He was a city councilor for the Oktoberfest, a member of the Bundestag and a Federal Cross of Merit. Now Herbert Frankenhauser died at 74.
- Former Munich City Councilor and Member of the Bundestag Herbert Frankenhauser is dead.
- The CSU politician always stood up for the concerns of the socially weak .
- His death caused great dismay in Munich and beyond.
Munich - He was a picture-perfect Bavarian and even defended the “Munich” in Berlin: At the age of 74, the former CSU city councilor and former member of the Bundestag Herbert Frankenhauser died unexpectedly on Wednesday morning.
"He always emphasized that he was baptized with Auer-Mühlbach water," remembers Bundestag member Wolfgang Stefinger (CSU) . Herbert Frankenhauser, called “Berti” by everyone, was Stefinger's predecessor in the Munich-East constituency. "I am losing a good friend and fatherly counselor," said Stefinger, concerned.
I have to say goodbye to my fatherly friend and predecessor, Herbert Frankenhauser, who died unexpectedly. I owe Berti a lot and lose a good friend and advisor. My thoughts are with his family. @cducsubt @csu_bt pic.twitter.com/nFk5noxldo
- Wolfgang Stefinger (@StefingerMdB) May 6, 2020Munich: Herbert Frankenhauser, lawyer for the “little people”, died unexpectedly
In the year of German reunification in 1990, Frankenhauser won the direct mandate * for the new all-German Bundestag for which he was a member until 2013. Before that, he was a member of the Munich City Council from 1972 to 1991 . As former Wiesn City Councilor , he campaigned for the interests of the fairground families.
Also in the Bundestag *, Frankenhauser, who was more a part of the Union's socio-political wing, was there primarily for the so-called “ordinary people”. So he approved against his own faction red-green tenant protection laws . As a member of the Committee on Budgets, whose deputy chairman he was for eight years, he was particularly concerned with German schools abroad and the equipment of the Bundeswehr . "He was always open to people who are not doing so well," recalls Stefinger.
Munich original (74) died unexpectedly - many will remember his legendary habit
His portfolio was legendary , which he always carried with him on appointments. With documents from Munich, who had contacted him, for example, when looking for an apartment and a job. During conversations, he then asked his counterpart for appropriate support and immediately passed on the relevant letters.
A proper sheep head and the 60s were his great passions besides politics. After all, Berti Frankenhauser once played actively in the lion youth . Until the end, he was committed to the Bavarian mountain riflemen and the association of "Auer carpenters and carpenters", whose survival he ensured as a "liquidator".
He was also a founding member of the Friends of the Viktualienmarkt association and a committed president and later honorary president of the German Institute for Pure Beer. For his extensive involvement of him were Bayerische Verdienstorde n and the Federal Cross of Merit have been awarded by the VdK he received the Albert Schweitzer Medal.
Carmen Ick-Dietl
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