Hermann Müller (17 October 1935 – 31 December 2013) was a German politician ( CDU), who served from 1978 to 2002 as

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Idstein Idstein () is a town of about 25,000 inhabitants in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt (region), Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Because of its well preserved historical Altstadt (Old Town) it is part of the ''Deutsch ...

. During his four terms, he worked for restoration of the town's framework houses, creation of a pedestrian area, building of a hall as a cultural centre and construction of bypass roads. In 2002, he won the festival

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for Idstein, improving the infrastructure further.

Political career

Born in Fachbach, Müller was from 1960 to 1964 a member of the ''Kreistag'' (

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government) of the , from 1964 to 1974 a member of its '. From 1971, he was president of the CDU fraction. From 1968 to 1974, he also worked as a member of the ''Vertreterversammlung der Planungsgemeinschaft Rhein-Main-Taunus'', a planning assembly of the region. From 1989, he was member of the ''Kreistag'' of the new

Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis Rheingau-Taunus is a Kreis (Districts of Germany, district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis is part of the Darmstadt (region), Darmstadt region; its main administrative seat is Bad Schwalbach. Outposted sections of the local ad ...

. From 1973 to 1978, he was ''Erster Stadtrat'' of

Limburg an der Lahn Limburg an der Lahn (, ; officially abbreviated ''Limburg a. d. Lahn'') is the district seat of Limburg-Weilburg in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Limburg lies in western Hesse between the Taunus and the Westerwald on the river Lahn. The t ...

From 1972 to 1974, Müller was ''Stadtverordneter'' and president of the CDU fraction in

. In 1974, he was elected mayor of Idstein, a town on the

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. He served for 24 years, reelected twice by the assembly, the third time in direct election by the citizens. During his tenure the framework houses of the old town were restored, villages improved, a pedestrian area installed, education improved and the ''Stadthalle'' built as a cultural centre. He was responsible for bypass roads, new '' Kindertagesstätten'' and for restructuring business towards less production, more administration. Müller won the to move their prime location to Idstein. He attracted the festival week

to Idstein in 2002, which improved the infrastructure further. Müller's successor was ( SPD). Müller was on the board of the ''Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsche Fachwerkstädte'' (

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German Framework Towns) and president of the ''Idsteiner Verkehrsverein'' which organises the annual open air Jazz festival. Müller was married and had four children. He died in a hospital in

Wiesbaden Wiesbaden (; ) is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main. With around 283,000 inhabitants, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 24th-largest city. Wiesbaden form ...

. In the funeral service at St. Martin, Idstein, his successor Krum mentioned his Christian and democratic values, ''Landrat'' (county governour) observed his ability to listening and to arguing factually without personal attacks. Klaus-Peter Willsch stated for the CDU fraction that Müller achieved his goal: "eine Altstadt voller Leben" (an old town full of life).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Hermann 1935 births 2013 deaths Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians Mayors of places in Hesse