Werner Kluth

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Werner Kluth (born July 5, 1924 in Marburg ; † April 6, 2015 ) was a German politician ( SPD ).

Life

Werner Kluth was born in Marburg and grew up in Kassel. He learned to be an electrician. In 1944 he came to Oberwalluf . Here he was involved in founding the local SPD association in 1960 and immediately began a career in local politics. He later acquired expertise in local public administration in evening classes.

Political offices

From 1964 he held the office of mayor of the municipality of Oberwalluf, until Oberwalluf and Niederwalluf voluntarily merged to form the municipality of Walluf on October 1, 1971 in the run-up to the regional reform in Hesse . During his tenure in Oberwalluf, the new development areas on Eilweg and in the area Paradies-, Gartenfeld- and Liebaustraße were developed.

Surprisingly, the SPD man Kluth was elected mayor by the Wallufer municipal council in 1976, regardless of a majority from the CDU and BVW. He held this office until October 14, 1982. He did not have a political majority during his tenure.

Honors

In 1973 Werner Kluth was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon for his voluntary work in seven associations and for his services to local government .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dates of birth and death taken from the family's obituary in the Rheingau-Echo dated April 9, 2015
  2. ↑ Date of resignation as mayor taken from the obituary of the municipality of Walluf im Rheingau-Echo from April 16, 2015
  3. ^ Mourning for former mayor Werner Kluth In: Wiesbadener Tagblatt from April 9, 2015 (accessed April 17, 2015).
  4. ↑ Award of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany on September 26, 1973 . In: The Hessian Prime Minister (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1973 No. 42 , p. 1834 , point 1268 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6,9 MB ]).
personal data
SURNAME Kluth, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Marburg
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 2015