Heinrich Wahlster

Heinrich Wahlster (born December 14, 1892 in Saarbrücken , † September 12, 1968 in "Porte di Marimi") was a German manufacturer and mayor of Saarbrücken.

Life

Wahlster attended secondary school in Saarbrücken and then completed a commercial training in Heilbronn in 1907 and 1908 . He then joined his father's food factory (pasta and sugar confectionery production). He did his military service in Strasbourg and then fought in the First World War . In 1927 he married.

In 1930 he took over the family business. In the following years Wahlster was a member of the Saarbrücken Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a commercial judge . He belonged to the German-Saarland People's Party , then to the German Front , later to the NSDAP , but demonstratively resigned in 1938. From 1941 to 1943 he had to fight in Russia during World War II . He then ran his operations again, which were classified as important to the war effort, until it was destroyed in air raids in 1944/45.

On March 24, 1945 the American military administration appointed him Lord Mayor of Saarbrücken, but Wahlster resigned on August 15, 1945. Between 1948 and 1961 he was chairman of the Association of the Food and Beverage Industry. In 1961 Wahlster retired. He died while on vacation on the Italian Riviera .

Honors

from 1953: Honorary member of the Saar rowing club in 1885

literature

Hanns Klein: Short biographies of the mayors of (old) Saarbrücken, St. Johanns, Malstatt-Burbachs and the city of Saarbrücken . In: Journal for the history of the Saar region, XIX, Saarbrücken 1971, pp. 510-538. For Wahlster p. 530.

Web links

Heinrich Wahlster in the Saarland biographies

supporting documents

↑ Hanns Klein states in his short biographies of the mayors of (old) Saarbrücken, St. Johanns, Malstatt-Burbachs and the city of Saarbrücken (Saarbrücken 1971) on p. 530: “died during a vacation stay on the Italian Riviera on September 12, 1968 in Porte di Marimi ”. A place of this name is not known. Perhaps this is Forte dei Marmi, which is south of the Italian Riviera.

personal data
SURNAME	Wahlster, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German factory owner and Lord Mayor of Saarbrücken
DATE OF BIRTH	December 14, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saarbrücken
DATE OF DEATH	September 12, 1968
Place of death	"Porte di Marimi"

[1] Hanns Klein states in his short biographies of the mayors of (old) Saarbrücken, St. Johanns, Malstatt-Burbachs and the city of Saarbrücken (Saarbrücken 1971) on p. 530: “died during a vacation stay on the Italian Riviera on September 12, 1968 in Porte di Marimi ”. A place of this name is not known. Perhaps this is Forte dei Marmi, which is south of the Italian Riviera.