Hanno Drechsler

Hanno Drechsler ( born March 24, 1931 in Schonheide; † January 4, 2003 in Marburg ) was a German politician (SPD) and 1970-1992 mayor of Marburg.

Life

The education and training program for middle school teachers ( who is qualified for the upper 1955) in Sachsen followed in 1955, the relocation turner to West Germany. Here he continued the winter semester 1955/56 to winter semester 1960/61, studying at the University of Marburg in the fields of political science, history, German literature and pedagogy continue; In 1962 the PhD. about the history of the Socialist Workers Party of Germany with Wolfgang Abendroth. In the following years he worked as a (upper ) secondary school teacher in the high school service with teaching of Political Science at the Philipps University and at the former School of Education at the University of Giessen, University of Giessen, then, works. In 1970 he was elected Mayor of the city of Marburg. His tenure also the political dispute over the Marburger 15 -vote quorum, which was introduced in 1977 and in 1983, replaced by an amendment fell. The Office of the Mayor he retained until his retirement for health reasons in 1992.

Drechsler was since 1956 a member of the SPD and has numerous party functions, even at the state and federal level, occupied, including membership on the Board of the Hessian SPD, chairman of the Social Democratic Association for Local Politics Hesse ( SGK ), as well as in other fora such as the German Cities and Towns. Offers on other positions, including SPD candidate as mayor of Frankfurt am Main or Hessian Minister of the Interior, he always refused.

Drechsler was born in 1950 with the teacher Gisela Drechsler Streller (2 March 1931 - 19 October 2008) married; their son, Wolfgang Drechsler.

Honors

For his services to the local politics, he was awarded among others with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1st class, the Order of Merit of the Federal State of Hesse and the Freiherr- vom-Stein- badge. Drechsler was also an honorary citizen of Poitiers, a twin town of Marburg. He was one of the initiators of the partnership between the two famous cities of St.. Elizabeth ( Elizabeth of Thuringia ), namely between the Hessian Marburg and Eisenach (1987); the partnership agreement has been ratified solemnly on 27 May 1988 in the auditorium of the Philipps University in Marburg and on 10 June 1988, the Wartburg in Eisenach. He was also awarded the Order of the Yugoslavian flag with golden ring for his services to the close union with the city of Maribor. What matters to was also the dialogue with the former Jewish citizens of Marburg and the reopening of a synagogue and the rebirth of a Jewish community; this he has also received numerous awards.

On the occasion of its adoption into retirement Drechsler was awarded honorary citizenship of the city of Marburg on 16 December 1992.

Today, remember Hanno Drechsler of Hanno - turner Square, the southwestern, in the pedestrian main crossroads University Street / Gutenberg road opens out " City Gates ", which was created under his aegis and stood with renovated houses and a park bench with copper beech in the castle park donated to the 20th anniversary service of its employees - but especially the renovated upper town itself