Volker Blust

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Volker Blust (2007)

Volker Blust (born December 9, 1944 in Wolfach ) is a German local politician. From 1992 to 2008 he was Lord Mayor of Neckarsulm . Volker Blust is non-party.

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Volker Blust attended the commercial college in Lahr . In 1961 he began training there for the higher administrative service. From 1976 he was head of the main and personnel office of the city of Neckarsulm and in 1992 was elected Lord Mayor of Neckarsulm with 56% of ten applicants. He held this office until the end of October 2008. He represents the city of Neckarsulm for the CDU in the district council .

When he left office, District President Johannes Schmalzl said that Volker Blust “made a significant contribution to making Neckarsulm the attractive and upward trend that it is today.” During his tenure, many large municipal projects were implemented Millions of euros have been invested, including the construction of the music school (1994), the media library (2004), the adult education center (2005) and the House of Youth (2008) as well as road construction projects, school house extensions and the newly developed local transport concept (implemented in winter 2010/2011 ). The Amorbach eco-settlement with its solar-assisted local heating is a model and took first place in the German Solar League . Thanks to favorable economic conditions such as a low trade tax rate, low property prices and fast and unbureaucratic decision-making processes in the city administration, companies such as TDS AG and Bechtle AG have settled in the industrial areas . Due to the strong financial strength of the city of Neckarsulm, over 180 million euros were paid in district levy in the 16 years of his tenure .

Volker Blust is married and has two daughters.

honors and awards

For his services, Volker Blust was made an honorary citizen of the city of Neckarsulm in 2008.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Friedel: Volker Blust is 65 , Neckarsulm Journal, December 2009, Ed. Stadtverwaltung Neckarsulm, page 12
  2. ↑ Andreas Bracht: City of Neckarsulm is preparing the new central bus stop  ( page can no longer be accessed , 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. , Press release of the city of Neckarsulm from February 13, 2009@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.neckarsulm.de  
  3. ↑ Reto Bosch, Heike Kinkopf: The office makes you more serious and thoughtful - the Neckarsulm mayor Volker Blust is about to retire - rapid economic development (interview with Volker Blust). In: Heilbronner Voice of October 23, 2008, p. 31
  4. ↑ Reto Bosch: The city won through Volker Blust - Ceremonial farewell to the Mayor of Neckarsulm after 16 years in office - Appointed an honorary citizen, In: Neckarsulmer Voice of October 31, 2008, p. 1

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personal data
SURNAME Blust, Volker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfach