Wilhelm Göttler

Wilhelm Göttler (born April 19, 1890 in Lindau (Lake Constance) ; † February 22, 1953 there ) was a German politician ( CDU / CSU ).

After attending secondary school, Göttler completed an apprenticeship as a cooper and spent a few years as a journeyman in France . He was a soldier in the First World War ; on November 1, 1914, he was seriously wounded in Flanders and spent two years in the hospital. Then he did a private degree in economics and social sciences. From 1916 to 1946 he ran his own restaurant. In 1933 he lost all honorary positions except for a church clerk. In August 1944 he was imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp .

Göttler's political career began in 1921 when he became a member of the local council in Aeschach . A year later he moved to the city council of Lindau, of which he was a member until 1932 and again from 1945. In 1948 he became the second mayor and advisor for construction, housing and financial matters of the city of Lindau. He was a member of the advisory state assembly of the state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern and the state parliament of Württemberg-Hohenzollern until 1950, when the city and the district of Lindau were reintegrated into Bavaria . He was a co-founder of the CDP in the Lindau district, the predecessor of the CSU there, and a member of the Lindau Advisory Committee. In the state elections in 1950 he was elected to the Bavarian state parliament in the constituency of Lindau-Stadt und -Land . However, he died during the electoral term. His successor was Otto Weinkamm .

Web links

• Wilhelm Göttler in the parliamentary database at the House of Bavarian History