Heiko Mählmann

Heiko Mählmann (born May 26, 1965 ) is President of the German Life Saving Society (DLRG) Landesverband Hamburg e. V.

Life

Heiko Mählmann completed a degree in civil engineering at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in 1994 with the academic degree of graduate engineer . From 1994 to 1999 he worked as a site manager and project manager at Stahmo GmbH in Hamburg. From 1999 to 2018, Mählmann was employed by Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG , first as a strategic buyer and from 2013 as head of construction purchasing. Since July 1, 2018, Heiko Mählmann has been Managing Director of GHC Gerling, Holz & Co. Handels GmbH in Hamburg.

Working in the DLRG

Mählmann joined the DLRG in 1975 after saving a friend from drowning in the Baltic Sea. Its home division is the Altona district . He has been active in lifeguard training since 1981. In the Altona district of the DLRG he was press officer from 1986 to 1989 and deputy technical director and head of training from 1989 to 2007. Mählmann has been working in the DLRG regional association in Hamburg since 1992. From 1992 to 2004 he was state representative for first aid / medical training and until 2010 state representative for license training in swimming and lifeguarding. In 1994 he was elected deputy technical director and head of training for the Hamburg regional association of the DLRG. He held this office until 2003. In 2002 he became Vice President of the DLRG Landesverband Hamburg e. V. elected. He held this office until 2011. On April 30, 2011 Heiko Mählmann became President of the DLRG Landesverband Hamburg e. V. elected. Mählmann is a member of the Civil Protection Committee of the Ministry of the Interior and Sport . In 2015 he received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon for his many years of voluntary work for the DLRG on the occasion of the honorary office day .

Criticism of accident prevention

Mählmann made a name for himself in particular with his criticism after the fatal accident on April 19, 2013 on the Hamburg Outer Alster, where 13-year-old Lorenz died under tragic circumstances during rowing training. As a result, criticism arose as to why the boy had to drown. Mählmann was often quoted on this, denouncing both the elimination of two strategically important places for the DLRG Hamburg on the Outer Alster, and the lack of life jackets for rowers. These are compulsory for sailors, but not so far for rowers. As a result, a campaign was started to educate people about the dangers of water sports in Hamburg, as another swimming accident occurred in the Stadtparksee in Hamburg in August 2013.

Honors

• 1976: Commemorative plaque for rescue from danger , Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein
• 1976: DLRG plaque for rescue from danger to life in bronze,
• 2002: Acknowledgment Medal Flood 2002 , Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
• 2002: Operation Medal Flood Aid 2002 , Federal Minister of the Interior
• 2004: DLRG badge of merit in gold, President of the DLRG
• 2006: Medal for faithful work in the service of the people , Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
• 2011: DLRG badge of merit in gold with diamond, President of the DLRG
• 2014: Hamburg Honorary Medal in bronze, Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
• 2015: Federal Cross of Merit , Federal President
• 2019: Hamburg Honorary Medal in Silver, Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Figure in the Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg

During the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the DLRG in 2013, the DLRG district association Knuffingen was founded in the Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg . This is located in the miniature wonderland in the form of miniature figures near Knuffingen , a virtual location on the largest model railway in the world. There the ruling mayor of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Olaf Scholz , DLRG President Klaus Wilkens and the President of DLRG Hamburg, Heiko Mählmann, were given a place as overseer in the Miniatur Wunderland in the form of small figures on a high seat guarding the "beach of Knuffingen" . The "Kreisverband Knuffingen" even has its own website.

Web links

• DLRG regional association Hamburg eV
• Interview with DLRG boss Heiko Mählmann: "The situation is absolutely fatal"
• "Lebensretter 3/2014", page 4, regional edition Hamburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ XING profile Heiko Mählmann (xing.com, accessed on December 27, 2015)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Federal Cross of Merit: How Hamburg's youngest savior became the DLRG President , Hamburger Abendblatt, December 1, 2015
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Award ceremony on Volunteer Day , bundespraesident.de, December 3, 2015
4. ↑ ^{a b} Heiko Mählmann, President of the DLRG Hamburg received the Federal Cross of Merit from Federal President Joachim Gauck on December 4th in Schloss Bellevue. (hamburg.dlrg.de of December 23, 2015, accessed December 27, 2015)
5. ↑ Heiko Mählmann new DLRG President , Lebensretter Hamburg Edition 2/2011
6. ↑ Federal President Gauck recognizes commitment in sport (ehrenamt-im-sport.de of December 9, 2015, accessed on December 27, 2015)
7. ↑ Despite a rowing accident: DLRG - no permanent presence on the Alster (welt.de from June 4, 2013, accessed on December 27, 2015)
8. ↑ Hoping for a station on Fährdamm ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Hamburger-Wochenblatt dated June 18, 2013, accessed December 27, 2015)  
9. ↑ Rowing drama on the Alster, Lorenz stayed afloat for minutes (bild.de, April 23, 2013, accessed December 27, 2015)
10. ↑ Rowing accident on the Alster: Search for 13-year-olds stopped (spiegel.de from April 23, 2013, accessed on December 27, 2015)
11. ↑ These dangers lurk at the bathing lake (radiohamburg.de of August 5, 2013, accessed on December 27, 2015)
12. ↑ Missing 13-year-old, helpers give up the search on the Alster (n24.de from April 24, 2013, accessed on December 27, 2015)
13. ↑ DLRG district association Knuffingen founded ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (miniatur-wunderland.de of February 14, 2013, accessed December 27, 2015) 
14. ↑ DLRG in MIniatur Wunderland: Lifesavers move into the Miniatur Wunderland (hamburg.de, accessed on December 27, 2015)
15. ↑ Miniatur Wunderland commemorates the DLRG's 100th birthday (ln-online.de of February 14, 2013, accessed on December 27, 2015)
16. ↑ The DLRG district association Knuffingen ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (knuffingen.dlrg.de, accessed on December 27, 2015)