Wolfram Stronk

Wolfram Stronk (born November 17, 1919 in Opole , Upper Silesia , † April 10, 2003 in Unterschleissheim ) was a German officer in the Wehrmacht, most recently a highly decorated and multiple wounded captain of the Air Force and Knight's Cross in the Second World War as well as entrepreneur and local politician in the post-war period.

Life

post war period

After the war and as a prisoner of war, Stronk became a merchant for edible oils and fats. In 1946 he settled in Unterschleißheim with his wife . There he founded the Free Electoral Community in 1954. The group merged in 1972 with the citizens' association for free citizenship and Stronk remained chairman until 1991.

Until his resignation in May 1992, he was a member of the Unterschleißheim municipal council for 30 years, including many years as the only free party member. From 1972 to 1978 he was 2nd mayor and from 1979 to 1990 3rd mayor. When Mayor Hans Bayer (SPD) became seriously ill, Stronk took over provisional management of the town hall and, after Bayer's death, continued to run the business until Mayor Rolf Zeitler (CSU) was appointed.

He was a founding member of the local men's choir and chess club. He is also considered the spiritual father of the partnerships with the French community Le Crès and the Thuringian city of Lucka .

Awards and honors

• Medal in memory of October 1, 1938
• German Schutzwall Decoration
• Iron Cross (1939), 2nd and 1st class
  • 2nd class in June 1940
  • 1st class in August 1941
• Wound badge (1939) in black and silver (possibly gold)
• German cross in gold on January 10, 1944 as first lieutenant and flak combat troop leader in the 6th company / parachute tank regiment "Hermann Göring"
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on October 18, 1944 as captain and chief of the 6th Company / Parachute Panzer Regiment "Hermann Göring" / Parachute Panzer Division 1 "Hermann Göring"
• 1982: Municipal certificate of merit from the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior
• 1987: Silver citizen medal of the community of Unterschleißheim
• 1989: Golden citizen medal of the community of Unterschleißheim
• 1991: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Honorary Chairman of the Free Citizenship of Unterschleißheim
• 2013: A street in Unterschleißheim is named after him

Web links

• Tungsten Stronk in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Wolfram Stronk at Strenger Historica
• Wolfram Stronk resigns from the municipal council , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 5, 1992
• Mourning for Wolfram Stronk , in: Münchner Merkur, April 15, 2003