Georg Gaßmann

German politician
Georg Gaßmann
Mayor of Marburg
In office
10 August 1951 – 11 September 1970
Preceded byKarl Theodor Bleek
Succeeded byHanno Drechsler
Personal details
Born(1910-05-28)28 May 1910
Marburg, Germany
Died5 August 1987(1987-08-05) (aged 77)
Marburg, West Germany
Political partySPD
Alma materUniversity of Marburg

Georg Gaßmann (28 May 1910 in Marburg – 5 August 1987 in Marburg) was a German politician.

As a member of the SPD, Gaßmann was the mayor of Marburg for nearly 20 years and a member of the Hessian Landtag in Wiesbaden.[1]

After serving as a politician, Gaßmann was awarded the Großes Verdienstkreuz, one of the German Federal Crosses of Merit. The Georg-Gaßmann-Stadion in Marburg was also named in his honour. In 1954 he was a member of the second and in 1964 of the fourth Federal Assembly .

References

  1. ^ Arlt, Michael; Kronenberg, Georg (October 2008). Marbuch – Marburgs Stadtbuch (in German). Marburg: Marbuch Verlag. p. 50. ISBN 978-3-9806487-3-8.

Further reading

  • Drechsler, Hanno (1988). Georg Gaßmann, 1910–1987: Oberbürgermeister der Universitätsstadt Marburg 1951–1970 (in German). Marburg: Magistrat der Stadt Marburg. ISBN 978-3-923820-26-9.
Political offices
Preceded by
Karl Theodor Bleek
Mayor of Marburg
10 August 1951 – 11 September 1970
Succeeded by
Hanno Drechsler
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