Peter Färber

The title of this article is ambiguous. For an Austrian actor with a similar name, see Peter Faerber (* 1953).

Peter Färber (born October 16, 1922 in Mistelbach ; † August 10, 2009 in Bayreuth ) was a German local politician ( Bayreuth Community ).

Life

Peter Färber passed his Abitur at the Christian-Ernestinum grammar school in Bayreuth and then studied English, French and philosophy. During the Second World War he was captured by the US and interned in France. After initially working as a high school teacher in Coburg , he returned to his old school. Until his retirement there he was French teacher, director of studies and deputy headmaster. In 1966 he was elected to the Bayreuth City Council, of which he was a member until 1996. From 1972 to 1996 he was deputy mayor. As a representative of the Bayreuth community, he was also the deputy chairman of the parliamentary group from 1978 to 1996.

Färber was particularly committed to the twinning between Bayreuth and the French city of Annecy , which he helped to initiate. For his services to the Franco-German friendship he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor and an honorary citizen of Annecy. He was also awarded the Golden Ring of Honor in 1968 and honorary citizenship of the city of Bayreuth in 1996. In 1987 he received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon.

Färber died on August 10, 2009 after a long illness. In 2011 the city of Annecy awarded the Peter Färber Prize for services to the town twinning for the first time.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bayreuth's honorary citizen Peter Färber died yesterday at the age of 86. (No longer available online.) Radio Mainwelle , August 11, 2009, archived from the original on June 24, 2013 ; Retrieved April 10, 2013 . 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.  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Peter Färber Prize. Annecy, accessed April 10, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Bernd Mayer: honorary citizen and fatherly friend. (No longer available online.) Bayreuth mittendrin , August 16, 2009, formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 10, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
4. ↑ ^{a b} Markus Barnick: Peter Färber. (No longer available online.) Who is who in Bayreuth ?, archived from the original on March 11, 2011 ; Retrieved April 5, 2013 . 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.  
5. ↑ Annecy awards the Peter Färber Prize for the first time. (No longer available online.) Bayreuth , August 17, 2011, formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 10, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.