Erwin Burkard

Erwin Burkard (born March 3, 1920 in Karlsruhe ; † June 9, 2010 in Rastatt ) was a German politician ( CDU ). He was district administrator of the Rastatt district (1956–1972) and vice-president of the regional council in Karlsruhe (1973–1984).

Youth and education

The son of a municipal employee attended elementary school (1926–1930) and the Kant high school (1930–1938) in Karlsruhe. After graduating from high school in March 1938, he completed from May 1938 to May 1941 the preparatory service for the senior service in the internal state administration, which concluded with the examination to become a government inspector. 1945 to April 1951 service at the Ministry of the Interior in Freiburg.

In October 1940 he was drafted into the military and took part in the Russian campaign from the start. After two serious wounds, he began studying law at the University of Strasbourg during the summer semester of 1944 during a stay in a hospital . 1945–1948 he studied law at the University of Freiburg in addition to his professional activity . After six semesters, he passed the first state examination in law in June 1948. This was followed by traineeship training in Karlsruhe, in 1950 the doctorate with a thesis on the right of retention in public law and finally the second state examination in April 1951.

Public offices

In May 1951 Erwin Burkard entered the higher civil service in North Baden as a government assessor at the Pforzheim district office (May 1951 – March 1953) and was also the district administrator's deputy. From March 1953 to September 1956 he was a member of the administrative court at the Administrative Court in Karlsruhe, from where he was seconded to the Federal Constitutional Court as a research assistant from February 1955 to September 30, 1956 .

In 1956, the district council of the Rastatt district elected Erwin Burkard as district administrator for eight years. He was the first district administrator of the Rastatt district to be elected by the district council and thus democratically legitimized. In 1964 he was confirmed in this office for a further twelve years with a large majority (39 of 42 votes). During this time his commitment to the preservation of the Rastatt district as an independent administrative unit fell during the regional and district reform in Baden-Württemberg in 1972. During the district reform on January 1, 1973, the (old) Rastatt district with most of the municipalities in the Bühl district became the united in the new district of Rastatt. When the district administrator for the new Rastatt district was elected at the end of 1972, Erwin Burkard was narrowly defeated by his Bühler colleague Josef Grossmann .

Numerous projects in the district of Rastatt are associated with his name, such as the establishment of the driving library for the district of Rastatt, the development of the youth and popular education center with partnerships in Berlin, Finland, South Tyrol and Burgundy, the edition and the publication of the first 12 volumes of the Heimatbuch Around the Rhine and Murg and the new building of the district office in Herrenstrasse 1964–1966. Under his leadership, the district took over the hospitals in Rastatt, Kuppenheim and Gernsbach as a self-governing body, which were immediately modernized and expanded by means of new buildings or renovations. Furthermore, he was committed to the development and expansion of the school system sponsored by the Rastatt district. For example, the papermaking school in Gernsbach, the technical high school in Rastatt and the general education high school in Durmersheim were established.

In addition, Erwin Burkard was an honorary judge at the Federal Labor Court in Kassel for about 8 years , vice-president of the German library association, lecturer at the administrative school in Kehl, chairman of the animal body disposal association in Karlsruhe (1967-1974) and chairman of the Baden state welfare association (January 72 to Mid 74). In March 1973 Erwin Burkard was appointed Vice President of the Karlsruhe Regional Council. He held this position until his retirement in May 1984.

In 1984 Erwin Burkard was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class.

Engagement in the Lions Club

From 1976, but especially during his retirement, Erwin Burkard was involved in the worldwide Lions movement as a member of the Lions Club Baden-Baden. He campaigned - in the spirit of the international Lions movement - for the promotion of the principles of a just state, for citizenship and an active advocacy for the civil, cultural and social development of society. In accordance with his commitment, he was recognized as a district governor of District 111SW (Baden-Württemberg) in 1992/1993 and in 1993 with the highest award of the international Lions Association, the Melvin Jones Fellow Plaque. In 1994 he founded the Lions Club Baden-Baden Lichtenthaler Allee, which he led as president until 1996.

Private

Erwin Burkard married Elisabeth Richter in 1955. From this marriage there were four children, a daughter and three sons.

literature

• Wolfram Angerbauer (Red.): The heads of the upper offices, district offices and district offices in Baden-Württemberg from 1810 to 1972 . Published by the working group of the district archives at the Baden-Württemberg district assembly. Theiss, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-8062-1213-9 , pp. 203-204 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Erwin Burkard: The right of retention in public law. Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Freiburg, Freiburg 1950.