Adolf Bieringer (29 August 1928 – 12 February 1988) was a German

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, representative of the German Christian Democratic Union. In March 1945 Bieringer was

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Rastatt Rastatt () is a town with a Baroque core, District of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located in the Upper Rhine Plain on the Murg river, above its junction with the Rhine and has a population of around 51,000 (2022). Rastatt was an ...

. After he finished

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in 1948 he studied

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until 1956. He was delegate to the Kreistag of Bruchsal from 1959 to 1973 and afterwards delegate to the Kreistag of Karlsruhe. In addition, he was a member of the

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in 1961. In 1964, he was elected mayor of

Bruchsal Bruchsal (; South Franconian: ''Brusl'') is a city at the western edge of the Kraichgau, approximately 20 km northeast of Karlsruhe in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Bruchsal is the lar ...

. His main achievements were the reconstruction of the chateau of Bruchsal (which had been destroyed in 1945), the merge of 5 smaller towns surrounding Bruchsal, and the redesign of the City-Centre of Bruchsal in the 1980s (which had started in the 1970s and was completed by his successor Bernd Doll). In 1985 he became President of the

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Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ...

. He became an

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of Bruchsal in November 1987. Bieringer started to engage for environment protection which was one of his last topics before he had to stop work due to serious illness at the end of 1987. He died in February 1988.

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Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands web site

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1928 births 1988 deaths Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg Members of the Bundestag 1961–1965 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany Luftwaffenhelfer {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub

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