Heinrich von Lersner

Heinrich-Ludwig Alexander Karl Robert Freiherr von Lersner (born July 14, 1930 in Stuttgart ; † August 26, 2014 in Berlin ) was a German administrative lawyer .

Career

He was the oldest of six children of the Upper Government Agriculture Councilor Albert Freiherr von Lersner (1900-1993) and his wife Clothilde von Groll (1901-1998). After graduating from high school, von Lersner studied law in Tübingen and Kiel and received his doctorate in 1959 under Günter Dürig . He then entered the civil service of the state of Baden-Württemberg . He initially worked for various district offices and was then seconded to the Federal Ministry of the Interior . There he took over the management of the water / waste subdivision in the early 1970s. In 1972 the Federal Cabinet commissioned him to found the Federal Environment Agency , which was based in Berlin. From 1974 to 1995 he was President of the Federal Environment Agency. He was a legal knight of the Order of St. John .

He was married since April 1968 to the mayor's daughter Uta von Weyhe (1938–2011), with whom he had five children.

Since 1951 he was a member of the student union Akademische Gesellschaft Stuttgardia Tübingen . Heinrich von Lersner was a member of the FDP .

Honors

1981: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
1996: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
Honorary Senator of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus

literature

Who is who ?: The German Who's Who , Volume 40 - Schmidt-Römhild, 2001

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Heinrich von Lersner 60 years. In: Dust - cleanliness. Air . 50, No. 10, 1990, ISSN 0949-8036 , p. 376.
↑ see “A great servant of our country”, article on the death of von Lersner in the Tagesspiegel, August 31, 2014, accessed November 25, 2017

personal data
SURNAME	Lersner, Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lersner, Heinrich-Ludwig Alexander Karl Robert Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German administrative lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 14, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH	August 26, 2014
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Heinrich von Lersner 60 years. In: Dust - cleanliness. Air . 50, No. 10, 1990, ISSN 0949-8036 , p. 376.

[2] see “A great servant of our country”, article on the death of von Lersner in the Tagesspiegel, August 31, 2014, accessed November 25, 2017