Horst Krautter

Horst Krautter (* 1933 in Karlsruhe ; † December 23, 1996 in Stuttgart ) was a social-democratic administration expert, politician and lecturer in local science.

As a graduate of the Württemberg high-level administrative service, he first became mayor of Wildberg , (Calw district, Baden-Württemberg). From 1972 to 1995, as managing director at Municipal Development Stuttgart, he then organized the concept of public participation in municipal construction, infrastructure and renovation measures and accompanied and supported a large number of such measures in municipal development. Planning with the citizen was an important concern of Krautter. As an honorary professor, he taught at the University of Administration in Ludwigsburg.

He is considered the initiator of the Hohenlohe local transport model , an early form of public-private partnership in a rural area with little public transport.

Orientation and impact

Krautter was a member of the SPD and also worked for a time as Erhard Eppler's deputy in the Baden-Württemberg State Executive. As a companion of Eppler's relationship with the Protestant regional church in Württemberg , he was particularly involved in the peace movement at the beginning of the 1980s and the closely related Gustav Heinemann initiative.

Krautter was more active here as editor and organizer, less in terms of content. The trick is that in the human chain of Mutlangen the chain was briefly really closed without cause on the plurality of gequerten motorways and main roads traffic chaos is due to his organizational talent and was also at the opposite side, the then Interior Minister Roman Herzog acknowledged.

Krautter's position as external controller in Weimar was a novelty in German municipal history . Weimar was insolvent at the beginning of 1995, Krautter was used to rehabilitate the city finances in consultation with the administration. Each issue initially went through Krautter's desk. Weimar was given a process organization, Krautter distributed budget responsibility to the head of office, and controlling to departmental level. In addition to emphasizing personal responsibility for motivation, Krautter also developed a comprehensive training concept - because you can only act cost-consciously if you recognize the business processes. The concept was also under discussion as the basis for the redevelopment of Berlin's city finances.

Personal

Krautter's father was the headmaster in Zaisersweiher and Sternenfels , where Krautter grew up as the oldest of 6 siblings. Krautter was married and had a daughter. He died in late 1996 after a brief, serious illness.

Publications

• Menzel, Petra, German, Markus u. Horst Krautter (1997): Current practical handbook for building land use planning. Volume 1 and 2. Augsburg.
• The environmental framework plan by Horst Krautter (author), Jochen Neidhardt (author) Publisher: Kohlhammer (April 1997) ISBN 3-17-011529-4
• Planning with the citizen (paperback) by Sibylle Krause-Burger (author), Günter Hekler (editor), Wolfram Kaltenbacher (editor), Horst Krautter (editor) Publisher: Müller CF; Edition: 2nd A. (1992) ISBN 3-7880-7427-2
• Looking for future opportunities. Gustav Heinemann initiative by Titus Häussermann (author), Horst Krautter (author) Radius-Verlag GmbH (April 1987) ISBN 3-87173-701-1
• Save peace, make peace. Texts of the Gustav Heinemann Initiative 1981 (paperback) by Walter Hähnle (author), Horst. Krautter (Author) Radius-Verlag GmbH (November 1984), ISBN 3-87173-601-5
• Right to resist. Gustav Heinemann initiative by Titus Häussermann (author), Horst. Krautter (Author) Radius-Verlag GmbH (May 1986) ISBN 3-87173-657-0
• Peace with the Soviet Union - an unfinished business. Edited together with Dietrich Goldschmidt , Sophinette Becker, Erhard Eppler , Wolfgang Huber , Horst Krautter, Hartmut Lenhard, Wolfgang Raupach and Klaus von Schubert. Gütersloh 1989
• Peter Heinemann, Gustav Heinemann . Christian, patriot and social democrat. On the opening of the exhibition "Gustav Heinemann" in the Rastatt Castle, in: The Federal Republic and the German History / Gustav Heinemann Initiative, ed. v. Titus Häussermann and Horst Krautter, Stuttgart 1987, 75-80;