Werner Grübmeyer (1 June 1926 Lehe (

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, Germany) – 5 October 2018 Renate Funke:
Authentisch, transparent, nachvollziehbar: Ehrenbürger – Archiv Werner Grübmeyer.
' In: Unser Harz, 2, 2021, S. 32–34.

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) was a

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politician. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU). During his political career, Grübmeyer was involved in state and local politics,

parasports Parasports are sports played by people with a disability, including physical and intellectual disabilities. Some parasports are forms of adapted physical activities from existing non-disabled sports, while others have been specifically created f ...

, and nature conservation. From 1978 to 1986 he served in the

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Life

After leaving school Grübmeyer attended the Heeres-Unteroffiziervorschule German (Army pre NCO-School) in Hannover. In October 1944, during

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, he was severely wounded, leading to a 100% war-disablement. After the war, Grübmeyer began his academic studies to become a teacher in different levels of education. Grübmeyer came to

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in 1956 to take a post as principal of the local secondary school (Haupt- and Realschule). On March 19, 1961, he was elected Mayor of Sankt Andreasberg and held this office for 37 years. As Mayor and city counsil member. Grübmeyer succeeded in having Andreasberg officially recognised as a climatic spa ("Staatlich anerkannter Heilklimatischer Kurort"). He also was key in the preservation of the local Hospital and the preservation of the status as a town. Grübmeyer worked for the Minister-President of the

and as a Referee of the

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Ministry of Science and Culture and held several other offices. From 1961 to 1968 Grübmeyer was member of the Goslar county council and member of the district committee of the Zellerfeld District. In 1974, he was again elected member of the Goslar county council, member of the district committee of the Zellerfeld District and in addition chairman of the CDU country assembly faction. On June 21, 1978, Grübmeyer received a direct mandate of the CDU for the ninth parliamentary term of the Landtag of Lower Saxony, got re-elected for tenth parliamentary term and stayed member of the Landtag until 1986. Grübmeyer was involved in parasports, research and education and accompanied the founding of the

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. He was Member of the ZDF Television Council. From his first marriage he had three children. His second wife was the NDR-presenter Renate Funke."UNSER HARZ February 2021"
24 February 2021, retrieved 2 April 2021. Grübmeyer died in 2018 in Hanover and was buried in Sankt Andreasberg.Obituary in ''Familienanzeigen'' of the daily newspaper '' Neue Presse'', October 13, 2018, p. 6 The Town of

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(successor of Sankt Andreasberg) donated a Dennert Fir Tree in memory of his life's work.

Honours and awards

1954

Silver Laurel Leaf Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (, ), the highest sports award in Germany, was endowed on 23 June 1950 by the German President Theodor Heuss. It is awarded to athletes and teams of exemplary character that have won medals at Olympic and Paralympic Games ...

. On the occasion of the opening of the metallurgy center of the

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Grübmeyer was named honorary citizen of the university. In 2006 the university honored Grübmeyer again by naming a lecture hall after him. 1997

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(''Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland'', or ''Bundesverdienstorden''). It was presented on August 20, 1997, in the Guesthouse of the government of Lower Saxony by

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,. In 2001 honorary citizenship of mining town Sankt Andreasberg. 2016 the town of

renamed a circular hiking trail, the former Dreibrode-Rundwanderweg, after him. and he received the Badge of honour of the state of

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. On October 2, 2020, the registered organization for the History and Archeology of Sankt Andreasberg (''St. Andreasberger Verein für Geschichte und Altertumskunde e. V.'') opened a collected Archive to whom Grübmeyers widow. Renate Funke. bestowed 30 tomes from the estate of Werner Grübmeyer.

Literature

* Barbara Simon: ''Abgeordnete in Niedersachsen 1946–1994. Biographisches Handbuch.'' Hrsg. vom Präsidenten des Niedersächsischen Landtages. Niedersächsischer Landtag, Hannover 1996, p. 133. * Friedhart Knolle
Ein Wanderweg und die Ehrennadel des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt für Werner Grübmeyer
in ''Unser Harz, Geschichte und Geschichten aus dem gesamten Harz'', Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Heft 08/2016

References

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