Wilhelm Wirthle
Wilhelm Wirthle (born April 6, 1874 in Schwenningen am Neckar , † May 20, 1960 ) was a German postal worker and politician.
Career
Wirthle attended high school in Rottweil and joined the postal service in 1890. After working in the post offices in Ulm and Tübingen, he retired in 1937. From 1945 he was again a personnel clerk in the Oberpostdirektion Tübingen and from 1948 to 1950 its president.
Wirthle was politically organized early on in the liberal movement. From 1913 to 1914 he was executive director of the National Liberal Party of South Württemberg. From 1924 to 1933 he was regional leader of the Reichsbanner Black-Red-Gold . After his arrest in 1933 he was briefly in protective custody in the Heuberg camp. After the end of the war he was a member of the municipal council in Tübingen from 1945 to 1948 and a member of the state parliament of Württemberg-Hohenzollern from 1947 to 1952 . He was also chairman of the regional association of the DVP there .
Honors
- 1953: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
literature
- Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? : the German Who's Who - Berlin: Arani, 1955
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| SURNAME | Wirthle, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German post office worker and politician (NLP, DVP), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwenningen am Neckar |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 20, 1960 |