Otto Wamboldt

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Otto Christian Wamboldt (born May 29, 1884 in Darmstadt ; † April 1, 1945 near Tauberzell ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ) and mayor of Darmstadt at the time of National Socialism .

Life

Wamboldt was the son of master plumber Christian Wamboldt (1852–1933) and his wife Elisabeth born. Noll. Wamboldt joined the postal service in 1901 and worked in various post offices in Hesse until 1907. From 1908 he worked for the Dortmund Post Office. In 1912 he moved to the Frankfurt postal administration as senior post inspector. In that year he married Ottilie Giersieper (1887–1945).

He joined the NSDAP in 1926 and was Gaufunkwart in the Hessen-Nassau-Süd district. From 1932 to 1934 he was an honorary city councilor in Frankfurt am Main . From January 27, 1934 he was initially acting and from March 1934 to March 1945 he was Lord Mayor of Darmstadt and in personal union from 1935 to 1937 district leader. During his term of office, Darmstadt was raised to the status of a district-free city and also expanded to a large city as a result of the incorporation of Arheilgen and Eberstadt .

Wamboldt was chairman of the administrative board of Sparkasse Darmstadt , chairman of the supervisory board of Hessische Elektrizitäts-AG and chairman of the administrative board of Darmstädter Flughafen AG.

Before the invasion of the US Army in Darmstadt is Wamboldt sat with his wife in March 1945 out of the city, and then committed suicide with her at Tauberzell suicide . His date of death was set on April 1, 1945.

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  1. ↑ Ansgar Diller: Der Frankfurter Rundfunk 1923–1945 with special consideration of the time of National Socialism, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, 1975, p. 135
  2. ↑ Otto Wamboldt at www.frankfurt1933-1945.de
  3. ^ Friedrich Battenberg, Eckhart G. Franz: Darmstadts Geschichte, Roether, 1980, p. 584
  4. ↑ Wamboldt, Otto at www.frankfurt1933-1945.de
  5. ↑ Historical exhibition 2012 in the Da.-Eberstadt town hall ( Memento from October 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ).
personal data
SURNAME Wamboldt, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wamboldt, Otto Christian (full name); Wamboldt, Otto Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (NSDAP), Lord Mayor of Darmstadt
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1945
Place of death near Tauberzell