Ludwig Scholz
Ludwig Scholz ( * June 30, 1937 in Julius Castle, County Oels, Lower Silesia, † September 20, 2005 in Nuremberg, Bavaria ) was a German politician of the CSU and the Lord Mayor of the City of Nuremberg.
Life
Scholz was born in Julius castle in Silesia. He put the Abitur in Limburg A.D. Lahn and studied law and economics in Frankfurt, Marburg and Heidelberg. After dropping the legal state he was assessor in 1967 at the Federal Office for the Recognition of Foreign Refugees in Fuerth, Councillor at District Office Hersbruck (now part of the district of Nürnberger Land ) and senior executive officer at the district office Fürth. Prior to his election as mayor, he was Senior Government at the State examination Board of Health Northern Bavaria (since 2002: Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety ) in Erlangen.
Ludwig Scholz belonged to the Nuremberg City Council from 1972 until his death. From 1988 to 1996 he was also the leader of the city council fraction of the CSU. In 1996, he surprisingly won the runoff election for mayor against incumbent Peter Schönlein (SPD). At the municipal election in 2002 he was defeated in the runoff to the challenger Ulrich Maly (SPD). Scholz was the first mayor of Nuremberg, who belonged to the CSU. He was also the first Catholic incumbent since the Reformation in Nuremberg.
Ludwig Scholz had a big part in that Nuremberg was intended as a venue for the 2006 World Cup. He also made a great contribution to make the Ice Hockey World Championships take place in Nuremberg in 2001. In 2000, the 950th anniversary of the city of Nuremberg was committed under his aegis, emerged from the held annually as major events, the Blue Night, the Classic Open Air and also the city's founding Kommers. Special merits Ludwig Scholz has earned by strongly argued for the establishment of a nationwide unique museum, the Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds. In addition, Ludwig Scholz has rendered outstanding services to inter alia twinning, efficient management and the sport.
Scholz was married and had three children and six grandchildren. He died unexpectedly (probably) buried to a heart attack and was on 23 September, in the cemetery of Nürnberg- Eibach on 20 September 2005.
He is in honor since 2009 a bridge over the Main -Danube Canal, not far from his last residence, named.