Honorary Dr. Paul Schafler celebrates 95th birthday with a big party

Honorary Dr. Paul Schafler celebrates 95th birthday with a big party

On April 1, 2025, numerous guests of honor gathered in the Dudenhofen community center to the 95th birthday of Dr. To celebrate Paul Schafler. The former district administrator and honorary citizen of the Rhine-Palatinate district was recognized on this special day with a reception. Among the guests were prominent personalities such as members of the state parliament Michael Wagner and Johannes Zehfuß as well as the designated district administrator Volker Knörr and the CDU district chairman Patrick Poss. District Administrator Clemens Körner, supported by Norbert Becker, formerly scientific director of the district music school, and Josef A. Geyer, supported the speech. His daughter Barbara Schadler was also present and spoke in personal words about her father.

dr. Paul Schafler, born on March 24, 1930 in Zeltingen, is an important CDU politician. He studied legal and state sciences at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and held various offices, including as a government assessor at the Worms district office and later as a personal speaker of the Rhineland-Palatinate Minister of the Interior in August Wolters. In 1967 he became district administrator of the district of Landau and took over the management of the district of Ludwigshafen two years later, which was later renamed the Rhein-Pfalz district. From 1983 to 1991 he was President of the Rheinhessen-Palatinate and has been recognized as an honorary citizen of the Rhein-Palatinate district since 2012.

commitment to the Rhein-Palatinate district

In the course of his political career, Schafler showed a remarkable commitment to the identity and development of the Rhein-Palatinate district. After the area reform of 1969, he worked intensively on the merging of the three administrations and the promotion of team -building measures. His initiatives included the construction and takeover of indoor pools, the construction of large gymnastics and the formation of school centers in the mother city and Schifferstadt.

Beyond that, Schadler started to found a special school in Fußgönheim and the district music school. One of his most important achievements was the establishment of the municipal working group to combat the schnaken plague (KABS) in 1976 and the construction of the St. Bonifatius' and nursing home in Limburgerhof. A partnership with South Tyrol was also launched under his aegis.

musical contributions and calls for donations

The celebrations were enriched by musical performances by the Dudenhofen church choir, violinist Ruolin Cui and the pianist Delia Stegarescu. Before the slogan "Gifts are superfluous", Schafler asked his guests for donations for the district music school in order to underline their many years of support for cultural education in the region.

with a solid foundation based on its commitment to the municipalities and their development, leaves Dr. Paul Schafler an important inheritance in the region. His life's work is closely linked to the history of the Rhine-Palatinate district, which is in the context of political re-education and the reconstruction after the Second World War, which was supported by the French occupation administration to strengthen local self-government and democratize the population.