Walter Gress

Walter Gress (born October 7, 1926 in Neckarsulm ; † December 4, 2001 in Welzheim ) was a German pastor and politician ( SPD ).

Life

Gress was pastor of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg and had passed the second theological service examination in May 1954. From 1956 to 1960 he was pastor in Neuenstadt am Kocher . In the state elections in Baden-Württemberg in 1960 , he surprisingly won the Heilbronn-Land I constituency for the SPD instead of the previous MP Josef Lang (politician, 1897) and then belonged to the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg until 1964 . In the regional church he retired on June 11, 1960 because of the acceptance of the mandate. In 1962 he was also elected to the Neckarsulm municipal council. Gress later returned to church service and was most recently pastor at the Paul Gerhardt Church in Böblingen .

literature

• Frank-Roland Kühnel: state parliaments, members of parliament and constituencies in Baden-Württemberg 1946 to 2009. From the provisional parliament of Württemberg-Baden to the 14th state parliament of Baden-Württemberg. State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-923476-01-5 , p. 201
• Josef Weik: The members of the state parliament in Baden-Württemberg 1946 to 2003. 7th edition. State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-923476-03-5 , p. 53
• Anton Heyler: Chronicle of the City of Neckarsulm. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1976 . City of Neckarsulm, Neckarsulm 1989, DNB 900086815 , pp. 100, 120

Web links

• Stadtarchiv Heilbronn , contemporary history collection, signature ZS-10133, entry on Walter Gress in the HEUSS database

Individual evidence

1. ^ Official Journal of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg . Volume 36.1954 / 1955, No. 13, p. 159, ZDB -ID 506013-8
2. ^ Official Journal of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg . Volume 39.1960 / 1961, No. 13, p. 112
3. ^ Official Journal of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg . Volume 60.2002 / 2003, No. 1, p. 9