Georg Gaßmann (28 May 1910 in

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– 5 August 1987 in Marburg) was a German

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. As a member of the

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, Gaßmann was the mayor of Marburg for nearly 20 years and a member of the Hessian Landtag in

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. After serving as a politician, Gaßmann was awarded the ''Großes Verdienstkreuz'', one of the German Federal Crosses of Merit. The Georg-Gaßmann-Stadion in Marburg was also named in his honour. In 1954 he was a member of the second and in 1964 of the fourth Federal Assembly .

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