Walter Schweizer (politician)

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Walter Schweizer (born December 19, 1919 in Kemnat (today a district of Ostfildern ); † December 5, 2011 in Leinfelden-Echterdingen ) was a German local politician .

Act

Walter Schweizer was Mayor of Echterdingen from 1962 to 1975 and Lord Mayor of Leinfelden-Echterdingen from 1975 to 1985 . On December 6, 1985 he was granted honorary citizenship of the city of Leinfelden-Echterdingen.

In honor of Walter Schweizer, the Goldäcker Culture Forum in Echterdingen will in future bear Schweizer's name. The official renaming took place on September 13, 2013 in the presence of his widow Lotte Schweizer. Walter Schweizer died 2 weeks before his 92nd birthday.

Individual evidence

  1. a b leinfelden-echterdingen.de: Lord Mayor a. D. Walter Schweizer
  2. Norbert J. Leven: L.-E. keeps the memory of the first OB alive. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung . November 3, 2012.