Munich block

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The Munich Bloc was a group of voters active in Munich . She was represented on the Munich city council from 1952 to 1978 . The bloc represented the interests of the middle class and was close to the CSU . It partially supported the CSU in state and federal elections, at least in 1978 the CSU and the bloc had linked their lists.

City Council Munich (1952 to 1978)

The association first appeared in the 1952 city council election and received 4.5% of the vote and thus three seats. In 1956, thanks to an intensive poster and press campaign, it was even able to increase to 7.0% and four mandates. In 1966 it was 4.2% and two seats. 1966 two seats again with 3.0% of the vote. In 1972 it was only 1.7% and one mandate. 1978 left the association with 0.8% of the vote from the city council.

Councilors

Among others, the following people represented the Munich Bloc in the city council:

  • Liesel Beckmann , professor and first female holder of a chair in business administration (from 1952 or 1953 until her death in 1965)
  • Ludwig Schmid, chairman of the house and landowner association (1952 to 1975)
  • Jakob Baumann, businessman and sponsor of the Munich theaters, also member of the CSU (1965 to 1978)

Groebenzell

In 1952, seven members of the Munich block were elected to the council of the newly founded community of Gröbenzell - parts of the community had previously belonged to Munich. Later, some of them switched to the non-partisan voter community .

Citizen Block

The Free Voters Association of the Munich Block continues the tradition of the Munich Block . He ran in 1990 and 1994 in the city council election, but did not get more than 0.2% of the vote. He allied himself with the Bamberg Citizens Block to form the Bavarian Citizens Block . In 2003 and 2008 he ran for the Bavarian state elections in Upper Franconia. The planned candidacy for the European elections in 2009 failed due to a lack of support signatures . Since then, only the chairman of the Munich block, Robert Mertel, ran as a direct candidate for the federal elections from 2009 to 2017, using the code citizen block . In 2017, the Bürger-Block had 10 members according to its own information.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dominik Hutter: Munich: Small parties and their way in politics. Retrieved May 12, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b On the election of the Munich City Council and the Lord Mayor on March 18, 1956 . In: Statistical Office of the City of Munich (Ed.): Münchner Statistics . No. 3 . Munich March 1956.
  3. ↑ a b Statistical Office of the City of Munich (ed.): The city council and mayor elections in Munich on March 5, 1978 . Munich 1978.
  4. ↑ Statistical Office of the City of Munich (ed.): 394,000 Munich residents elect their new city council and the mayor . No. 4 . Munich April 1952.
  5. ↑ City council and mayor election in Munich on March 27, 1960 . In: Statistical Office of the City of Munich (Ed.): Münchner Statistics . No. 4 . Munich April 1960.
  6. ^ The election of the city council and mayor in Munich on June 11, 1972 . In: Statistical Office of the City of Munich (Ed.): Münchner Statistics . No. 2 . Munich 1972.
  7. ↑ Technical University of Munich (ed.): The city council and mayor elections in Munich on June 11, 1972 . 2007.
  8. ↑ Abendzeitung Germany: Munich - Ex-Lord Mayor Hans-Jochen Vogel :. Retrieved May 12, 2020 .
  9. ↑ a b Street names in the 22nd district of Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied . In: Landeshauptstadt München (Ed.): Official Journal . No. May 15 , 2006.
  10. ↑ Baumann, Jakob (1908-1995). In: Federal Archives . Retrieved May 12, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Gemeine Gröbenzell (Ed.): List of all municipal councilors since the church was founded, as of July 2019 . July 2019.
  12. ↑ Obituaries of Gerd Schiffmacher | trauer.merkur.de. Retrieved on May 12, 2020 (German).
  13. ↑ Statistical Office of the City of Munich (Ed.): The Munich municipal elections of March 18, 1990 . Munich 1990.
  14. ^ Statistical Office of the City of Munich (ed.): The municipal elections in Munich on June 12, 1994 . Munich 1994.
  15. ↑ 2017 Bundestag election: Munich's candidate Dr. No chance (Robert Mertel). Retrieved May 12, 2020 .