Ernst Gerhardt

Ernst Heinz Gerhardt (born September 10, 1921 in Frankfurt-Bockenheim ) is a former German local politician ( CDU ).

Career

From 1936 he did a commercial apprenticeship at the Frankfurter Braun AG and worked his way up to the position of authorized signatory there after the Second World War . Gerhardt was elected to the city council of Frankfurt am Main in 1956 . In 1960 he became a full-time member of the magistrate and from 1978 to 1989 he was city ​​treasurer . He made a lasting contribution to the university in Frankfurt's twin city Tel Aviv. Gerhardt is the bearer of the Commander's Cross with a Star of the Papal Order of Gregory . In 2011 he received the Hessian Order of Merit .

Honors

• 1971: Plaque of honor of the city of Frankfurt am Main
• 1984: Honorary Senator of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main
• 1985: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1985: Honorary Citizen of Tel Aviv University
• 1986: Wilhelm Leuschner Medal
• 1990: Grand Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1990: City elder of Frankfurt am Main
• Commander's cross with star of the Papal Order of Gregory
• 2003: Honorary Doctorate from Tel Aviv University
• 2011: Hessian Order of Merit
• 2011: Georg plaque of the Limburg diocese

literature

• Sabine Börchers: Ernst Gerhardt - Der Frankfurter Pontifex , in: Clemens Greve, Franziska Vorhagen (Ed.): Patrons, Stifter, Stadtkultur, Vol. 11, Verlag der Frankfurter Bürgerstiftung, Frankfurt 2015, ISBN 978-3-934123-18-2 .
• Claus-Jürgen Göpfert: Black Eminence , in: Frankfurter Rundschau, September 5, 2011