Hans-Jochen-Vogel-Platz presented to the public – news Munich

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On the anniversary of the death of the former mayor and honorary citizen Dr. Hans-Jochen Vogel presented the city of Munich today with the Hans-Jochen-Vogel-Platz, named after him, to the public. The square is located in the Olympic Park and takes up a large part of the previous Coubertinplatz. The former Lord Mayor Dr. Hans-Jochen Vogel, who brought the Olympic Games to Munich in 1972, found his place next to the founder of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin. A plaque on site now commemorates former Mayor Dr. Bird. This traces the numerous stations of his life.

Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter: “The Olympic Park is exactly the right place to commemorate Hans-Jochen Vogel’s unique achievements for his country and his city of Munich. Without him as the father of the 1972 Games, Munich would not be the city it is today. Olympia has given urban development a tremendous boost. Local public transport could be relocated underground with the underground and S-Bahn trains. This is how the pedestrian zone became a reality. With all of this, Hans-Jochen Vogel laid the foundation for our quality of life today. “

Dr. Hans-Jochen Vogel was Munich’s Lord Mayor from 1960 to 1972 and then held a number of top political offices: from 1972 to 1974 he was Federal Minister for Spatial Planning, Building and Urban Development, then Federal Minister of Justice until 1981 and Governing Mayor of Berlin in 1981. He also headed the SPD parliamentary group as chairman from 1983 to 1991 and was party chairman of the SPD from 1987 to 1991, succeeding Willy Brandt.

The following took part in the event in the Olympic Park: the widow of the former mayor, Liselotte Vogel, Federal Minister of Justice Christine Lambrecht, former mayor and honorary citizen Christian Ude, Dr. hc Charlotte Knobloch, honorary citizen and president of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria, Mayor Verena Dietl, the parliamentary group chairmen Anna Hanusch and Dr. Florian Roth (both parliamentary group The Greens – Pink List), Manuel Pretzl (CSU parliamentary group) and Christian Müller (SPD / Volt parliamentary group), cultural advisor Anton Biebl as well as the former mayor Christine Strobl and the former mayor Eckhart Müller-Heydenreich.

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