Walter Morio

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Walter Morio (born November 1, 1920 in Ranschbach ; † June 10, 2008 ) was a German lawyer and politician ( CDU ). He was Lord Mayor of Landau in the Palatinate .

Life

Morio was the son of the agronomist Peter Morio and his wife Katharina. He had two siblings. In 1949 he was in the city council elected by Landau. From 1951 to 1964 Morio worked as a lawyer in Landau; In 1964 he became Lord Mayor of Landau.

In 1970 Morio received honorary citizenship of the Alsatian town of Ribeauvillé , Landau's twin town. The Alsatian city of Haguenau , also twin town of Landau, awarded Morio the Medal of Honor in 1980.

After retiring as Lord Mayor in 1984, Morio worked in an advisory capacity in his son's office.

His hometown Landau made him an honorary citizen in 1985.

He was President and later Honorary President of the German Dahlia, Fuchsia and Gladiolus Society. He was also a member of the Catholic German student union Vasgovia zu Landau in the CV:

Morio died in 2008; Christian Baldauf paid tribute to him in an obituary: “Walter Morio was a local politician with body and soul. At the same time, overcoming all internal and external borders between Germans and French was a matter close to his heart. "

Honors

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Morio on the page Society for the History of Wine
  2. ^ Author portrait ( memento from June 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on the Plöger Verlag website
  3. ↑ a b Rechtsanwalt.com ( Memento from January 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Ribeauvillé timeline on the site of the city of Landau
  5. ↑ Haguenau time table on the site of the city of Landau
  6. ^ City of Landau in the Palatinate: Honorary Citizen Accessed on August 5, 2016
  7. ↑ Dahliengarten-Zeitung
  8. ↑ On the death of Walter Morio , communication 19/2008 on the CDU Rhineland-Palatinate website
  9. ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 30, No. 172, September 13, 1978.
personal data
SURNAME Morio, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and politician (CDU)
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Ranschbach
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 2008