Heinz Schwarz
Poster for the election for the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1975
Minister of the Interior of Rhineland-Palatinate
In office
1971–1976
Minister-PresidentHelmut Kohl
Preceded byAugust Wolters [de]
Succeeded byKurt Böckmann [de]
Personal details
Born(1928-07-24)24 July 1928
Leubsdorf, German Reich
Died6 March 2023(2023-03-06) (aged 94)
Political partyCDU
Children2
OccupationPolitician and author
AwardsOrder of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Poster in 1963

Heinz Schwarz (24 July 1928 – 6 March 2023) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) who was a long-time member of the state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate, serving as the state's minister of the interior. From 1976 to 1990, he was a member of the Bundestag.

Life and work

Schwarz was born in Leubsdorf on 24 July 1928, the son of a vintner and innkeeper.[1] He attended elementary, trade and viticulture schools.[2] In 1944 he began a commercial apprenticeship at the Kreissparkasse in Neuwied, but was drafted as a Airforce auxilary (Luftwaffenhelfer). After World War II, he completed his commercial education in 1947. He trained as a banker until 1947, and then worked in his parents' vineyard and at times as an industrial labourer. He owned two companies in his hometown, an antique shop and a company that imported raw materials.[1]

Party

Schwarz joined the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) in 1947.[3] From 1949 to 1951 he was the head of CDU's Neuwied Kreisverband (district). He was state secretary of the Junge Union youth organisation from 1952 to 1954, and its national secretary from 1955 to 1961. He was responsible for the party in Rhineland-Palatinate from 1961 to 1964, and head of the district Koblenz-Montabaur from 1969 to 1980.[3] In 2020, he was one of only two people to be present at all party conventions of the CDU since the founding convention in 1950.[4][5] The other was Günter-Helge Strickstrack, who died that year.[4][5]

Member of parliament

Schwarz was a member of the council of Leubsdorf from 1956 to 1960, and a member of the district council of Landkreis Neuwied from 1956 to 1971.[1] He was elected to the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1959,[3] where he served as deputy president of the CDU from 1967 to 1971, and as president of the Innenausschuss (interior affairs). He was elected to the national parliament, Bundestag, in 1976[3] where he remained until 1990.[6] There he was a member of the Auswärtiger Ausschuss [de] (foreign committee).[7]

Public positions

Schwarz was mayor of Bad Hönningen from 1964 to 1971.[5] On 18 May 1971, he was appointed by minister-president Helmut Kohl as minister of the interior, succeeding August Wolters [de].[8] His tenure ended when he was elected to the Bundestag, and he was succeeded by Kurt Böckmann [de].[9]

Personal life and death

Schwarz was married; the couple's son Stefan Schwarz also became a politician.[10] Their second son is publicist Thomas Schwarz [de].[11]

Schwarz died on 6 March 2023, at age 94.[12][13][3][14] He was the last living member of the 1959 Landtag. Malu Dreyer, minister-president of Rhineland-Palatinate, said "Heinz Schwarz was a politician out of deep conviction. As a Rhenish Catholic who lived through the Second World War, he was concerned with a better future for our country, in which people build bridges for a firm democracy." ("Heinz Schwarz war Politiker aus tiefer Überzeugung. Als rheinischer Katholik, der den Zweiten Weltkrieg miterlebte, ging es ihm um eine bessere Zukunft für unser Land, in der Menschen Brücken für eine feste Demokratie bauen").[6]

Awards

Schwarz receiving the Mérite Européen in 1989

Publications

Memorial Friede ohne Freiheit ist kein Friede, by Schwarz, 1988

Publications by Schwarz as author or editor are held by the German National Library:[18]

Memorial

Schwarz donated a memorial monument at the Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, where he had served as Luftwaffenhelfer. The plaque, on the east bank of the river in Erpel, quotes Konrad Adenauer: "Friede ohne Freiheit ist kein Friede" ("Peace without freedom is no peace").[19][20]

Cabinet

References

  1. ^ a b c "Heinz Schwarz". Munzinger Archive (in German). 5 January 2016. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Vita Heinz Schwarz". Senioren-Union (in German). Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Landesinnenminister a.D. Heinz Schwarz aus Leubsdorf ist im Alter von 94 Jahren verstorben". NR-Kurier (in German). 6 March 2023. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Alle Parteitage seit 1950". CDU (in German). 22 June 2020. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  5. ^ a b c Ermtraud, Jan (8 October 2020). "Unsere Schule – wichtiges Politikfeld gestern wie heute". BLICK aktuell (in German). Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Ministerpräsidentin Malu Dreyer: Heinz Schwarz hat zum Wohl des Landes beigetragen". Rhineland-Palatinate (in German). March 2023. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  7. ^ Schwarz, Heinz; Soell, Hartmut (17 July 1990). "zu dem Gesetzentwurf der Fraktionen der CDU/CSU, SPD und FDP – Drucksache 11/6241 – Entwurf eines Gesetzes über die Wahl der Vertreter der Bundesrepublik Deutschland zur Parlamentarischen Versammlung des Europarates" (PDF). Bundestag (in German). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Landesinnenminister a.D. Heinz Schwarz aus Leubsdorf ist im Alter von 94 Jahren verstorben". nr-kurier (in German). 6 March 2023. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  9. ^ Klein, Matthias (2015). Landesvaterdemokratie : die regierungsstile der ministerpräsidenten Bernhard Vogel und Kurt Beck. Weisbaden. p. 117. ISBN 978-3-658-07041-0. OCLC 890815215. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. ^ "Landesinnenminister a.D. Heinz Schwarz aus Leubsdorf ist im Alter von 94 Jahren verstorben". Kölnische Rundschau (in German). 10 January 2008. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  11. ^ Kals, Ursula (3 September 2006). "Die zweite Karriere: Lieber dreimal auf die Nase fallen". Frankfurter Allgemeine (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Mainz - Ex-Innenminister Heinz Schwarz gestorben - Panorama - SZ.de". Süddeutsche.de (in German). dpa. 6 March 2023. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Ex-Innenminister Heinz Schwarz mit 94 Jahren gestorben". swr.online (in German). 7 March 2023. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  14. ^ "Traueranzeigen von Heinz Schwarz | rz-trauer.de". rz-trauer.de (in German). Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  15. ^ "Heinz Schwarz - Biografie WHO'S WHO". whoswho.de. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  16. ^ Der Chef des Bundespräsidialamtes (13 August 1986). "Bekanntmachungen". Bundesanzeiger. 38 (147).
  17. ^ "Liste der Ehrungen". meriteeuropeen.eu (in German). Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  18. ^ Heinz Schwarz Archived 9 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine German National Library
  19. ^ "Die Brücke von Remagen - The Bridge of Remagen - De Ludendorffbrug - Osttürme mit Gedenktafel". blick-aktuell.de (in German). 1 August 2018. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  20. ^ "Ein geschichtsträchtiger Ort". blick-aktuell.de (in German). 10 November 2015. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

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