Walther Frisch
Walther Frisch (born July 15, 1879 in Berlin ; † February 6, 1966 in Lindau (Bodensee) ) was a German lawyer and local politician.
Career
Frisch completed his studies with doctorates in law and philology. From 1919 to 1933 he was a member of the Board of Management of Dresdner Bank . In 1933 he became a partner in the banking house of the Arnhold brothers . From 1936 he lived in Lindau. From 1937 to 1944 he was managing director of the Hardy & Co.
After the end of the Second World War he was appointed Lord Mayor of Lindau (Lake Constance) and remained in office until 1956. At the same time he was chairman of the supervisory board of the Prussian Pfandbrief Bank . Together with Count Bernadotte, Frisch was instrumental in organizing the first meeting of the Nobel Prize winners in Lindau .
Honors
- 1956: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1958: Honorary citizen of Lindau (Lake Constance)
Walther Frisch was privy councilor .
literature
- Johannes Bähr: The Dresdner Bank in the economy of the Third Reich , Munich 2006, p. 603
- Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871-1945 , Vol. 1, Paderborn 2000, pp. 619f.
- Werner Dobras: Neujahrsblatt 26 of the Lindau Museum Association - Lindau Personalities , 1981, p. 18
Individual evidence
- ↑ Der Spiegel (ed.): What one could, if one could - white-blue in Lindau . November 20, 1948, p. 6th ff .
- ^ A b Carl Zumstein: The history of the Lindau district council 1945-1955 . Ed .: Museumsverein Lindau. 1985.
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| SURNAME | Fresh, Walther |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and local politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1966 |
| Place of death | Lindau (Lake Constance) |