Karl Schmidt (politician, 1937)

Karl Schmidt (2015)

Karl Schmidt (born April 25, 1937 in Wilden , Siegen district ) is a German politician ( CDU ) and the first honorary citizen of the Wilnsdorf community .

Schmidt began an administration apprenticeship in what was then the Siegen district on April 1, 1954 and continued his career here as well. In 1969 he was appointed district administrator. On June 1 of the same year, he took up the post of municipality director of the new large municipality of Wilnsdorf, confirmed in 1981 and 1988 by the Wilnsdorf municipal council. On May 15, 1997, Schmidt was elected the first full-time mayor by the council of the municipality of Wilnsdorf, and in 1999 he was confirmed in office with 69.4% of the votes. He kept the post of mayor until 2004. Then after 35 years he was replaced by his party colleague Werner Büdenbender.

Schmidt retired on October 1, 2004. On November 4, 2004, he was made the first honorary citizen of the Wilnsdorf community because of his achievements in the community. In 2007 he was honored for 50 years of loyalty to the CDU. Schmidt was also chairman of the Wilder Heimatverein for many years.

Web links

• Siegerlandkurier: Karl Schmidt was 70. Retrieved on April 21, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ^ Final result for Wilnsdorf. Wahlresults.nrw.de, 1999, archived from the original on May 23, 2013 ; accessed on August 31, 2014 . 
2. ^ Honorary citizen of the Wilnsdorf community. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 19, 2015 ; accessed on August 31, 2014 . 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.  
3. ↑ Honors, review and outlook at the general meeting of the CDU Wilnsdorf. November 20, 2007, archived from the original on August 28, 2008 ; accessed on August 31, 2014 .