Walter Weber (politician, 1886)

Walter Weber (born October 13, 1886 in Frankfurt am Main ; † May 25, 1966 ) was a German politician ( non-party ). From June 7, 1920 to February 28, 1934 he was mayor of Oberlahnstein and from 1945 to June 1946 district administrator of the Main-Taunus district .

Life

Weber was a magistrate assessor from Höchst am Main . In 1920 he became mayor of Oberlahnstein . He was considered a forward-looking, prudent politician who after in difficult financial times World War the housing promoted and for the Lahn channeling began. Because of his politics, the National Socialists saw him as an opponent and voted against him when he was re-elected in 1932. After the seizure of power Weber was accused by the National Socialists, among other things, of having approved the KPD in 1932 for a banner with Adolf Hitler on it"Was portrayed in the most shameful way, allowed to carry through the streets". In addition, Weber had "a fanatical Catholic teacher as headmistress of a primary school used in Oberlahnstein [...] and even made the councilors false information in order to bring his protege in this position." Pursuant to the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil transferred him to the President of the Government retired in Wiesbaden on November 15, 1933 on the instructions of the Prussian Interior Minister.

After his forced retirement, Weber lived in Hofheim am Taunus and was monitored by the National Socialists until 1945. Immediately after the Second World War , in 1945 he was employed by the American occupation forces as district administrator for the Main-Taunus district. In June 1946, he resigned from office for health reasons. In 1962 Weber was made an honorary citizen of Oberlahnstein . The following year, Dr.-Weber-Strasse in Oberlahnstein was named after him. Weber died on May 25, 1966 after a long illness.

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• Dieter Reuschling: 85 years of the SPD parliamentary group in the district assembly of the Main-Taunus district (1928–2013). (PDF 1.5 MB) 2014, p. 19 , archived from the original on January 11, 2016 ; accessed on March 26, 2016 . 

Web links

• Entry on Weber, Walter / 1886–1966 in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database
• Straße was named after Oberlahnsteiner honorary citizen Dr. Walter Weber named. City of Lahnstein, May 30, 2016, accessed May 9, 2017 .