Martin Kilian

Martin Kilian (born May 21, 1928 in Strehlitz , Namslau district ; † July 2, 2014 in Wernigerode ) was a German bobsledder , sports official and local politician ( SED ).

Life

After being expelled from Lower Silesia , Kilian worked as a miner in Nachterstedt . In 1948 he joined the SED . From 1950 to 1957 he was active as a bobsleigh driver . From 1951 to 1959 he worked as a teacher and in 1959 became director of the Wilhelm Raabe Oberschule in Wernigerode . When Mayor Gustav Strahl resigned there for health reasons in 1962, he became his successor at the suggestion of the SED district leadership. His election took place in the city council on October 24, 1962. Then he was Mayor of Wernigerode for almost 28 years until May 1990. In the local elections in May 1990, he no longer ran and took early retirement.

From 1982 to 1990 Kilian was president of the GDR sled and bobsleigh association . He was also Vice President of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (FIBT).

In March 1990 Kilian was elected the last president of the German Gymnastics and Sports Federation (DTSB) of the GDR. The DTSB dissolved on December 15, 1990 when it joined the German Sports Association (DSB) and five new state sports associations were founded. In October 1991 Kilian resigned from the position of Vice President he had assumed at the DSB.

He died at the age of 87 in the Caroline-König-Stift in Wernigerode.

Awards

1968 Honorary title Honored Master of Sport
1972, 1974 and 1988 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze.
In 2008, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, he received the Golden Badge of Honor from the Bobsleigh and Sled Association for Germany .
2016 built during his time as mayor footbridge in Wernigerode was after him as Martin Kilian bridge named

literature

Volker Kluge : Kilian, Martin . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Individual evidence

^ Rainer Schauer: At a loss under half-timbered roofs . In: Die Zeit , No. 13/1991 of March 22, 1991.
^ Portrait in Neues Deutschland, March 5, 1990, p. 2.
^ Neue Zeit , October 19, 1991, p. 15.
↑ BSD: The BSD mourns Martin Kilian from Wernigerode
↑ Former FIBT Vice President Martin Kilian has passed away ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
^ Robert Schwarz: Former bobsleigh association chief Kilian has died ( memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: motorvision.de , July 7, 2014 (accessed on July 7, 2014).
↑ Neues Deutschland , June 29, 1968, p. 6.
↑ Berliner Zeitung , April 15, 1972, p. 4, Volksstimme , October 4, 1974 and Neues Deutschland , April 26, 1988, p. 4

personal data
SURNAME	Kilian, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sports official and mayor of Wernigerode
DATE OF BIRTH	May 21, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Strehlitz (Namslau district)
DATE OF DEATH	2nd July 2014
Place of death	Wernigerode

[1] Rainer Schauer: At a loss under half-timbered roofs . In: Die Zeit , No. 13/1991 of March 22, 1991.

[2] Portrait in Neues Deutschland, March 5, 1990, p. 2.

[3] Neue Zeit , October 19, 1991, p. 15.

[4] BSD: The BSD mourns Martin Kilian from Wernigerode

[5] Former FIBT Vice President Martin Kilian has passed away ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

[6] Robert Schwarz: Former bobsleigh association chief Kilian has died ( memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: motorvision.de , July 7, 2014 (accessed on July 7, 2014).

[7] Neues Deutschland , June 29, 1968, p. 6.

[8] Berliner Zeitung , April 15, 1972, p. 4, Volksstimme , October 4, 1974 and Neues Deutschland , April 26, 1988, p. 4