Hans Poeschel

Hans Poeschel (20 September 1881 – 2 June 1960) was a German politician and statesman. He was the high mayor of Szczecin from 1931 to 1933, and the high mayor of Mönchengladbach from 1933 to 1937.

Hans Poeschel
High mayor of Mönchengladbach
In office 1933–1937
Preceded by	Wilhelm Pelzer
Succeeded by	Werner Keyßner
High mayor of Szczecin
In office 1931–1933
Preceded by	Friedrich Ackermann
Succeeded by	Wilhelm Stuckart
District president of the Liegnitz Governmental District
In office 1925–1931
Preceded by	Robert Büchting
Succeeded by	Hans Simons
Administrator of the Randow District
In office 1921–1923
Preceded by	Rudolf Junkermann
Succeeded by	Ernst von Harnack
Personal details
Born	(1881-09-20)20 September 1881 Grimma, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire (now part of Germany)
Died	2 July 1960(1960-07-02) (aged 78) Munich, West Germany (now part of Germany)
Military service
Allegiance	German Empire
Branch/service	Imperial German Army
Years of service	1914–1918
Battles/wars	First World War

Biography

Hans Poeschel was born on 20 September 1920, in Grimma, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire (now part of Germany).^[1]

He studied in Leipzig, and was a member of the German Student Association.^[2] From 1911 to 1914, he worked in the German colonial administration. Then, he served in the Imperial German Army during the First World War. In 1919, he was a councillor in the Imperial Colonial Office, and later in the Foreign Office.^[3]

In 1920, he was transferred to the Supreme President Office in Kaliningrad (then known as Königsberg). In 1921 he was appointed the administrator of the Randow District in the Province of Pomerania. From 1923 to 1925 he was a deputy government president of Frankfurt an der Oder, and from 1925 to 1931, he was the district president of the Liegnitz Governmental District. From 1931 to 1933 he was the high mayor of Szczecin, and from 1933 to 1937, the high mayor of Mönchengladbach.^[3]

He died on 2 June 1960 in Munich, West Germany (now part of Germany).^[1]

References

1. Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie, vol. 8: Plett - Schmidseder, Munich: Saur, 1998, p. 15. (in German)
2. Louis Lange (editor): Kyffhäuser-Verband der Vereine Deutscher Studenten. Anschriftenbuch 1931. Berlin, 1931, p. 172. (in German)
3. Bärbel Holtz (editor): Die Protokolle des Preußischen Staatsministeriums 1925-1938/38. vol. 12/2: 1925-1938. Olms-Weidmann: Hildesheim, 2004. ISBN 3-487-12704-0. (in German).