Georg Gaßmann | |
Office: | Mayor of Marburg |
Term Start: | 10 August 1951 |
Term End: | 11 September 1970 |
Predecessor: | Karl Theodor Bleek |
Successor: | Hanno Drechsler |
Birth Date: | 28 May 1910 |
Birth Place: | Marburg, Germany |
Death Place: | Marburg, West Germany |
Nationality: | German |
Party: | SPD |
Alma Mater: | University of Marburg |
Georg Gaßmann (28 May 1910 in Marburg – 5 August 1987 in Marburg) was a German politician.
As a member of the SPD, Gaßmann was the mayor of Marburg for nearly 20 years and a member of the Hessian Landtag in Wiesbaden.[1]
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 .
. Hanno Drechsler. Georg Gaßmann, 1910–1987: Oberbürgermeister der Universitätsstadt Marburg 1951–1970. Magistrat der Stadt Marburg. Marburg. 1988. 978-3-923820-26-9. German.