Herbert Gerisch

Herbert Gerisch (born April 15, 1922 in Strohkirchen , Mecklenburg ; † April 1, 2016 in Neumünster , Schleswig-Holstein ) was a German building contractor and politician ( CDU ). He was the general manager of the Kieler Bau-Investitions-Gesellschaft (BIG) and chairman of the board of the interwoven Big-Heimbau. He was mayor of Neumünster in 1969 and 1970 and from 1963 to 1967 and from 1970 to 1977 a member of the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament .

Life

Gerisch attended elementary school in Strohkirchen and then went to secondary school in Ludwigslust . He graduated from school in 1940 with a high school diploma. After that he was initially a career officer. After the Second World War , Gerisch worked as an employee in the housing industry. In 1955 he became CEO of BIG-Heimbau e. G., from 1973 he was also the managing director of BIG Bau-Investitions-Gesellschaft mbH. Gerisch was the boss of one of the largest construction companies in Northern Germany at the time. In 1990 he moved from the executive board to the supervisory board .

Gerisch was district chairman of the CDU in Neumünster and a member of the state board of the CDU Schleswig-Holstein. He was chairman of the CDU's state committee for housing, urban development and regional planning and a member of the federal committee and the federal structure committee.

From 1955 to 1974 Gerisch was councilor of the city of Neumünster, from 1955 to 1968 as CDU parliamentary group leader . From 1969 to 1970 he was mayor of Neumünster. He held the office of the city's head of culture from 1959 to 1974, and between 1969 and 1970 he was also head of school.

Gerisch few months the fifth legislature as was January 9, 1963, after the start Nachrücker member of the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament. Initially, he was a member of parliament until the end of the legislative period on April 28, 1967. During the sixth electoral period, Gerisch moved up to the state parliament for the second time and on January 8, 1970, was again a member of the state parliament. In the state elections of 1971 and 1975, Gerisch was elected in constituency 24 (Neumünster) as a direct candidate for the CDU in the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament. He remained a member of parliament until he resigned his mandate on May 13, 1977 after the state parliament had set up an investigative committee at the beginning of the month following an opposition request "to clarify the possible influence of state politics by the business interests of the member of parliament Gerisch (CDU)".

Gerisch was a member of the Housing Advisory Council and the Council for Urban Development at the Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of the Interior. In addition, he was chairman of the regional advisory board of the German Settlers Association , member of the main and association committee of the Association of North German Housing Companies. V. in Hamburg, member of the board of directors of the housing credit institution of Schleswig-Holstein as well as several supervisory boards and advisory boards.

Gerisch received the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Medal of the State of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1971 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon .

Gerisch was long-time district chairman of the German Red Cross Neumünster. Together with his wife, he founded the Herbert Gerisch Foundation in 2001 , an art foundation with the aim of creating a sculpture park in Neumünster.

Web links

• Herbert Gerisch in the state parliament information system Schleswig-Holstein
• Affaires - Help for the Lord , in Der Spiegel (52/1976) of December 20, 1976

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Art sponsor and founder Herbert Gerisch died. In: kultur-port.de. Herbert Gerisch Foundation, April 1, 2016, accessed April 5, 2016 . 
2. ↑ It is not enough just to enjoy life. In: Abendblatt.de. Hamburger Abendblatt , August 27, 2010, accessed on August 28, 2010.
3. ↑ Der Spiegel reported… , In: spiegel.de. Der Spiegel (20/1977), May 9, 1977, accessed on August 28, 2010.