Karl Thorwirth

Karl Thorwirth (born August 23, 1923 in Pirmasens ; † September 16, 2003 in Mainz ) was a German trade unionist and politician ( SPD ).

Life

After attending school, Thorwirth took part in the Second World War as a soldier . He was most recently taken prisoner of war, from which he was released in 1945.

After his release from captivity, Thorwirth joined the ÖTV . He became a member of the DGB in 1946 and had worked full-time for the trade union in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse since 1951 . From 1952 he worked for the DGB regional district of Rhineland-Palatinate , which he headed from 1960 to 1965 as chairman. From 1972 he was a board member of Stadtwerke Mainz AG.

Thorwirth joined the SPD and has been involved in local politics since 1960. He was a member of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament from 1963 to 1983, where he was parliamentary manager from 1965 to 1972 and from January 1, 1976 to 1979 chairman of the SPD parliamentary group. He was also chairman of the cultural policy committee.

Honors

1969: Cross of Merit on ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

1977: Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

1983: Large Cross of Merit with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

literature

Herrmann AL Degener , Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? The German who's who. Volume 28, Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1989. p. 1382.

Individual evidence

↑ On the death of Karl Thorwirth. Press release from the SPD parliamentary group in Rhineland-Palatinate. September 17, 2003, accessed September 15, 2015 .

personal data
SURNAME	Thorwirth, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German trade unionists and politicians (SPD), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH	August 23, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pirmasens
DATE OF DEATH	September 16, 2003
Place of death	Mainz

[1] On the death of Karl Thorwirth. Press release from the SPD parliamentary group in Rhineland-Palatinate. September 17, 2003, accessed September 15, 2015 .