Walther Waldschmidt

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Walther Waldschmidt (born August 20, 1860 in Berlin ; † November 13, 1932 in Meggen (Switzerland)) was a German manager and politician.

Waldschmidt was born the son of a well-off businessman. After attending grammar school in Frankfurt am Main , where the family had moved, he studied law in Heidelberg , Leipzig , Berlin and Jena . In Jena he also received his doctorate in 1888 and passed the assessor examination. Until 1893 he was employed by the municipal authorities in Frankfurt a. M. After three years as an alderman in the Krefeld city ​​administration , in 1896 he switched to the well-known Berlin machine factory of Ludwig Loewe & Co. as a legal advisor . From 1904 to 1924 Walther Waldschmidt was a full member of the board and advanced to general director . After he left the board, he went on a three-month study trip to the United States with an engineer from the company.

In 1925 Waldschmidt was elected to the supervisory board by the general assembly. In the following years he had a decisive influence on the development of the company. He also served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Knorr-Bremsen AG. As a lawyer at the Court of Appeal , he was awarded the distinction of a judicial councilor .

In the political field, he took conservative positions. In his house built by Alfred Grenander in 1911–12 at Bismarckallee 18 / Herthastr. 7, which was demolished in 1973, he regularly invited his friends from the German People's Party to exclusive talks. The political group, which came together in November 1920 under the leadership of Gustav Stresemann , was mostly recruited from former members of the right wing of the National Liberal Party and without exception represented the interests of high finance .

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Walther Waldschmidt was also active in the field of small politics. As chairman of the "Free Association" for many years, he has always fought efforts to incorporate Grunewald into Greater Berlin . He died on November 13, 1932 in a sanatorium in Meggen near Lucerne . His grave is in the Grunewald cemetery .

literature

  • Wolf-Rüdiger Bonk: 125 years of the Grunewald villa colony ., Berlin 2016.

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SURNAME Waldschmidt, Walther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manager and politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1932
Place of death Meggen (Switzerland)