Harald Kracht

Harald Kracht (born July 5, 1927 in Schleswig ; † January 1, 2018 in Fahrdorf ) was a German educator and founder and long-time chairman of the DLRG Youth .

Live and act

Kracht was born in Schleswig in 1927 as the son of a teacher. After graduating from high school in 1948, he first worked for a year as an assistant teacher and then studied at the Flensburg University of Education . From 1950 he first worked as a teacher in Rendsburg. In 1960 he took over the management of the school and later became the school principal. From 1984 he was school councilor of the Schleswig-Flensburg district . In 1992 he initially retired, but then took on a headmaster position in the new federal states for a year.

He was committed to the Schleswig-Holsteinische Heimatbund and was also a member of the board from 1984. In the Bund Deutscher Nordschleswiger , Kracht was election committee chairman from 1979 to 1984 and was a member of the business committee.

DLRG youth

Kracht had been a member of the German Life Saving Society since his youth . As early as the early 1950s, he began to implement his views on optimal youth work in the DLRG and, together with others, founded the youth association of the DLRG Schleswig-Holstein in 1952. From 1961 Harald Kracht was federal youth warden of the DLRG and in 1962 founded the youth of the German life-saving society. He held the office until 1977.

Offices and honors

Offices

• 1954 to 1961 state youth warden for the DLRG Youth Schleswig-Holstein
• 1961 to 1977 Federal Youth Warden of the DLRG
• From 1963 to 1977 he was the chairman of the sports committee of the German Youth Association for North Schleswig
• 1968 to 1984 chairman of the German Teachers' Association for North Schleswig-Holstein
• 1977 to 1981 chairman of the youth association committee for journeys and camps.
• 1979 to 1984 Chairman of the Election Committee of the Federation of German North Schleswig-Holstein (BDN)
• 1984 to 2004 chair of the sponsorship committee of the Schleswig-Holstein Homeland Association (SHHB)
• 1985 to 2004 member of the executive board and deputy SHHB chairman
• 1985 to 2004 chair of the Schleswig-Holstein-Tag Landkuratorium
• 1986 to 2004 chairman of the border policy committee of the SHHB

Honors

• 1966 Gold Medal of Honor and Merit from the DLRG
• 1977 Honorary Federal Youth Warden of the DLRG
• 1978 Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
• 1988 Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
• 1989 honorary member of the DLRG
• 2003 Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 2004 Schleswig-Holstein Medal
• 2013 Dr.-Peter-Pauly-Ring of the DLRG youth

Web links

• He was a maker and obituary inspirer in Der Nordschleswiger
• Obituary on the website of the DLRG Schleswig-Holstein