Wilfried Schmied

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Wilfried Schmied (2005)

Wilfried Schmied (* 20th July 1943 in Grulich ) is a politician of the CDU and former district president of the administrative district Gießen .

Life and work

Wilfried Schmied grew up in Lower Franconia and, after completing his apprenticeship as a machine fitter, studied mechanical engineering and industrial engineering from 1963 to 1966 with a degree in engineering at the Giessen-Friedberg University of Applied Sciences . From 1969 to 1983 Schmied worked for the architectural ceramics manufacturer Gail-Inax AG in Giessen as plant manager; meanwhile he was volunteering for the CDU in local politics.

Public offices

When he was elected mayor of the city of Hungen in 1984, Schmied switched to full-time local politics. In 1989 he was re-elected for a second term. From 1993 to 1999 he was the first district member of the district of Gießen and thus deputy of the district administrator.

On 10 May 1999 blacksmith by the Land Hessen to succeed was Hartmut Bäumer as District President of the administrative district of casting appointed on May 18, 2009, he was adopted into the professional retirement. He is particularly interested in the region's “growing together”. On January 22nd, 2003, he founded the regional management association “MitteHessen eV” with other representatives from business, science and politics and was its chairman until May 18th, 2011. He handed over the office to his successor as District President Lars Witteck , and the members appointed him honorary chairman.

Honors

Together with his former colleagues Gerold Dieke and Lutz Klein , Wilfried Schmied was awarded the Hessian Order of Merit by Prime Minister Roland Koch on April 14, 2010 .

Web links

Commons : Wilfried Schmied  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Wilfried Schmied In: Heinz Berthold (Hrsg.): Profiles - Citizens of our time from the university town and the district of Gießen . Heinz Berthold Publishing House, Bad Nauheim 1994 (p. 340/341)

Individual evidence

  1. Witteck succeeds Schmied. Regional management association MitteHessen elects board. In: Wetzlarer Neue Zeitung. Mittelhessen.de - News from Wetzlar, May 19, 2011, archived from the original on June 5, 2011 ; Retrieved June 15, 2011 .
  2. ^ Hessian Order of Merit for former RP Wilfried Schmied ( Memento from April 15, 2010 on WebCite ). In: Gießener Allgemeine, April 14, 2010, archived on April 15, 2010