Hans-Günter Eckerth
Hans-Günter Eckerth (born November 18, 1925 in Dortmund ; † September 11, 2004 in Hilden ) was a German teacher and politician .
Life
In 1947 Eckerth was assigned to the Düsseldorf administrative district. He chose the industrial city of Hilden and worked as a junior teacher at the Schulstraße and Wiedenhof community elementary schools. Heinrich Strangmeier was the head of the school department at the time .
In 1956 he came to the Wilhelm-Fabry-Realschule (then still Städt. Knaben-Realschule ) founded in 1955 , where he became deputy director in 1961 and director from 1967, succeeding Heinrich an Huef. He retired in 1987 with the 40th anniversary of his service.
His political activity began in 1960 when he joined the SPD at the request of then mayor Robert Gies .
Political offices and duties
- 1960 joined the SPD
- 1961–1975 and 1979–1999 member of the SPD parliamentary group in the city council of Hilden
- 1977–1987 chairman of the Hilden local association of the SPD
- 1979–1989 deputy mayor of Hilden
- 1964–1989 and 1994–1999 member of the Mettmann district council
- 1990–1994 member of several committees of the Mettmann district
- 1967–1976 chairman of the district parliament of the SPD
- 1976–1979 deputy district administrator of the Mettmann district
Eckerth's preferred subject areas were schools, youth and culture. So he influenced the local reorganization and the development of the Monument Protection Act in North Rhine-Westphalia . He was deputy chairman of the administrative board of the Kreissparkasse Düsseldorf for ten years and represented the Mettmann district in the Rhineland Regional Assembly and at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Elektrizitätswerke. He was one of the initiators of the town twinning with Nové Město nad Metují in Czechoslovakia , which he supported by giving German lessons there.
He was a founding member of the Rotary Club Hilden-Haan, founded in 1965 .
honors and awards
- 1972 large city arms plate of the city of Hilden in silver
- 1976 Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
- 1981 City arms shield of the city of Hilden with the Fabricius medal in silver
- 1986 Fabriciusteller of the city of Hilden
- 1988 Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
- 1990 Medal of Honor of the City of Nove Mesto nad Metuj
- 1991 City coat of arms of the city of Hilden with the Fabricius medal in gold
- 1996 Gold Medal of Honor from the City of Hilden
- 1998 Honorary Citizenship of the City of Warrington (Cheshire, England) for his involvement in school and town twinning
- 1999 Gold Ring of Honor from the City of Hilden for his services to the City of Hilden
Web links
- History of the Wilhelm-Fabry-Realschule Hilden
- Obituary of the SPD Mettmann (PDF; 242 kB)
- 100 years of the SPD parliamentary group in Hilden (PDF; 351 kB)
- Hans-Günter Eckerth, KD Göbel: Partnership contract with Nove Mesto - German version of the contract text, City of Hilden, September 11, 1989
- Council reduces staggering of honorary gifts. rp-online.de, December 28, 2011
- Mayor Scheib: Commemorative speech on the death of Hans-Günter Eckerth on September 23, 2004 (reproduction on the private memorial page of the alumni of the Wilhelm-Fabry-Realschule Hilden fabryaner.de)
- Mayor Tymel, Nové Mìsto nad Metují: Commemorative speech on the death of Hans-Günter Eckerth on September 23, 2004 (reproduction on the private memorial page of the alumni of the Wilhelm-Fabry-Realschule Hilden fabryaner.de)
Individual evidence
- ↑ K. Helmer: Statistical Yearbook 2011 (PDF; 11.9 MB) of the city of Hilden, Office for Public Relations, Statistics and Elections, November 30, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eckerth, Hans-Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher and local politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dortmund |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 11, 2004 |
| Place of death | Hilden |