Ralf Broß

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Ralf Broß (2014)

Ralf Broß (* 1966 in Rottweil ) is an independent local politician from Baden-Württemberg and has been Lord Mayor of his hometown Rottweil since July 2, 2009 .

biography

Broß grew up in Rottweil and received his Abitur in 1986 at the Rottweiler Leibniz Gymnasium. He then studied administrative science at the University of Konstanz and business administration at the Württemberg Administration and Business Academy in Stuttgart. From 1992 to 1998 he worked at the Ludwigsburg district office for the infrastructure division. From 1998 to 2002 he was the head of the building administration office of the city of Konstanz . From 2002 to 2009 he was managing director of the Regional Economic Development Corporation Bruchsal GmbH. In this function, he was a member of the working group of business development agencies in the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion, member of the board of trustees of Cyberforum Karlsruhe eV and cooperation partner of bwi Baden-Württemberg International.

On April 5, 2009 he was elected Lord Mayor of Rottweil in the first ballot with a turnout of 50.9 percent with a total of 58.6 percent, replacing Thomas Engeser after his first term in office. In the election campaign he was supported by the CDU and SPD ; with two exceptions, all of the town council members voted for Broß as the new mayor.

On May 7, 2017, Broß was confirmed in office for a further eight years with a total of 96.3 percent. He ran unopposed.

Broß is married to Friederike Broß. The couple have a son and a daughter.

politics

Two referendums took place during his tenure as Lord Mayor. In September 2015 there was a referendum initiated by a referendum on the question of whether the new Rottweil correctional facility should be built on the Gewann Esch. With a turnout of 48.5 percent, 58.4 percent voted in favor of the new building. The city of Rottweil received the democracy rose from the Baden-Württemberg regional association Mehr Demokratie for its exemplary citizens' dialogue.

In March 2017 there was a referendum initiated by the municipal council. It was about the question of whether an approx. A 600 meter long pedestrian suspension bridge from a private investor will span the Neckar Valley and connect the historic Rottweiler city center with the 246-high test tower for elevators and its viewing platform. With a turnout of 48.4 percent, 71.6 percent of those who voted voted in favor of the building.

Other priorities during his tenure included a.

  • Restructuring of business development and tourism promotion
  • Settlement of a test tower for high-speed elevators from thyssenkrupp with a viewing platform
  • Settlement of a pedestrian suspension bridge over the Neckar valley
  • Construction of the fire station
  • Privatization of the city hospital
  • Reconstruction of the Duttenhofer Villa
  • Citizen participation
  • Setting the course for the development of the Nägelesgraben
  • European Energy Award and certificate as SME-friendly local government
  • Winning the State Horticultural Show in 2028

Memberships

  • Chairman of the supervisory board of Energieversorgung Rottweil GmbH und Co. KG
  • Member of the supervisory board of the regional economic development agency Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg
  • Chairman (deputy) of the special purpose association for the inter-municipal industrial and commercial area Zimmer oR - Rottweil
  • Member of the main committee of the German Association of Cities and the Finance Committee of the Association of Baden-Württemberg
  • Chairman of the Rottweil Cultural Foundation
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the Erich Hauser Foundation Rottweil
  • Member of the board of trustees of the Hohenkarpfen Art Foundation
  • Member of the LEADER committee Oberer Neckar eV
  • Advisory board of the Heliosklinik Rottweil

Volunteering

  • President of the DRK Kreisverband Rottweil eV
  • Chairman of the Römerstrasse Neckar-Alb-Aare eV
  • Rotary Club Rottweil
  • Member of Forum Kunst Rottweil
  • Member of the Rottweil History and Antiquity Association

literature

  • Broß, Ralf and Alfons Bürk. The future is getting closer - the Neckartal business park in: Industriekultur im Neckartal Rottweil , ed. by Stefan King and Hermann Klos, Rottweil 2012
  • Broß, Ralf. The multi-generation Kapuziner house as a social and architectural factor in the city of Rottweil in: Kapuzinerkloster Rottweil , ed. from the State Office for Monument Preservation in the Stuttgart Regional Council (cultural monuments in Baden-Württemberg, vol. 10), Lindenberg: Kunstverlag Josef Fink, 2015
  • Broß, Ralf. Citizen participation for the new Rottweil prison - a textbook example of direct democracy? in: Glaab, Manuela (Ed.). Politics with Citizens - Politics for Citizens , Wiesbaden: Springer Verlag 2016

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official election result of the Rottweiler OB election 2009. Accessed on June 3, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Official election result of the Rottweiler OB election 2017. Accessed on June 3, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgart, Germany: Citizens' decision: Rottweilst votes for large prison . In: stuttgarter-zeitung.de . ( stuttgarter-zeitung.de [accessed on June 3, 2017]).
  4. ↑ Schwarzwälder Bote, Oberndorf, Germany: Rottweil: Democracy Prize for Rottweil - News - Black Forest Bote. Retrieved June 3, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgart, Germany: Mayor election in Rottweil: The man who makes major projects possible . In: stuttgarter-zeitung.de . ( stuttgarter-zeitung.de [accessed on June 3, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Dirk Werner: Location portrait: Modern working environments. Retrieved June 3, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Susanne Preuß: Rottweil: The test tower for the elevator without a rope . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . June 1, 2016, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed June 3, 2017]).
  8. ↑ Rottweiler mega-project: The suspension bridge is coming | Baden-Württemberg | SWR news . In: swr.online . ( swr.de [accessed on June 3, 2017]).
  9. ↑ Schwarzwälder Bote, Oberndorf Germany: Rottweil: Lord Mayor looks back - Black Forest Bote. Retrieved May 18, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Schwarzwälder Bote, Oberndorf Germany: Rottweil: Rottweil awarded for climate protection - Schwarzwälder Bote. Retrieved June 27, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Schwarzwälder Bote, Oberndorf Germany: Rottweil: State Garden Show: City wins bid - Black Forest Bote. Retrieved June 27, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Broß, Ralf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Rottweil