Egon Hugenschmidt
Encyclopedia
Egon Hugenschmidt was a German
jurist
and mayor of Lörrach
, Baden-Württemberg
(1960–1984). He was a prisoner of war
, created the twintown relation of Lörrach with Sens
and was awarded with the Federal Cross of Merit.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
jurist
Jurist
A jurist or jurisconsult is a professional who studies, develops, applies, or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries it has only historical and specialist usage...
and mayor of Lörrach
Lörrach
Lörrach is a city in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and the Swiss border. It is the capital of the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg. The biggest industry is the chocolate factory Milka...
, Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
(1960–1984). He was a prisoner of war
Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...
, created the twintown relation of Lörrach with Sens
Sens
Sens is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France.Sens is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is crossed by the Yonne and the Vanne, which empties into the Yonne here.-History:...
and was awarded with the Federal Cross of Merit.
Literature
- Gerhard Moehring: Vögte und Bürgermeister von Lörrach. in: Walter Jung, Gerhard Moehring (Hrsg.): Unser Lörrach 1975. Eine Grenzstadt im Spiegel der Zeit, Lörrach-Tumringen: Kropf & Herz 1975, Seite 35.