities
  • 1998: Implementation of environmental seminars in Riyadh , Jeddah and Dhahran on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office
  • 2003–2009: Head of the European Energy and Climate Task Force
  • Since 2006:
    • President of the European Network Energy Cities
    • President of the Heidelberg Club International ( HCI )

Awards and honors

  • 2006: Golden Helios (environmental prize, which is awarded annually to personalities who are particularly committed to energy efficiency in the Rhine-Neckar region)
  • 2012: Awarded the “ Freedom of the City of London”
  • 2013: State badge of the state fire brigade association Baden-Württemberg
  • 2015: Green City Award from the Global Forum on Human Settlements in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Program

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Würzner is appointed honorary professor. In: Hochschule-Heidelberg.de.
  2. ↑ Mayor election 2014 Heidelberg (standard representation). Retrieved January 29, 2018 .
  3. ^ Non- party Würzner wins in Heidelberg , FAZ from October 20, 2014
  4. ↑ Eckart Würzner wins with more than 85 percent , RNZ from October 20, 2014
  5. ↑ Conversion in Heidelberg
  6. ^ The Bahnstadt in Heidelberg
  7. ↑ The mobility network in Heidelberg
  8. ↑ Environmental protection in Heidelberg
  9. ^ Family offensive in Heidelberg
  10. ^ Education in Heidelberg
  11. ↑ : OB: "I'm not a fraternity member" . ( rnz.de [accessed on March 1, 2018]).
  12. ↑ http://www.e2a.de/about/goldener_helios/
  13. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from November 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Heidelberg wins Green City Award
personal data
SURNAME Würzner, Eckart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician, Lord Mayor of Heidelberg
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Goslar