Gustav Hilger (District Administrator)

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Gustav Hilger (born November 8, 1904 in Weilheim in Upper Bavaria , † January 30, 1991 in Schongau ) was a German local politician .

Career

Hilger completed his studies with a doctorate . In 1935 he joined the NSDAP and in 1942, in his function as District Administrator of Hilpoltstein, he was jointly responsible for bringing farmer Ludwig Wittmann to the Dachau concentration camp . He died a little later in the concentration camp.

In December 1948, Hilger was elected to succeed Franz Josef Strauss as district administrator of the Upper Bavarian district of Schongau . In the local elections in 1952, 1958 and 1964, the CSU member was confirmed in office and was thus Schongau district administrator from 1948 to 1970.

Hilger had been a member of the Catholic student association KDStV Tuiskonia Munich since 1925.

Gustav Hilger was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit , the Communal Merit Medal in gold and the German Red Cross .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary notice of Dr. Gustav Hilgers, Schongauer Druckservice.
  2. ↑ Nazi past catches up with ex-district administrator. Article in Münchner Merkur , July 17, 2004.
  3. ↑ District Administrator Gustav Hilger - the turning neck. Article by Norbert Herler in Münchner Merkur , August 5, 2004.
  4. ^ The Altland districts of Weilheim and Schongau. Brochure by Klaus Gast, Helmut Schmidbauer and Bernhard Wöll, 2012, page 28.
personal data
SURNAME Hilger, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Weilheim in Upper Bavaria
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1991
Place of death Schongau