Otto Colosser

Otto Colosser (born November 8, 1878 in Schöneberg ; † December 23, 1948 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf ) was a German architect and politician ( Economic Party , DStP ).

Life and work

Colosser was born in Berlin-Schöneberg in 1878 as the son of the construction business owner August Colosser and Christiane (née Homann). After graduating from secondary school in Charlottenburg , he first completed an apprenticeship as a bricklayer, then studied structural engineering at the Technical University of Charlottenburg and then worked as an architect and site manager for various companies. He later joined his father's construction business, which he took over in 1910. During the First World War , in which he could not take part due to an incapacity for field work, he volunteered at the military construction sites in Spandau . From 1916 to 1919 he was involved in the construction of ammunition factories as an architect and site manager for the Military Building Office III.

Colosser was an architect and master builder in Berlin-Friedenau . In addition to his professional activity, he was a member of the Association of Berlin Construction Businesses, the Building Trade Guild in Berlin-Steglitz and the Reichsbund Deutscher Technik. In addition, he was a board member of the German Association of Craftsmen.

Political party

Colosser joined the Economic Party in 1920 and was elected deputy chairman of the WP in 1924. In January 1931 he switched to the German State Party (DStP).

MP

Colosser was a city ​​councilor in Berlin from 1925 to 1927 and a member of the Prussian state parliament in 1927/28 . In the Reichstag election in May 1928 he was elected to the German Reichstag , to which he belonged until 1932.

Web links

• Otto Colosser in the database of members of the Reichstag
• Short biography in the files of the Reich Chancellery