Herbert Wahrendorf
Herbert Wahrendorf (born August 29, 1919 in Magdeburg ; † February 21, 1993 in Vogelsang near Gommern ) was a German educator, athlete and sports official.
Life
Wahrendorf was born into a working-class family.
Professional and political career
After graduating from school, he first learned to be a businessman and then, after 1945, trained as a new teacher . He taught at the Salbke elementary school until 1949 and then took over as director of the Geschwister-Scholl-Schule in Buckau . With him as director, this school became the first ten-class school in Magdeburg. At this time, Wahrendorf lived in the Magdeburg district of Fermersleben at the address Am Klosterfeld 3 .
In 1953 he took over the development of the children's and youth sports school in Magdeburg, which was recognized as the best school of its kind in 1957 and 1959 and won at sports festivals. Schoolchildren and graduates of the school have won major national and international competitions, including the Olympic Games. He also established the tradition of indoor sports festivals in Magdeburg schools. He was director until 1985, making him the longest-serving director of a children's and youth sports school and laying the foundation for Magdeburg's self-image as a city of sports. Wahrendorf had particularly close contact with the handball coaches Bernhard Kandula and Klaus Miesner . At the end of the 1980s, Wahrendorf lived at Westring 11 in Sudenburg .
From 1961 to 1990 he was a member of Magdeburg's city council . Between 1961 and 1965 he was the head of the Standing Commission on Physical Culture and Sport. After that he acted as chairman of the permanent commission for popular education until 1990.
Competitive athlete and sports official
Wahrendorf played field handball for the company sports association of the Buckau R. Wolf machine factory , which later became Motor Südost, and was East German champion in this sport, which was popular in the region at the time, in 1948/49. He was a member of the GDR national team and played eight times as their captain. He had 16 missions for the state selection of Saxony-Anhalt . Due to an injury, however, he had to end his sporting career.
In 1953 he founded the company sports community (BSG) unit pedagogy Magdeburg . When the Sportclub Magdeburg (SCM) was founded, he was a member of the board there and later became vice-president of the SCM. He held this position until 1989. In 1992 he founded the SCM Council of Elders, of which he remained chairman until his death in 1993.
In 1966 he was elected vice-president of the handball association of the GDR .
Awards
In 1958 he was named an Honored Teacher of the People . In addition, he received the GDR Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze and silver. The Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Medal , the highest award of the German Gymnastics and Sports Federation , was awarded to him in 1974. In 1979, on his 60th birthday, he was allowed to enter himself in the book of honor in his hometown.
literature
- Konrad Ludwig: Wahrendorf, Herbert. In: Guido Heinrich, Gunter Schandera (ed.): Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon 19th and 20th centuries. Biographical lexicon for the state capital Magdeburg and the districts of Bördekreis, Jerichower Land, Ohrekreis and Schönebeck. Scriptum, Magdeburg 2002, ISBN 3-933046-49-1 , p. 771 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Address book of the city of Magdeburg 1950-51, Part I, page 637
- ↑ Telephone book district Magdeburg 1987, page 190
- ↑ Honor for deserving sports officials , In: Neues Deutschland , May 4, 1974, p. 5
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wahrendorf, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator, handball player and official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 1993 |
| Place of death | Vogelsang (Gommern) |