walter hirrlinger (24 june 1926 – 24 july 2018) was a german politician. he was honorary president of sozialverbands vdk deutschland (spd) from 1990 to 2008. from 1953 to 1968, hirrlinger was a member of the municipal council of esslingen am neckar, from 1959 to 1989, he was also on the county council of the district of esslingen.