Funeral in Berlin : Schäuble acknowledges Schönbohm as a civil servant of the Prussian stature

wreaths in front of the Berlin Cathedral and a large military Honor guard of the armed forces: After the death of Brandenburg's long-standing Minister of the interior, Jörg Schönbohm (1937-2019) have taken relatives and companions, on Friday bid farewell to the CDU politician and former German army General.

At the funeral service in the Protestant Berlin Cathedral, in addition to other representatives from politics, society, and churches, among other things, President of the Bundestag Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU), Brandenburg's Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) and the CDU Federal Chairman Kramp-Karrenbauer part of Annegret. Also Woidkes predecessor Matthias Platzeck (SPD) and Berlin's former governing mayor Eberhard Diepgen (CDU), as well as Berlin's current head of government Michael Müller (SPD) for the funeral

With Schönbohm the country, "a civil servant of the Prussian stature", a man with attitude and a Conservative ", in the bourgeois sense" lost, I came Schäuble said in his Eulogy in the Cathedral. As a "personality with corners and edges" of the CDU politicians for "tolerance as a friderizianische virtue" part of the fundamental democratic values, even when political opponents deserves recognition.

"of Brandenburg, mourns the loss of one of his best men," Woidke said: "The loss hurts us very much." Schönbohm was a "Patriot in the best sense" who had "made, in many ways, Brandenburg earned" and also decided against right-wing extremism is taken, the Prime Minister said: "He is one of those who put their lives in the service of society."

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commitment to the reconstruction of the Potsdam garrison Church

The former President of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), Wolfgang Huber, praised Schönbohm as upright Christians and responsible politicians. To be a Christian, didn't mean for him to have only Beliefs, but also for you to enter, said Huber.

While Schönbohm, who had been in the 80s the West German peace movement critical of, and "no friend of the Kirchenasyls" have not made it to his Church, and the Church it is easy for him. The resulting wounds should, however, be able to over time heal. To have the newly established common ground, the commitment to the reconstruction of the Potsdam garrison Church.

The inspector of the army of the Bundeswehr, Lieutenant General Jörg Vollmer, stressed, Schönbohm have put "his life in the service of our Republic, our Fatherland". He'll stay as a "man and a soldier with heart and mind" and successful designers of the unit in memory.

the design of the funeral service, the Bishop of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian upper Lusatia, Markus Dröge involved. Schönbohm belonged to the municipality of the Berlin Cathedral.

Jörg Schönbohm, at the 2. September 1937 was born in Neu Golm Bad Saarow and before his entry into politics a long military career in the army, graduated, died on may 7. February with 81 years in Kleinmachnow, near Berlin. As commander-in-chief of the Bundeswehr command East in Strausberg, he was after the reunification of the reunification of the West German Bundeswehr and East German National people's army responsible.

From 1996 to 1998, was Schönbohm Minister of the interior in Berlin, and from 1999 to 2009, the Minister of the interior until 2007, also the Deputy Prime Minister of Brandenburg. From 1998 to 2007, he was also the national chair of the CDU in Brandenburg. Brandenburg had arranged for the day of the funeral, to put in front of public buildings, flags at half-mast. (epd)

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