Ludwig Scholz
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Ludwig Scholz (30 June 1937 – 20 September 2005) was a German politician of the CSU and the mayor of Nuremberg.
Life
Scholz was born in Juliusberg, Landkreis Oels, Lower Silesia, now Dobroszyce, Oleśnica County, Poland, in 1937.{{cite web |title=Trauer um Ludwig Scholz Zum Tod des Altoberbürgermeisters |url=https://www.nuernberg.de/imperia/md/kommunikation_stadtmarketing/dokumente/internet/publikationen/nh-archiv/nh79/nh_79_06scholz.pdf |website=www.nuernberg.de |access-date=13 November 2024}} He died in 20 September 2005 in Nuremberg, Bavaria.
Politics
Ludwig Scholz was the surprise winner of the Nuremberg municipal elections in 1996.{{cite book |last1=Rosenfeld |first1=Gavriel D. |last2=Jaskot |first2=Paul B. |title=Beyond Berlin: Twelve German Cities Confront the Nazi Past |date=1 May 2015 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=978-0-472-03631-8 |page=152 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Beyond_Berlin/Gkc_DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Ludwig+Scholz+%E2%80%9E1996%22&pg=PA152&printsec=frontcover |access-date=13 November 2024 |language=en}} He became successor of the longtime mayor Peter Schönlein, but lost the next elections in 2002 to Ulrich Maly.
Scholz was the first Catholic mayor of Nuremberg since the Reformation.
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