Heinrich Hoffschulte
Heinrich A. Hoffschulte (born June 15, 1941 in Danzig ; † October 30, 2016 in Münster ) was a prominent representative of the European Movement in Germany. Hoffschulte had been a member of the Young European Federalists and the Europa-Union Deutschland since 1956 , from 1973 to 1996 he was initially deputy chairman and from 1996 to 2008 he took over the state chairmanship of the Europa-Union NRW.
Life
After graduating from high school in Münster at the Johann-Conrad-Schlaun-Gymnasium , he studied law, Christian social science and Portuguese in Münster, Grenoble and Paris. At the beginning of his studies in Münster in 1960 he entered the K.St.V. Marcomannia a. After a scholarship 1969/70 at the national École d'Administration (ENA) in Paris, he received his doctorate in 1971. Dr. jur. at the University of Münster on the subject of "Property guarantee and compensation law in Brazilian law".
Hoffschulte was city director in Werne from 1975 to 1980 and senior district director of the Steinfurt district from 1980 to 1996 .
Act
He worked as an expert on issues of local and regional self-government, including for the Council of Europe , the United Nations , the German Foundation for International Development and the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation . He was a co-initiator and since then a member of the UN Advisory Council for Local Authorities ( UNACLA ). As First Vice-President of the Council of Committees and Regions of Europe, Hoffschulte was involved in the European Constitutional Convention as spokesman for local politics and, among other things, contributed a basic paper by the local authorities on the design of the subsidiarity principle .
Heinrich Hoffschulte was involved in numerous social projects in the Holy Land and was a member of the German Association of the Holy Land . In 1980 he was appointed Knight of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher by Cardinal Grand Master Giuseppe Caprio and invested in the order on May 10, 1980 in St. Paulus Cathedral in Münster by Franz Cardinal Hengsbach , Grand Prior of the German Lieutenancy .
honors and awards
- Knight of the Holy Sepulcher (1980)
- Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Kaiser Maximilian Prize (2002)
- Coudenhove Kalergi plaque 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.trauer.ms/Trauerbeispiel/Heinrich-Hoffschulte-2016-10-30-Muenster-Mitte-16290023 , November 1, 2016.
- ↑ Europa-Union Münster 2012 , accessed on November 11, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoffschulte, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hoffschulte, Heinrich A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German municipal official, Oberkreisdirektor Steinfurt district |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Danzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 2016 |
| Place of death | Muenster |