Franz Stadler

Franz Stadler (left) with Hans-Dietrich Genscher (center) in 1972

Franz Stadler (born October 8, 1913 at Gut Untermassing near Regensburg ; † March 2, 2000 in Munich ) was a German association functionary in the ADAC .

Stadler, who is the bearer of the Great Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany as well as numerous other awards and medals, began volunteering at the ADAC after 1945. In 1949 he was elected 2nd chairman of the ADAC Südbayern in Munich, and in 1954 1st chairman. Since 1953 he was a member of the Presidium of Germany: from 1957 to 1964 he was treasurer and then vice-president. In 1972 he became president of the ADAC for 17 years until 1989. His successor was Otto Flimm , and he himself was made honorary president.

Stadler is one of the many fathers of air rescue in Germany . On his initiative, the first helicopter for air rescue , Christoph 1 , was used from 1970, on a trial basis since 1968/69 .

In 1984 he was an honorary starter in the Le Mans 24-hour race .

Awards

Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class (1965)
Bavarian Order of Merit (1969)
Large Federal Cross of Merit (1973) with star (1978) and shoulder ribbon (1985)
Golden Citizen Medal of the City of Landshut (1978)
Honorary Citizen of the Technical University of Munich (1983)
Great Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (1988)

Web links

Commons : Franz Stadler - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Franz Stadler in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Individual proof

↑ George Willeuthner: Franz Stadler. A life for the ADAC. Festschrift. For my 80th birthday . Ed .: ADAC Südbayern e. V. ADAC e. V., Munich October 1993 (ADAC Library, Munich, No. 07M24 596).
↑ Gerhard Kugler : ADACOPTER-2 memories . Ed .: Gerhard Kugler, Werner Wolfsfellner. Werner Wolfsfellner MedizinVerlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-933266-62-0 , many anecdotes; especially chap. with Franz Stadler in America, p. 352 .
↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 31, No. 45, March 6, 1979.

personal data
SURNAME	Stadler, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German ADAC President and sponsor of the first rescue helicopter
DATE OF BIRTH	October 8, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH	regensburg
DATE OF DEATH	March 2, 2000
Place of death	Munich

[1] George Willeuthner: Franz Stadler. A life for the ADAC. Festschrift. For my 80th birthday . Ed .: ADAC Südbayern e. V. ADAC e. V., Munich October 1993 (ADAC Library, Munich, No. 07M24 596).

[2] Gerhard Kugler : ADACOPTER-2 memories . Ed .: Gerhard Kugler, Werner Wolfsfellner. Werner Wolfsfellner MedizinVerlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-933266-62-0 , many anecdotes; especially chap. with Franz Stadler in America, p. 352 .

[3] Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 31, No. 45, March 6, 1979.