Wolfgang Börnsen

Wolfgang Börnsen
Wolfgang Börnsen
	Börnsen in 2009
Member of the Bundestag
	In office; 18 February 1987 – 22 October 2013
Preceded by	Harm Dallmeyer
Succeeded by	Sabine Sütterlin-Waack
Constituency	Flensburg – Schleswig
Personal details
Born	26 April 1942; Flensburg, Gau Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Died	2 November 2024 (aged 82)
Political party	Christian Democratic Union
Children	Four
Alma mater	Pädagogische Akademie Kiel
Occupation	Teacher

Wolfgang Börnsen (26 April 1942 – 2 November 2024) was a German politician who was a member of the CDU, which he joined in 1967. He was born in Flensburg and was a member of the Bundestag from 1987 to 2013.

Life and career

Börnsen graduated from Realschule and did an apprenticeship as bricklayer. He graduated then from business school (Högere Hannelsschool) in Flensburg and studied at pedagogical high school in Kiel (Pädagoogsche Hoochschool) to become teacher. He worked as teacher for religion and history.

Later he worked for Flensburger Tagblatt as reporter.

Börnsen died on 2 November 2024, at the age of 82.^[1]

Bibliography

Vorbild mit kleinen Fehlern – Abgeordnete zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit. Siegler, Sankt Augustin, 2001, ISBN 3-87748-613-4
Plattdeutsch im Deutschen Bundestag. Siegler, Sankt Augustin, 2001, ISBN 3-87748-614-2
Fels oder Brandung? Gerhard Stoltenberg – der verkannte Visionär. Siegler, Sankt Augustin, 2004, ISBN 978-3-87748-644-3
Rettet Berlin – Schleswig-Holsteins Beitrag zur Luftbrücke 1948/49. Wachholtz, Neumünster, 2008, ISBN 978-3-529-02812-0