Robert Knüppel

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Robert Knüppel (2011)

Gustav-Robert Knüppel (born March 27, 1931 in Kiel ) is a German politician (CDU) . From 1976 to 1988 he was mayor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck and general secretary of the German Foundation for Monument Protection until the end of 2008 , after which he was a member of the foundation's board of directors, from which he moved as deputy chairman to the board of trustees in early 2011.

Life

Robert Knüppel was born in Kiel. After graduating from the Kiel School of Academics , he studied economics and received his doctorate at the age of 25. He first worked at the State Statistical Office in Kiel and then went to Lübeck, where in 1960 he took over the management of the Office for Elections and Statistics. In 1968 he became the Hanseatic City's Senator for Finance. In 1976 he replaced Werner Kock (SPD) as the mayor of Lübeck as a candidate for the CDU and became head of the city administration. During his tenure Lübeck in 1987 in the World Heritage List of UNESCO received what he played a major role. He was succeeded as mayor in 1988 by Michael Bouteiller (SPD). In 1992 Robert Knüppel became the managing director of the German Foundation for Monument Protection , later its general secretary. From 1994 to 1999 he was also chairman of the Possehl Foundation , of which he was a board member for 26 years. In 2002 the city of Lübeck awarded him its highest honor, the Bene Merenti medal . In 2006 he received the Cross of Merit First Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany .

Publications

  • Lübeck - where stones tell stories , Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1991, ISBN 3-7950-3205-9
  • Lübeck - City of the Hanseatic League , Ed. Braus, Heidelberg 1989, ISBN 3-925835-31-8
  • Lübeck, Living in the old town , Althaus-Sanierer-Gemeinschaft, Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1980, ISBN 3-7950-0072-6 (as editor)

literature

  • Karl-Ernst Sinner: Tradition and Progress. Senate and Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck 1918-2007 , Volume 46 of Series B of the publications on the history of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck published by the Archives of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck , Lübeck 2008, p. 136 ff

Web links

Commons : Robert Knüppel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dr. Bene Merenti receives Knüppel. In: Lübecker Stadtzeitung, November 26, 2002 ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ).
  2. ↑ Dr. Robert Knüppel from Lübeck awarded the Cross of Merit 1st Class. In: Hier - online magazine for Lübeck, July 12, 2006.
personal data
SURNAME Stick, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knüppel, Gustav-Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (CDU)
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel