Walther Förster
Walther Alexander Förster (born January 4, 1886 in Mittelherwigsdorf , † June 6, 1946 in Bautzen ) was a German local politician. He was in the era of National Socialism from 1933 to 1935 and from 1939 to 1945 Mayor of Bautzen.
He was the son of the farmer Reinhold Förster and attended the secondary school in Zittau and the universities in Leipzig and Munich. During his studies he became a member of the Brunsviga Leipzig team in 1906/07 . In 1910 he passed the first and in 1915 the second state examination in law. After serving in the war, he became a government assistant in 1919 and later a state councilor in Radeberg . In 1923 he moved to Bautzen, where he was elected mayor in 1926. In 1933 he was appointed Lord Mayor. He held this office until 1935. In 1939 he was appointed to represent Erich Opitz again with this office. In 1945 he was removed from office. He died the following year in the special camp in Bautzen .
literature
- Degeners who is it? , Berlin 1935, p. 424.
Individual evidence
- ^ Berthold Ohm and Alfred Philipp (eds.): Directory of addresses of the old men of the German Landsmannschaft. Part 1. Hamburg 1932, p. 51.
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| SURNAME | Forester, Walther |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Forester, Walther Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German local politician in the time of National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mittelherwigsdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 1946 |
| Place of death | Bautzen |