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Theodor Heuss
Theodor Heuss was a German politician who served as the first president of West Germany from 1949 to 1959. His civil demeanour and cordial nature – somewhat a contrast to German nationalist traditions and the stern character of chancellor Konrad Adenauer – largely contributed to the stabilisation of democracy in West Germany during the Wirtschaftswunder years. Before beginning his career as a poli…
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culture · President of West Germany from 1949 to 1959 · politician · university teacher · journalist · writer · historian · opinion journalist · also Theodor Heuss, Theodor Heusz, Heuss
Born 31 January 1884 · Died 12 December 1963 · Q2594
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2015· 1 entry
The Local: Theodor Heuss: modern Germany's first president
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1994· 1 entry
The German Bundestag established the Theodor Heuss House Foundation (Stiftung Bundespräsident-Theodor-Heuss-Haus) as a public institution to commemorate Heuss' achievements and values and to conduct historical research a
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1963· 1 entry
Died 1963-12-12.
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1960· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizen of Düsseldorf (1960).
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1959· 5 entries
Awarded Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association (1959).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Frankfurt am Main (1959).
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Won Harnack medal (1959).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Cologne (1959).
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Heuss was awarded the prestigious Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels
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1958· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1958).
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1957· 3 entries
Won Order of the Golden Spur (1957).
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Heuss donated a sculpted portal entry to the Camposanto of the Teutons and the Flemish in Vatican City
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And decommissioned in 1997 (a long career for this type of ship) later scrapped in Alang, India and the other was an innovative rescue vessel launched 1960 (It carried state of the art electronic equipment, could sail i
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1956· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria (1956).
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1955· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Falcon (1955).
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In agreement with the Western European partners and within the structures of NATO
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1954· 2 entries
Awarded honorary citizen of Bonn (1954).
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With practically no opposition, after the Social Democrats had renounced the nomination of a rival candidate
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1953· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1953).
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1952· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1952).
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1951· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Tübingen presented by Tübingen University Faculty of Protestant Theology (1951).
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1949· 4 entries
Awarded Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin (1949).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Berlin (1949).
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Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (1949–1949).
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Career landmark: president of Germany (1949–1959).
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1948· 1 entry
Was a member of the Parlamentarischer Rat (Parliamentary Council) at Bonn with considerable influence in the drafting of West Germany's constitution, the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
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1947· 1 entry
Had to justify himself before a committee of enquiry of the Württemberg-Baden state assembly for having voted in favour of Hitler's Enabling Act in 1933
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1946· 2 entries
And 1947, receiving the title of an honorary professor in 1948
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Heuss also took part in the constitutional consultations in Württemberg-Baden
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1936· 1 entry
Heuss faced a publication ban; nevertheless in 1941 he became an employee of the Frankfurter Zeitung, one of the few remaining liberal newspapers at that time
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1932· 1 entry
With the book Hitlers Weg ("Hitler's Way")
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1918· 1 entry
And was a member of the Reichstag from 1924 to 1928 and again from 1930 to 1933
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1903· 1 entry
Joined the liberal Free-minded Union, which in 1910 merged into the Progressive People's Party (Fortschrittliche Volkspartei), in which he was engaged until its dissolution in 1918
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1884· 1 entry
Born 1884-01-31.
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