Friedrich Brünner

Friedrich Brno (* 2. November 1910 in Heidelberg , † 26. August 2004 in Aulendorf ) was a German politician of the CDU and from 1968 to 1976 in Baden-Württemberg Minister of Agriculture .

education and profession

Brünner came from a larger farm in Buchen , where he attended elementary school and secondary school and in 1930 passed the Abitur. He then worked in agriculture to prepare for his later studies at the University of Hohenheim and Berlin , which he began in 1932. In 1936, he was in Hohenheim with a thesis on alfalfa origins with special reference to the sprouting and rooting doctorate . He then worked for the state farmers' association in Bonn. In World War II he served as a soldier.

After the war the family moved to Tübingen . From 1946 Brünner worked for the local Ministry of Agriculture in Württemberg-Hohenzollern before he took over the management of the research institute for grassland, economy and forage in Aulendorf in 1949.

Political activity

Brno was politically active in the CDU, for which he entered the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg in 1956 , to which he belonged until 1976. From 1961 he headed the Committee for Agriculture and Food and thus created the conditions for his later ministerial office.

In 1968 Prime Minister Hans Filbinger brought him into his cabinet as Minister of Agriculture . In this office, which from 1972 also included the field of environmental protection, Brno remained until 1976. After the state elections in 1976, Brno resigned from his ministerial office and withdrew from active politics.

Honors

Brünner was honored for his political work with high awards, he received the Great Federal Cross of Merit with a Star , the Medal of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg , was Honorary Senator of the University of Stuttgart and Knight of the Papal Order of St. Gregory . He was a member of the KDSt.V. Carolingia Hohenheim, as well as 1963 founding philistines of the KDStV Welfia Weingarten, both in the CV .

Family and private

He was married and had three sons and three daughters. He spent his retirement in Aulendorf, where he is also buried.

Remarks

1. ↑ Karl Pellens : 20 years of KDStV Welfia zu Weingarten: 1963-1983 . 1983, p. 16 . ,