Carl Sittler

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Carl Boromäus Sittler (born July 16, 1882 in Marzoll , † February 22, 1963 in Passau ) was a German local politician. From 1919 to 1933 and in 1945 he was mayor or lord mayor of the city of Passau.

biography

Commemorative plaque for the surrender in May 1945

Sittler had a doctorate in law and was a member of the Catholic student associations K.St.V. Ottonia Munich and K.St.V. Rhenania Erlangen. Mayor Carl Sittler, Lieutenant Colonel Erwin Brandl and Major Friedrich Limbacher signed the unconditional surrender in the Hotel Passauer Wolf on May 2, 1945. Passau was handed over to Captain Raymond Coward by the US Army .

Sittler became an honorary citizen of Passau in 1952 and received the Bavarian Order of Merit in 1961 . He died of heart failure on February 22, 1963 at the age of 81.

literature

  • Otto Geyer : The mayor of the city of Passau since 1803. In: Ostbairische Grenzmarken . Vol. 8, 1966, p. 116.
  • Carl Sittler: Memories. In: East Bavarian border marks. Vol. 2, 1958, pp. 9-25.
  • Reinhold Plenk : Dr. Carl Boromäus Sittler - A Mayor of Passau in difficult times. In: Ostbairische Lebensbilder (= New publications of the Institute for East Bavarian Homeland Research. Vol. 54). Klinger, Passau 2005, ISBN 3-932949-41-2 , pp. 130-144.
  • Anna Rosmus: Ragnarok. Dorfmeister, Tittling 2010, ISBN 978-3-9810084-8-7 , p. 287: on March 30, 1933, Carl Sittler signed a certificate of honorary citizenship for Adolf Hitler.

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personal data
SURNAME Sittler, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sittler, Carl Boromäus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Marzoll
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 1963
Place of death Passau