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Honorary President Holger Magel celebrated on his 80th birthday
6 May 2024, Munich, Germany
FIG Honorary President Holger Magel was president of FIG 2003-2006.
His special expertise are in the areas land consolidation, village
renewal, landscape planning, rural development and civil society and he
has over the years been involved in many projects both in his home
province of Bavaria and in many places around the world.
He is widely known and acknowledged for his abilities to create results, and this was
visible on this celebration day that was kindly held in the Bavarian
Construction Industry Association in Munich. Under the overall theme
"The Land has a Future - has Land a Future?" the first speaker was the
Director Thomas Schmid from the Bavarian Construction Industry
Association. He stressed that they were proud to host this special
birthday colloquium after the many years of splendid cooperation with
Holger Magel and good achievements over the years.
The Honorary Colloquium was moderated by Sinke Franke, Director
of the Bavarian Academy for Rural areas and secretary of
Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung
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Holger Magel with his wife Anselma and Minister Michaela
Kaniber. ©Pia-Regnet
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Main speaker was the Bavarian Minister for Food, Agriculture, Forests
and Tourism, Michaela Kaniber who talked about some of the many projects
that Holger Magel has been involved in throughout the years which have
changed the rural areas in Bavaria substantially. She emphasized his ability to
bring different and opposing opinions together and to look for and find
solutions.
Another FIG Honorary President Rudolf Staiger was asked to talk in
his capacity as President of the German Association of Surveyors DVW. In
his speech he
referred to a conversation he overheard in Ghana in 2006 at the FIG
Regional Conference between some delegates who were shocked when they
realised that Holger Magel stepped down as president after his 4-year
term. None of them could imagine a FIG without Holger Magel. He did and
does make a difference where he appears. Rudolf
Staiger brought a surprise to Holger Magel in the form of a special
issue of the Journal zfv dedicated to Holger Magel and on the topic of
the development of land areas.
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Holger Magel with the special edition of the Journal zfv
published by DVW and presented by Rudolf Staiger. What a
privilege to be surrounded by two FIG Honorary Presidents!
From Austria two FIG wellknown gentlemen, Gerhard
Muggenhuber and Reinfried Mannsberger came to Münich for the
celebration. Michael Klaus represented the Hanns-Seidel
Foundation and it was a pleasure to meet with him, too, in a different
surrounding.
A very big thanks to Holger Magel for his kind invitation to
this very special and successful event. It was an honour to
attend and to be part of this 80th celebration with colleagues
and friends of Holger Magel.
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Louise Friis-Hansen
13 May 2024
