Georg Hiller (politician)

Georg Hiller (born August 18, 1946 in Öllingen ) is a German local politician . He was mayor of Blaubeuren (Baden-Württemberg) for 24 years .

Live and act

Hiller completed his studies at a university of applied sciences with a degree in administrative management . From 1963 to 1978 he worked in local government. In 1978 he was elected mayor of Blaubeuren. In 2002 he did not stand for election due to age. From 1979 to 2004 he was also a district councilor in the Alb-Donau district .

Since 2003 he has been the state manager of the Free Voters in Baden-Württemberg .

During his tenure as mayor, he campaigned for the research and presentation of the prehistory of Blaubeuren and the Swabian Alb . From 2004 to 2020 he was chairman of the Society for Prehistory and the Friends of the Prehistory Museum Blaubeuren . He is the managing director of the Prehistoric Museum Blaubeuren .

In 2016 he emerged as the author and editor of a non-fiction book on Ice Age art in Baden-Württemberg. One of his concerns was to bring the caves of the oldest ice age art and the associated landscape of the Swabian Alb more into the public eye.

Honors

2002: Staufer Medal
2002: Honorary citizen of the city of Blaubeuren
2006: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
2016: University medal in silver from the University of Tübingen
2018: Baden-Württemberg Archeology Prize

literature

Nicholas J. Conard: The Tübingen Research Colloquium in honor of Georg Hiller . Ed .: Society for Prehistory and Friends of the Prehistory Museum Blaubeuren. Blaubeuren 2003, p. 5-6 .

Georg Hiller: 50 years of the Blaubeuren Museum of Prehistory (URMU). In: Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte, Volume 24. Blaubeuren 2015, pp. 233–252.

Georg Hiller and Stefanie Kölbl: Welt-Kult-Ur-Sprung , Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ulm 2016, 112 pages, ISBN 978-3-7995-1168-1

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Announcements of the Society for Prehistory, Volume 25 - Greeting from Rector Professor Dr. Bernd Engler, University of Tübingen, on the occasion of the award of the university medal in silver to Georg Hiller on September 8, 2016 . Blaubeuren 2016, p. 121-124 .
↑ Baden-Württemberg Archeology Prize goes to winners from the Alb-Donau district and the Esslingen district. Ministry of Economy, Labor and Housing, November 12, 2018, accessed August 2, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hiller, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German local politician and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH	August 18, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ollingen

[MGFU25-1] Announcements of the Society for Prehistory, Volume 25 - Greeting from Rector Professor Dr. Bernd Engler, University of Tübingen, on the occasion of the award of the university medal in silver to Georg Hiller on September 8, 2016 . Blaubeuren 2016, p. 121-124 .

[MWAW2018-11-12-2] Baden-Württemberg Archeology Prize goes to winners from the Alb-Donau district and the Esslingen district. Ministry of Economy, Labor and Housing, November 12, 2018, accessed August 2, 2020 .