Bruno Potthast

Bruno Potthast (born May 25, 1887 in Lügde , † October 20, 1967 in Cologne ) was a German lawyer and local politician ( CDU ).

Life

Bruno Potthast, son from a doctor's household, studied in Munich and Göttingen , where he was a member of the Catholic student association WkSt.V. Unitas-Göttingen was. After graduation, he worked as a law and tax attorney in Cologne. He was a member of the supervisory boards of numerous commercial enterprises in post-war Germany, including as chairman of the supervisory boards of Bielefelder Papier- und Wellpappenwerke E. Sprick AG, Cornelius Stüssgen AG , JW Zanders Feinpapier GmbH , Excelsior Hotel Ernst and Vereinigte Ultramarinfabriken AG . He was the deputy chairman of the supervisory board of the Kölner Vulkan AG and the Gladbacher Wollindustrie AG as well as a member of the supervisory board of the Westdeutsche Kaufhof AG . He was the general agent of the Sal. Oppenheim & Cie bank in Cologne. From 1917 to 1920 he worked as a consultant in the Reich Treasury in Berlin.

Family grave in the south cemetery

In 1945 he was co-founder and first chairman of the CDP / CDU Cologne with Leo Schwering and others.

In 1954 he was appointed Knight of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher by Cardinal Grand Master Nicola Cardinal Canali and invested in the St. Andrew's Basilica in Cologne on December 8, 1954 by Lorenz Jaeger , Grand Prior of the German Lieutenancy ; most recently in the rank of grand officer.

Since 1915 he was married to Hilde Weimann (1893–1968); The marriage resulted in four children, including Bernd Potthast .

He is buried in the family grave in Cologne's southern cemetery (hall 22).

Fonts

• The hardship paragraphs of the war tax laws and the practice of the Federal Council. Dr. O. Schmidt, 1919.
• The wealth tax return of traders. Neubner, 1926.
• The taxpayer and the accounting and tax audit. Neubner, 1930.
• Will and inheritance tax. Neubner, 1947.

swell

• Who's who in Germany? Volume 1. Oldenbourg Verlag, 1956.
• Who is who? The German Who's Who. Volume 15. Arani, 1967.
• Estate in the Historical Archive of the City of Cologne (HAK).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wolfgang Burr (ed.): Unitas manual . tape 1 . Verlag Franz Schmitt, Siegburg 1995, p. 354 .
2. ↑ Bbr. Lawyer Bruno Potthast 70 years old . In: Dr. Peter Josef Hasenberg (Hrsg.): UNITAS - Monthly of the Association of Scientific Catholic Student Associations Unitas . No. 5 . Cologne May 1957, p. 97 .
3. ^ Franz-Rudolf von Weiss: End of the war and a new beginning on the Rhine: Konrad Adenauer in the reports of the Swiss Consul General Franz-Rudolf von Weiss, 1944-1945 , Oldenbourg 1986, page 144
4. ↑ Dr. Bernd Potthast in memory. ( Memento of October 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), German Association of the Holy Land , accessed on October 14, 2013