Karl-Heinz Wilmes

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Karl-Heinz Wilmes (born July 14, 1938 in Günne ) is a German SPD local politician.

family

Karl-Heinz Wilmes is married and has two children.

Politics and volunteering

Wilmes has been a member of the SPD since 1969 and has been active in local politics ever since. From 1969 to 2009 he was a member of the council of the community Möhnesee and in his hometown from 1989 to 2014 mayor . From 1975 to 2014 he was a member of the district council of the Soest district .

Since 2005 he has been an honorary judge at the Arnsberg Administrative Court . From 1969 until the merger with Sparkasse Soest in 2003, he was a member of the administrative board of Sparkasse Möhnesee and its chairman from 1989 to 1994.

He was chairman of the Heimatverein Günne-Theiningsen. His research and the organization of an exhibition to mark the 70th anniversary of the Möhne disaster in May 2013 attracted national and international attention.

Honors

In 1985, Karl-Heinz Wilmes received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon for his services to the community . In 1995 he received the Dr. Johann Christian Eberle Medal, the highest award of the German savings bank system. In 2015 he received the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class, presented by the NRW Minister Ralf Jäger .

Literature and documentation

1990, 1993, 2002 co-author of the books and notebooks on the local history of Günne.
May 7, 2013 SAT.1 "Documentation on the Möhne disaster"
May 8, 2013 WDR "Documentation on the Möhne disaster"
May 16, 2013 WDR local time "When water became a weapon"
July 6, 2013 WDR local time "100 years of the Möhne dam"
April 2020 "Days in April ”, (memories of the invasion of the Americans in Günne on April 7, 1945), ISBN 978-3-00-064783-3

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Wilmes adopted"
  2. ↑ "And the planes come again" in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of May 16, 2013
  3. ↑ High honor for Karl-Heinz Wilmes from Günne In: “Soester Anzeiger” from June 22, 2015

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personal data
SURNAME Wilmes, Karl-Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Günne