Wilhelm Loer

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Wilhelm Ferdinand Löer (born March 21, 1915 in Werl ; † 1986 ) was a German mayor , diplomat , missionary and Japanologist .

Life

Wilhelm Löer worked as a Jesuit missionary in Japan from 1938 to 1941 . In 1947 he received his doctorate on The Problem of Japanese Writing: Fundamentals for a New Representation of the Japanese Language and Writing for Practical Purposes .

From 1949 to 1952 Wilhelm Löer was mayor of the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Werl , replacing Theodor Nottebaum , who had resigned. Like his predecessor, he belonged to the Center Party .

On June 21, 1963, he was then first class member of the Legation Council and was proposed by the Federal Chancellery as German ambassador in Kathmandu , Nepal . The Federal Cabinet approved this proposal on June 27, 1963. Diplomatic relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and Nepal have existed since 1958. After these were perceived as a second accreditation by the German embassy in New Delhi until 1963 , by the ambassadors Wilhelm Melcher and then Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz , Löer was the first German ambassador to Nepal in Initial accreditation. He held the office until 1970. He then moved to 1973 as ambassador to the German embassy in Singapore, succeeding Oswald von Richthofen . For example, as an enthusiastic golfer , he donated the Ambassador Cup , which is now one of the oldest golf tournaments in Singapore.

He was also Consul General in Osaka / Kobe and from 1979 to 1986 President of the German-Japanese Society in Bonn.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Magazine review Heimatpflege in Westfalen, issue 1/2009
  2. ^ Cabinet minutes for the 81st cabinet meeting in the Federal Archives
  3. ↑ impulses. The Magazine for the German-speaking Community in Singapore. Edition March 2009 , page 10 (PDF; 3.7 MB)
  4. ^ Dierk Stuckenschmidt: 150 years of friendship between Germany and Japan . 2011, page 13.
personal data
SURNAME Löer, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Löer, Wilhelm Ferdinand; Löer, Wilhelm F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mayor, diplomat, priest and Japanologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Werl
DATE OF DEATH 1986