Rudolf Schlichtinger
Rudolf Schlichtinger (born April 8, 1915 in Regensburg ; † May 7, 1994 in Bischofsgrün ) was a German politician ( SPD ). He was a member of the Bavarian State Parliament and was Lord Mayor of Regensburg from 1959 to 1978 .
Life
Rudolf Schlichtinger attended elementary school for four years and upper secondary school for six years. This was followed by three years at a teacher training institute with a school leaving examination.
In 1936 he did his labor service and then did two years of military service in the Navy. From the first day of the Second World War he was in the front line without interruption. There he had been the chief of a marine anti-aircraft battery since 1941. He got into captivity in the French Brest and spent them mostly in the United States . After the war he worked as a primary school teacher in Regensburg from 1947.
politics
Rudolf Schlichtinger was a member of the Bavarian State Parliament from 1954 to 1970. There he sat for three terms from 1955 to 1966 in the committee for cultural and political affairs . He was also a member of the Bavarian Palatinate Committee (1955 to 1957) and the Committee on Rules of Procedure and Election Examination (1966 to 1970). In his function as a member of the state parliament, he was a member of the Federal Assembly on July 1, 1959 ( Heinrich Lübke was elected ).
In 1959 he was elected Lord Mayor of the City of Regensburg and held this office for 19 years until 1978. The University of Regensburg was founded during Rudolf Schlichtinger's term of office , making Regensburg a university town. In addition, a regional reform, the settlement of commercial enterprises (e.g. Siemens), sponsorship city contracts with Clermont-Ferrand (France) and Brixen (South Tyrol) as well as the construction of the ice stadium on the Nibelungen Bridge also took place during this period . In 1978, after he was replaced in his office by Friedrich Viehbacher (CSU), he became an honorary citizen of the city of Regensburg. Today a street is named after him. After retiring from politics, he lived in Bischofsgrün (Fichtelgebirge).
Awards
- 1964: Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1966: Municipal Medal of Merit in Silver
- 1970: Silver medal for special services to local government
- 1974: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
- 1975: Sigillum of the Regensburg College in gold
- 1977: Honorary membership of the Administration and Business Academy
- 1978: Honorary citizenship of the city of Regensburg
- 1978: Honorary membership of the University Association (Regensburg)
- 1979: title of former mayor
- 1980: Honorary membership of the University of Regensburg
- 1986: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1987: Bavarian Constitutional Medal in silver
- 1990: Georg von Vollmar Medal
Web links
- Literature by and about Rudolf Schlichtinger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on the website of the Bavarian Parliament
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schlichtinger, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), Member of the State Parliament, Lord Mayor of Regensburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | regensburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1994 |
| Place of death | Bischofsgrün |