Hilde Zach
Hilde Zach (August 25, 1942 – January 15, 2011[1]) was the mayor of Innsbruck, Austria. She was elected in 2002[2] by the city council, becoming the city's first woman mayor. She resigned due to poor health in February 2010.[3] Zach came from a business background, having run a business that had previously been run by her parents.
Awards
[edit]- 2005: Cross of the Order pro merito Melitensi of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- 2005: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to Republic of Austria (Großes goldenes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich) [4]
- 2010: Honorary citizen of Innsbruck (Ehrenbürgerin der Stadt Innsbruck)
- 2011: Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (posthumously)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Innsbrucks Altbürgermeisterin Zach ist tot" [Innsbruck's former Mayor Zach is dead] (in German). Österreichischer Rundfunk. n.d. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ "Comments in support of short-listed mayors". World Mayors. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
- ^ "Innsbruck mayor to retire from politics". Austrian Times. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question about the Decoration of Honour" (pdf) (in German). p. 1706. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ^ Monitor Polski 2011 nr 64 poz. 638 – point 3.
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