Günther Bantzer

Günther Bantzer in the council meeting in 1974

Günther Bantzer (born September 1, 1921 in Dresden ; † October 16, 2019 in Kiel ) was a German politician ( SPD ) and long-time Lord Mayor of Kiel.

Life

Bantzer studied law at the Philipps University of Marburg from 1946 to 1950 . In 1950 he was federal secretary of the Socialist German Student Union (SDS), 1951/52 SDS federal chairman. Before he was the Lord Mayor of Kiel from 1965 to 1980, he was press officer for the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia , Fritz Steinhoff , from 1956 to 1958 , and from 1958 to 1965 he was chief district director of the Herford / East Westphalia district . He was particularly committed to sports issues. During his term of office in Kiel , the 1972 Olympic sailing competitions were held in Kiel-Schilksee , which went hand in hand with the construction of the Kiel motorway connection through the A 215 , the Olympic village and the second bridge over the Kiel Canal . He also initiated the game line at the Kiel Week . From 1968 to 1980 he was a member of the Presidium of the German Association of Cities , of which he was President from 1979 to 1980.

Bantzer, the Kiel mayor with the longest tenure (1965-1980) in the 20th century , was wearing his city after contacts with Rostock and Tallinn at the local level actively to detente in.

Bantzer died in October 2019 at the age of 98.

honors and awards

1976: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

1980: Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Honorary citizen of the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel

Andreas Gayk Medal from the City of Kiel

1991: Ernst Reuter badge from the city of Berlin

2015: Willy Brandt Medal of the Social Democratic Party of Germany

Web links

Commons : Günther Bantzer - Collection of images, videos and audio files

kn-online.de: Günther Bantzer brought the world to Kiel ; December 2, 2015; by Uta Wilke

kn-online.de: Kiel mourns former mayor Günther Bantzer ; October 18, 2019; by Michael Kluth - corresponds to the article from the Kieler Nachrichten of October 18, 2019, page 23

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Kiel's former mayor Bantzer has died. In: t-online.de . October 17, 2019, accessed October 17, 2019 .
^ Tilman Fichter : SDS and SPD. Partiality beyond the party . Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1988, ISBN 978-3-531-11882-6 , p. 290.
↑ Redaktionsbüro Harenberg: Knaurs Prominentenlexikon 1980. The personal data of celebrities from politics, economy, culture and society . With over 400 photos. Droemer Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-426-07604-7 , Bantzer, Günther, p. 24 .
↑ mad (= Martina Drexler): Many people from Kiel identify with him. Former Mayor Günther Panzer received the SPD's highest award . In: Kiel News . No. 14 , January 18, 2016, p. 15 .

personal data
SURNAME	Bantzer, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH	September 1, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dresden
DATE OF DEATH	October 16, 2019
Place of death	Kiel

[t-online.de_17._Oktober_2019-1] Kiel's former mayor Bantzer has died. In: t-online.de . October 17, 2019, accessed October 17, 2019 .

[2] Tilman Fichter : SDS and SPD. Partiality beyond the party . Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1988, ISBN 978-3-531-11882-6 , p. 290.

[3] Redaktionsbüro Harenberg: Knaurs Prominentenlexikon 1980. The personal data of celebrities from politics, economy, culture and society . With over 400 photos. Droemer Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-426-07604-7 , Bantzer, Günther, p. 24 .

[4] (= Martina Drexler): Many people from Kiel identify with him. Former Mayor Günther Panzer received the SPD's highest award . In: Kiel News . No. 14 , January 18, 2016, p. 15 .