Jürgen Heimchen

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Jürgen Artur Heimchen (born August 25, 1942 in Wuppertal ) is a retired German civil servant who volunteers for accepting drug work .

Life

Heimchen, a railway official by profession, campaigned for a liberal drug policy in North Rhine-Westphalia for decades . The trigger was the drug death of his 21-year-old son on June 21, 1992, the day that is now also known as the “National Day of Remembrance for Deceased Drug Addicts” and whose introduction in 1998 is due to Jürgen Heimchen's commitment. reasoned. In 1993 he founded the self-help group "Parents' Initiative for Accepting Drug Work and Humane Drug Policy Wuppertal". Heimchen conducted seminars on the topic and also became chairman of the "Federal Association of Parents and Relatives for Accepting Drug Work". He is also the moderator of the nationwide parents' meeting of Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e. V. and member of the Drugs Advisory Board there. Thanks to the action of Heimchen, the establishment of the nationwide first drug consumption room in the former station reception building in Elberfeld in Wuppertal in 2001.

Awards and honors

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mathias Häde: nrw jes. In: jesnrw.de. Retrieved June 27, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Authors | Alternative drug and addiction report. In: alternative-drogenbericht.de. Retrieved June 27, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b c www.wuppertaler-rundschau.de: Wuppertaler received the Federal Cross of Merit : Jürgen Heimchen honored. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, June 26, 2016, accessed on June 27, 2016 .
  4. ↑ njuuz >> GREEN: Congratulations, Jürgen Heimchen! In: njuuz.de. Retrieved June 27, 2016 .
  5. ↑ a b German AIDS Aid awards Jürgen Heimchen honorary membership. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 27, 2016 ; accessed on June 27, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / jesbielefeld.de
  6. ↑ a b c Federal Cross of Merit for Jürgen Heimchen. In: aidshilfe.de. June 22, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2016 .
  7. ↑ a b City of Wuppertal - Honors and prizes from the city. (No longer available online.) In: wuppertal.de. Archived from the original on June 26, 2016 ; accessed on June 27, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wuppertal.de
personal data
SURNAME Heimchen, Jürgen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heimchen, Jürgen Artur (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German civil servant i. R., who volunteers for an accepting drug work
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Wuppertal