Martin Bottesch
Martin Bottesch (born September 27, 1953 in Großpold , Sibiu district ) is a Romanian author and local politician from the German-speaking minority of the Transylvanian Saxons .
Life
Bottesch studied mathematics at the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj . He has held various leading positions at the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (DFDR), the representative organization of the Romanian German minority, since its founding in 1990 as a volunteer.
Since 1998 he has been head of the Center for Teacher Training in German in Mediaș . Education policy has always been the focus of work. In the didactics of mathematics department and with regard to the history of the Landler , Bottesch has contributed to or published several articles, brochures and books.
Since the local elections in 2004, when the DFDR gained the majority of votes in the Sibiu district , Bottesch has held the office of district council chairman (Rum. Președinte al Consiliului Județean ). This ended in 2012.
Awards
Works
- The Bavarian-Austrian dialect of the Landler von Grosspold (Apoldu de Sus) in Transylvania (Romania) (with Johanna Bottesch), Vienna: VWGÖ, 1992, ISBN 3-85369-892-1
- Landlerii transilvaneni , Mediaș: Central, 2001, ISBN 973-85183-0-X
- The Transylvanian Landler: a track record (as editor with Franz Grieshofer and Wilfried Schabus), Vienna: Böhlau, 2002, ISBN 3-205-99415-9
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article in the Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung from June 15, 2012, where a balance sheet of 8 years is drawn.
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bottesch, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian author and local politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Großpold , Sibiu County , Romania |