Walter Balz

Walter Balz (born July 24, 1910 in Stuttgart ; † March 29, 1990 in Tuttlingen ) was a Baden-Württemberg local politician ( SPD and FDP ) and from 1951 to 1980 mayor or lord mayor of the city of Tuttlingen.

Balz was born the son of a bank clerk and grew up in Stuttgart, where he graduated from the Friedrich-Eugen-Oberrealschule in 1929. He then began studying law and economics at the Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen , which he completed in 1934 with the First State Examination and the Great State Examination. During his studies he became a member of AMV Stochdorphia Tübingen . From September 1939 to May 1945 Balz fought as a member of the Wehrmacht in World War II and was taken prisoner at the end of the war. From February 1946 to February 1951 he worked in the Balingen district , where he was most recently the permanent representative of District Administrator Friedrich Roemer .

In January 1951, Balz ran for mayor in Tuttlingen and prevailed against three competitors with 57 percent of the votes cast in the first ballot. When Tuttlingen was elevated to a major district town in 1952, Balz was given the title of "Lord Mayor". In January 1957, Balz was re-elected with 73 percent of the votes cast. In 1969 he was confirmed with 98 percent for a further twelve years in office, but left office early in 1980. His successor was the CDU politician Heinz-Jürgen Koloczek .

During Balz's tenure in 1973, the formerly independent communities Möhringen an der Donau , Nendingen and Eßlingen were incorporated into Tuttlingen and the associated increase in the population of the city of Tuttlingen.

Walter Balz was a member of the Tuttlingen district council from 1951 to 1973 and from 1979 to 1989 . He was also a member of the finance committee of the German Association of Cities and the Association of Baden-Württemberg.

literature

• District of Tuttlingen (Ed.): 30 years of the district of Tuttlingen 1973–2003 . Tuttlingen 2003, page 31.
• Ernst Streng: The Tuttlingen city council and mayor since 1829 . In: Tuttlinger Heimatblätter 1992 . Pages 21–32.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Association of Alter SVer (VASV): Address book and Vademecum. Ludwigshafen am Rhein 1959, p. 20.