Horst Schöttler (Colonel)

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Horst Schöttler

Horst Schöttler (born November 7, 1941 in Munich ) is a German reserve colonel . He is the founder and chairman of the Colonel Schöttler Disabled Foundation and disaster control and ZMZ expert.

Life

After his secondary school leaving certificate (1959) and training as a map technician, he studied at the State Building School in Munich , graduating with a Dipl.-Ing. (FH) for cartography, 1965.

From 1965 to 1971 he was a technical officer in the military geographic service of the Bundeswehr (MilGeo), the last rank was: first lieutenant.

In the meantime, passed the external Abitur in December 1968 at the Lower Saxony scientific examination office in Göttingen.

From 1971 to 1974 he studied geography (main subject), geology and cartography at the Institute of Geography at the University of Tübingen, with a focus on spatial planning and regional planning.

He received a special permit to graduate as a qualified geographer after six semesters in 1974.

Lecturer for cartography and urban development in the Dean's Office of Earth Sciences at the University of TÜ from 1972 to 1977 and at the Institute for Geography Didactics at the University of Koblenz-Landau , Dept.

From April 1974 Scientific. Employee, then head of department with the function of a technical department head at the large district town of Rottenburg / N. until Oct. 1977.

Part-time: Doctorate to Dr. phil. 1976 with a regional planning-cartographic topic (publication in series C of the German Geodetic Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, issue 237, Frankfurt / M. 1978).

From October 1977 to October 1987 full-time alderman (municipal electoral officer) of the city of Kaiserslautern ; Responsible for civil-military cooperation with the American and French armed forces, disaster control, fire services, public order and aid organizations. During this time, development of cooperation models for civil protection and disaster relief.

Training courses, seminars and nationwide lectures at state and federal schools (focus: Federal Civil Protection School, Academy for Civil Defense, Police University) and abroad, including Finland, New Zealand, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, USA.

Adviser to the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior, StS Dr. Klaus-Dieter Uelhoff (1982-1987) and the Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, Christian Wulff (2002/2003) in the KatS.

1992 Appointment as "Expert for Disaster Protection" in the Humanitarian Aid Task Force (ASHH) in the Foreign Office .

Adviser to the Department of Humanitarian Affairs (DHA) at the Undersecretary General of the UN in Geneva from 1988 to 1991.

Adviser to the President of the JUH in disaster control and rescue services (1991-1993); then member of the federal board of the Johanniter Unfall-Hilfe eV from 1993 to 1997 and the federal management, responsible for education, KatS and RettD until 2006.

He lives in Prien am Chiemsee and in Kaiserslautern / Pfalz, married. since 1967, one daughter.

Military career as a member of the reserve

From 1971 to 1983 MilGeoOffz / MilGeoStOffz at the Ltr. MilGeo, Bonn.

1972 Captain of the Reserve, 1981 Major of the Reserve.

1984 to 1993 consultant in the command staff of the armed forces, BMVg, Bonn; Areas of application: civil defense, civil protection, civil-military cooperation; Liaison officer to the Federal Chancellery and the Federal Ministry of the Interior , 1985 Lieutenant Colonel of the Reserve.

1994 to 2002 Head of Department G 5 / J 9 in the Army Command, Koblenz; Structure of the department, draft of the STAN; 1995 Colonel of the Reserve.

2002 to 2004 head of department G 5 in the armed forces support command Cologne-Wahn: establishment of the department.

June 2004 after a total of 56 military exercises at home and abroad, the army inspector said goodbye to active reserve service.

Journalistic activity

Author of the following four specialist books:

  • Schöttler, Horst: Civil-Military Cooperation - A manual for commanders and main administrative officials , Walhalla. & Praetoria Verlag, Regensburg 1986 (145 pages)
  • Schöttler, Horst and Wolfgang Beßlich: Organization in overviews - civil protection and civil defense , Jüngling Verlag, Karlsfeld 1989, 6th edition (250 pages)
  • Schöttler, Horst (Ed.): Disaster Protection Supplementary Act 1990 - A new chapter in civil protection , Walhalla & Praetoria Verlag, Regensburg 1991 (252 pages)
  • Schöttler, Horst and Bernd Hoffmann (eds.): The Geneva Additional Protocols - Comments and Analyzes , Osang Verlag, Bonn 1993 (288 pages)

From 1984 to 2020 editor / editor of scientific journals

  • Emergency preparedness (1984-2002) ISSN 0948-7913
  • HomelandSecurity (until 2009) ISSN 1614-3523
  • Crisis Prevention (since 2011) ISSN 2198-0527

Around 150 essays and reports on the following topics: Major civil incidents, the role of aid organizations in the event of mass casualties, rapid response groups, chief emergency doctor, civil and civil protection in European and overseas countries, bioterrorism, chemical and chemical weapons, participation of the armed forces in disaster relief and humanitarian aid, civil-military cooperation (ZMZ) - national / Civil-Military-Cooperation (CIMIC) - international, humanitarian international law, ICRC and the Federation of Red Cross / Red Crescent Societies etc.

Expert from the Foreign Office on the organizational and legal requirements for the participation of the armed forces in disaster situations abroad.

As a KatS expert, multiple participation in (live) broadcasts of public and private radio and television companies.

Professional activities

From 1992 member of the German IDNDR Committee for Disaster Prevention / German Committee for Disaster Reduction (DKKV), chairman of the Operational Advisory Board there since 6/1998; until 3/2006 deputy committee chairman among the chairmen: Minister of State a. D. Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski , retired Mayor D. Hans Koschnik , former Federal Minister of Labor D. Dr. Norbert Blüm and former Federal Minister for Construction D. Dr. Irmgard Schwaetzer , appointed member of the "Humanitarian Aid Coordination Committee" at the Federal Foreign Office (1991 to 2006).

Member of the “Disaster Protection” technical committee of the German Red Cross (DRK) until its dissolution in 2003.

Chairman of the NATO / CIOR commission “Military Emergency Preparedness and Relief Assistance” from 1990 to 1995.

Selected voluntary activities

cartography

  • Since 1963 member of the German Society for Cartography (DGfK)
  • From 1981 organizer of the 31st German Cartographers' Day 1982 in Kaiserslautern
  • 1983-1995 treasurer of the DGfK, member of the executive board
  • 1995 - 2001 auditor of the DGfK
  • 1993 - 2019 First administrator of the Ravenstein initiative for the promotion of young talent for German cartographers (trainees to university students), then from 2000 to 2019 Chairman of the Board of the "Kartographie-Stiftung Ravenstein (KSR)", "Legal public foundation of civil law", based in Kaiserslautern

Disabled (veterans) aid for the Bundeswehr

2006/2007 Preparation of the establishment of the "Colonel Schöttler Disabled Foundation (OSVS)".

12/2007 Recognition as a "legally competent public foundation under civil law".

Confirmation of non-profit status, seat in Kaiserslautern.

Since then founder, benefactor and chairman of the board; Implementation of all administrative activities as well as victim care, etc.

Patron :

  • Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert , Member of the Bundestag, President of the German Bundestag (2011 - 2017)
  • Dr. Hans-Peter Friedrich , Member of the Bundestag, Vice-President of the German Bundestag (since 2018)

Delegates from the German Bundestag to the Executive Board:

The foundation now has seven-figure assets and has had more than 500 physically and mentally disabled Bundeswehr soldiers and their relatives (around 1,500 wives, life partners, children) financially, legally, psychosocially, counseling and therapeutically (e.g. Animal therapies).

More information on the foundation's work can be found on the homepage www.oberst-schoettler-versehrten-stiftung.de .

Rotary International (RI)

Rotarian since 1978 , initially in RC Kaiserslautern-Kurpfalz; Club president 2001/2002. In the anniversary year 2004/2005 - 100th anniversary of RI - Governor of the District 1860 (Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland as well as South Hesse and North Baden). In spite of this extensive volunteer work, the Deidesheim-Mittelhardt, Kaiserslautern-Sickinger Land and Rockenhausen clubs were founded; change there in 2006.

Honorary member of the Deidesheim-M clubs. and KL-Sickinger Land; Awarded by Rotary International with the "Paul Harris Fellow with Ruby" (PHF + 6), = second highest level. His maxims "Rotarian family" and "Helping before self-interest" are still observed in the district today.

Awards / honors

Fire brigades

  • German Fire Brigade Medal for Deserving Civilians, German Fire Brigade Association (DFV), October 15, 1982
  • German Fire Brigade Cross of Honor in Silver , German Fire Brigade Association (DFV), June 26, 1987
  • Rhineland-Palatinate Golden Badge of Honor, Rhineland-Palatinate State Fire Brigade Association , September 29, 1984
  • Golden Fire Brigade Badge of Honor , Kaiserslautern Volunteer Fire Brigade, June 5, 1987

The Federal Minister of the Interior / Federal Agency for Technical Aid (THW)

  • Gold helper sign with a wreath , October 10, 1987
  • Medal of honor in silver from the THW, May 22, 1993
  • Gold medal from THW , January 14, 2017

Relief and disaster relief organizations

  • Medal of Merit of the DRK Rhineland-Palatinate , May 18, 1997
  • Badge of honor on the ribbon of Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe, November 24, 2006
  • Maltese plaque in gold from the Malteser Relief Service, 23 October 2001

Medal of Honor from the Groupement des Cadres de Reserve , St. Quentin , November 10, 1980

Honorary Citizen Medal of the Ville de St. Quentin , March 22, 1985

German Society for Cartography and Geomatics (DGfK) :

  • Silver Medal of Honor , May 18, 1999
  • Honorary member , September 25, 2007
  • Honorary member of the Ravenstein Cartography Foundation (KSR), January 16, 2020

Merit pin in gold of the German Armed Forces Association (DBwV), February 13, 2020

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The contents of this article are based on personal information from Dr. Horst Schöttler, Kaiserslautern, July 2020.
  2. ^ Horst Schöttler: civil-military cooperation: e. Handbook for commanders a. Chief Administrative Officer. Walhalla u. Praetoria Verl, Regensburg 1986, ISBN 3-8029-6362-8 .
  3. ^ Horst Schöttler: Civil-military cooperation. In: Ärzteblatt. Federal Medical Association (Association of German Medical Associations) and National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, 1987, accessed on August 7, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Horst Schöttler, Wolfgang Beyer: Disaster Protection Supplement Act 1990 a new chapter in civil protection; Comments and analysis . Walhalla-u.-Praetoria-Verl, Regensburg 1991, ISBN 3-8029-6820-4 .
  5. ↑ Horst Schöttler, 1941-, Bernd Hoffmann, 1946-, Wolfgang Beyer, 1932-: The Geneva Additional Protocols: Comments and Analyzes . Osang, Bonn 1993, ISBN 3-7894-0104-8 .
  6. ↑ THW Medal of Honor in Gold for Dr. Schöttler. Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW), January 17, 2017, accessed on August 7, 2020 .
  7. ^ Honorary members of the German Society for Cartography. German Society for Cartography eV, accessed on August 7, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Schöttler, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German colonel
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich