Walther Busch

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Walther Busch (born November 10, 1877 in Flöha ; † June 19, 1954 in Döbeln ) was a German administrative lawyer and local politician. He was Lord Mayor of the Saxon city of Meissen .

Life

He was the son of the medical doctor H. Chr. Waldermar Busch and his wife Helene nee Brandt. His ancestors included doctors, theologians, lawyers, state councilors and the theology professor Friedrich Busch in Sweden . His parents had him evangelically baptized on March 14, 1878 in Flöha.

After attending high school in Flöha, Walther Busch studied at the University of Leipzig and then moved to the University of Munich . During his legal clerkship he graduated as Dr. jur. He then worked as a court assessor in Saxony and then as a police and then as a council assessor. On January 1, 1916, he was appointed First Mayor of Sommerfeld / Niederlausitz . He had specialized in finance specifically. After eleven years in office, he became Lord Mayor of Meissen on February 1, 1927. During his term of office until 1935, the National Socialists " seized power " in 1933. His successor as Lord Mayor was Karl Hans Drechsel, former NSDAP district leader in Meissen .

In Meißen he also took on several honorary positions at the club level and the function of first chairman of the association for the history of the city of Meißen. As such, he was directly involved in organizing the Millennium Celebration of Meissen in 1929. At the opening act of the celebrations from the Albrechtsburg he gave the welcome speech. Furthermore, Walther Busch was chairman of the orphans' association in Meissen.

He lived in Meißen, Dresdner Strasse 8.

family

Walther Busch married Elisabeth nee Langisch in Blankenburg in Thuringia . The children Ilse (* 1910) and Erika (* 1917) emerged from the marriage.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History of the Lord Mayor. City of Meißen, accessed on June 22, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Registry office Flöha, Amtshauptmannschaft Flöha, birth register 173/1877
  3. ^ Jonas Flöter: Education for the elite in Saxony and Prussia. The Princely and State Schools Grimma, Meißen, Joachimsthal and Pforta (1868–1933). Cologne 2009, p. 470f.
  4. ↑ Inhabitants of the city of Meißen and the suburbs Dobritz and monastery houses , Volume 18, p. 75.
personal data
SURNAME Busch, Walther
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Busch, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative lawyer and local politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Flea
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 1954
Place of death Chub