Heinrich Trapp

Heinrich Trapp in the anteroom of his office (March 2014)

Heinrich Trapp (born May 17, 1951 in Schermau , Frauenbiburg community , today part of Dingolfing ) is a German politician ( SPD ). From 1991 to 2020 he was district administrator of the district of Dingolfing-Landau .

Life

Trapp attended elementary school in Frauenbiburg and the Dingolfing grammar school and studied educational science at the University of Regensburg . From 1976 he worked as a teacher at primary and secondary schools in Reisbach and Dingolfing. In 1977, Trapp was multiple champion of the quiz show with six appearances on the television program The Grand Prize (subject: athletics at the Olympic Games).

Heinrich Trapp has been married to his wife Marianne Trapp (née Raith) since 1975. He has a daughter and a son. His daughter Christine ran for the mayor's office of the city of Dingolfing in the 2020 local elections .

Political offices

From 1978 Trapp was district councilor in the district of Dingolfing-Landau and market council in Reisbach, from 1984 he was SPD district chairman. From 1986 until his early resignation on August 8, 1991 as a result of his election as district administrator, he was a member of the Bavarian state parliament . In the state parliament, Trapp was a member of the cultural policy committee and the petitions committee as well as youth policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group.

District Administrator

After Trapp's predecessor Fritz Ettengruber ( CSU ) died unexpectedly in office on March 17, 1991 at the age of 51, Trapp defeated the hastily nominated CSU candidate Hans Viertlböck in the district election that followed on June 24 with 56.6 percent of the valid votes . Viertlböck received 37.1 percent, Helmut Pix ( ÖDP / party-free environmentalists) 4.3 percent and Ruth Winklhofer-Zanardo ( FDP ) 2.0 percent. On June 1, 1997, Georg Eberl stood for the CSU against the incumbent district administrator and was clearly defeated with 24.4 percent of the valid votes against 75.6 percent for Trapp. The next district election was brought forward to the date of the local election on March 3, 2002. Trapp was unopposed and received 95.0 percent of the valid votes. On March 17, 2008, Dr. Helmut Steininger against Trapp and received 29.7 percent of the valid votes (70.3 percent for Trapp). On March 16, 2014, Trapp was elected to his fifth and final term of office with 91.7 percent of the vote, again without a candidate. Trapp has been the longest-serving district administrator in Bavaria since taking up his last term of office on May 1, 2014. In the local elections on March 15, 2020, he could no longer stand for election due to the age limit for district administrators in the Bavarian electoral law. Trapp was replaced on May 1st by Werner Bumeder (CSU) in the office of district administrator.

literature

tom: For 20 years: "Red" District Administrator in Lower Bavaria. In: Passauer Neue Presse from June 15, 2011 (p. 9)
Thomas Maile: "One year permanently in the fast lane." In: Landauer Neue Presse from December 31, 2013 (p. 19)

Web links

Heinrich Trapp in the parliamentary database at the House of Bavarian History
Heinrich Trapp's curriculum vitae

Individual evidence

↑ District Administrator and Quiz King invites you to your 60th birthday. In: Passauer Neue Presse . May 16, 2011, accessed September 28, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Wolfgang Wittl: The eternal champion. In: Süddeutsche.de . March 17, 2014, accessed August 18, 2019 .
↑ The curriculum vitae of District Administrator Heinrich Trapp. In: District Office Dingolfing-Landau. Retrieved August 18, 2019 .
↑ Christine Trapp wants to become mayor of Dingolfing. In: Wochenblatt . September 27, 2019, accessed September 28, 2019 .
↑ Law on the election of municipal councils, mayors, district councils and district administrators (Municipal and District Election Act - GLKrWG), Art. Art. 39 Eligibility for the office of first mayor and district administrator: The professional first mayor and district administrator can also those who have reached the age of 67 on the day the term of office begins will not be elected.
↑ Winfried Walter Werner Bumeder is new District Administrator of Dingolfing-Landau. In: Idowa . March 15, 2020, accessed March 21, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Trapp, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (SPD), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH	May 17, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schermau

[1] District Administrator and Quiz King invites you to your 60th birthday. In: Passauer Neue Presse . May 16, 2011, accessed September 28, 2019 .

[SZ-2] Wolfgang Wittl: The eternal champion. In: Süddeutsche.de . March 17, 2014, accessed August 18, 2019 .

[3] The curriculum vitae of District Administrator Heinrich Trapp. In: District Office Dingolfing-Landau. Retrieved August 18, 2019 .

[4] Christine Trapp wants to become mayor of Dingolfing. In: Wochenblatt . September 27, 2019, accessed September 28, 2019 .

[5] Law on the election of municipal councils, mayors, district councils and district administrators (Municipal and District Election Act - GLKrWG), Art. Art. 39 Eligibility for the office of first mayor and district administrator: The professional first mayor and district administrator can also those who have reached the age of 67 on the day the term of office begins will not be elected.

[6] Winfried Walter Werner Bumeder is new District Administrator of Dingolfing-Landau. In: Idowa . March 15, 2020, accessed March 21, 2020 .