Gerd Geismann

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Gerd Geismann (born January 5, 1945 in Sulzbach-Rosenberg ) is a German politician ( SPD ). From 1988 to 2012 he was mayor of Sulzbach-Rosenberg.

Life

Geismann began his apprenticeship with the Sulzbach-Rosenberg city administration in August 1961 at the age of sixteen. In 1967 he became a city inspector and in 1981 he became a senior official. As early as 1969, the then mayor Hans Göth appointed him deputy head of the office, and since 1980 he has headed the office himself. Geismann became first mayor of Sulzbach-Rosenberg on March 10, 1988 . He did not run for the mayoral election on January 15, 2012. In March 2014 he was elected as a city council member of Sulzbach-Rosenberg and sworn in in May 2014. He declared that he wanted to get more involved in cultural and youth work.

Work as mayor

During Geismann's tenure, the structural change following the final shutdown of the Maxhütte steelworks in 2002 was managed by extensive settlement of commercial companies . In 2012 the unemployment rate in Sulzbach-Rosenberg was only four percent. On his initiative, Sulzbach-Rosenberg became the location of the Bavarian riot police and the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration and Justice in Bavaria . The former ATZ research institute, which emerged from part of the Maxhütte, is now part of the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT .

The historic old town was renovated and revitalized during Geismann's tenure. Geismann ensured that the cultural heritage of the former royal seat was secured and used for external impact. The Knorr-von-Rosenroth Festival , the former synagogue , which was renovated as a meeting place, and the historical printing house JE v. Seidel struck the bow from the Sulzbacher Musenhof of Duke Christian August with his religious tolerance for the late enlightenment.

Honors

He has been awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon and was a member of the Presidium of the Bavarian City Council . From 2005 to 2011 he was second deputy chairman of the European Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg . On October 14, 2015 he was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit for his services to the restructuring of the city after the end of the Maxhütte, the old town renovation and the successful integration of the resettlers .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d A career dream lasts 24 years - Former Mayor Gerd Geismann in the SRZ conversation Sulzbach-Rosenberger Zeitung on March 17, 2012
  2. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing : Local elections in Bavaria - First Mayor / Lord Mayor in the municipalities belonging to the district. Accessed on November 13, 2010
  3. ↑ Ex-Mayor Geismann becomes city councilor ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Report of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation from May 6, 2014 - accessed on March 19, 2015
  4. ^ Riot Police VII. Sulzbach-Rosenberg Department on the official website of the Bavarian Riot Police , accessed on October 25, 2013
  5. ^ "Strong act of reconciliation" Sulzbach-Rosenberger Zeitung of February 1, 2013
  6. ^ Nuremberg Metropolitan Region - Council accessed on October 18, 2013
  7. ↑ Order of Merit for Gerd Geismann Sulzbach-Rosenberger-Zeitung of October 7, 2015, accessed on October 16, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Geismann, Gerd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Sulzbach-Rosenberg , Upper Palatinate