Karl Graf (politician, 1920)
Karl Graf (born June 16, 1920 in Hasberg ; † 2007 ) was a German politician, carpenter and district administrator in the former Krumbach district .
Life
Karl Graf was born on June 16, 1920 in Hasberg, the son of Anna and Remigius Graf, who ran a farm, a brewery and an inn in Hasberg. He attended elementary school and in 1937 the state high school in Augsburg. He completed his training at the technical college and included an internship at MAN . From 1939 to 1940 he worked as an engineer assistant on the express steamer "Europa". This was followed by a two-year mechanical engineering course in Bingen. Until 1945 he was an engineer lieutenant in the Navy.
After returning home in 1946, he founded a small carpenter's workshop in Hasberg with those who had been expelled from their homeland. In 1950 he built a factory and residential building. He employed ten people and later manufactured over a hundred mahogany sailboats up to six meters in length for international customers.
On May 15, 1954, he married his wife Gertrud, who worked as a general practitioner at the Krumbach Hospital and after the marriage opened a private practice in Hasberg and worked as a spa doctor in the Krumbad spa. The marriage resulted in five sons and a daughter who died at the age of only nine months.
Karl Graf ran in the district elections in 1955 in the Krumbach district with the support of the German party . In the first ballot, he prevailed against two candidates and got into the runoff election. He finally won this with over 68 percent. Without any previous local political activity, he became district administrator and remained so until 1972 until the Krumbach district was dissolved by the regional reform in Bavaria .
The last Mayor of Hasberg, Georg Paul, made Graf an honorary citizen in July 1972 for his services to his home community.
Awards
- Honorary citizen of Hasberg community since July 3, 1973
- Municipal Medal of Merit in Silver
- Awarded the title of old district administrator
- The Order of Merit has rejected Karl Graf for personal reasons.
literature
- Ernst Striebel, Helmut Striebel: History of the Kirchheim market and its districts. Pröll, Augsburg 1990.
- Heinrich Habel: District of Krumbach (= Bavarian art monuments. Volume 29). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1969, ISSN 0522-5264 .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Count, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German district administrator of the district of Krumbach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hasberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2007 |