Walter Baldauf

Paul Walter Baldauf (born February 6, 1908 in Plauen ; † October 26, 1971 in Salzgitter ) was a German lawyer . From 1955 to 1971 he was City Director of the City of Salzgitter.

Life

Walter Baldauf was born in Plauen in Saxony in 1908 . There he attended elementary school and the secondary school, which he graduated from high school in 1927. He studied law in Leipzig and passed the first state examination in 1930 and the second state examination in 1934 . He worked as an assessor in the judicial service three years before 1938 in Plauen Local Court for magistrate was appointed. He was drafted into military service throughout the Second World War . Until 1946 he was taken prisoner of war for several months .

Soon afterwards he started working for the town of Salzgitter in Lower Saxony, which was founded in 1942, initially as an employee in the Watenstedt-Immendorf refugee camp. He became head of social affairs in 1949 and councilor for social affairs in 1950. In 1955 he was appointed city director for legal, regulatory and social administration for 12 years, making him the deputy city ​​director . He was re-elected in 1966 for another 12 years.

Baldauf helped shape the difficult early years of the young town of Salzgitter, which were characterized by the influx of refugees, housing shortages, dismantling and unemployment. The “second founding of the city” at the end of the 1950s began with the approval of initial equipment funds by the federal government. Baldauf was also involved in the relevant negotiations.

He died in Salzgitter in 1971 at the age of 63.

literature

• Ursula Wolff: Baldauf, Paul Walter . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 36 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wolfgang Benz (Ed.): Salzgitter. Past and present of a German city 1942–1992. Beck, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-406-35573-0 , p. 470.