Ludwig Scholz
Appearance
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Ludwig Scholz (30 June 1937 – 20 September 2005) was a German politician of the CSU and the mayor of Nuremberg.
Life
[edit]Scholz was born in Juliusberg, Landkreis Oels, Lower Silesia, now Dobroszyce, Oleśnica County, Poland, in 1937.[1] He died in 20 September 2005 in Nuremberg, Bavaria.
Politics
[edit]Ludwig Scholz was the surprise winner of the Nuremberg municipal elections in 1996.[2] He became successor of the longtime mayor Peter Schönlein, but lost the next elections in 2002 to Ulrich Maly.
Scholz was the first Catholic mayor of Nuremberg since the Reformation.
References
[edit]- ^ "Trauer um Ludwig Scholz Zum Tod des Altoberbürgermeisters" (PDF). www.nuernberg.de. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ Rosenfeld, Gavriel D.; Jaskot, Paul B. (1 May 2015). Beyond Berlin: Twelve German Cities Confront the Nazi Past. University of Michigan Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-472-03631-8. Retrieved 13 November 2024.