Erich Meichsner

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Erich Meichsner (born July 15, 1922 in Planitz ; † August 24, 2010 in Berlin ) was a German football player. With SG Planitz he became soccer champion in the eastern zone in 1948 .

Life

Meichsner trained as a printer from 1936 to 1940. After the outbreak of World War II, he was first drafted to the Labor Front and then to the Wehrmacht. Coming from a social democratic working class family, Meichsner was a member of the SPD since 1945 and, after the union of the KPD and SPD, a member of the SED. During this time Meichsner worked as a printer in the people's printing house in Zwickau . As its operations director, Meichsner was also responsible for the printing works of the Freie Presse from the mid-1950s and later, from 1985 until he retired from professional life in 1987, also for the Zwickau printing works.

In 1947 Meichsner married Käthe Helene Dittes, with whom he had a daughter. She is married to the Berlin political scientist Robert Weiß . Meichsner died on August 24, 2010 in Berlin

Athletic career

Meichsner began his career in Planitz, West Saxony, at Planitzer SC, where he went through all the junior departments. The outbreak of World War II interrupted his career because he was drafted as a soldier. Only after the end of the war could he turn to football again and join the newly founded sports community (SG) Planitz. With her he became champion in West Saxony in 1948. After the Planitzers had qualified for the soccer east zone championship in 1948 , they reached the final and defeated the SG Freiimfelde Halle 1-0 with Erich Meichsner as the left midfielder . Until 1956 Meichsner played in the BSG activist "Karl Marx" Zwickau . Then, from 1957, he worked as a voluntary trainer for the BSG unit Reichenbach . Under his leadership, the team rose to the II. GDR League and intervened in the cup competitions (albeit with moderate success). His sporting career ended in 1961.

literature

  • Norbert Peschke : Planitz - experienced history. Sutton, Erfurt 1999, ISBN 3-89702-148-X .
  • Norbert Peschke: 100 years of football in the Zwickau region . Self-published by Peschke, 2006.
  • Andreas Baingo, Michael Horn: The History of the GDR Oberliga. 2nd Edition. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89533-428-6 , p. 14.
  • Neues Deutschland, years 1948/49 c / o staatsbibliothek-berlin.de

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ * Death certificate, registry office Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg von Berlin / Register number: S 1350/2010.
personal data
SURNAME Meichsner, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Planitz
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 2010
Place of death Berlin