Walter Köbel

Walter Klaus Köbel
Dr. Walter Köbel
Born	(1918-03-20)20 March 1918 Darmstadt, Germany
Died	10 September 1965(1965-09-10) (aged 47) Germany
Education	Doctor of Law
Spouse	Irma Wettlauffer

Dr. Walter Klaus Köbel (20 March 1918 - 10 September 1965) was a German politician.

Dr. Köbel was first elected as Mayor of Rüsselsheim in 1954 at the age of 36. In October 1963 he entered Hessian State Parliament, as a member of the SPD, and held these positions until his sudden death on 10 September 1965.

Following his death, a newly built sports hall in Rüsselsheim, was named in his honour as the Walter-Köbel-Halle. But it was renamed on 14 March 2013, when due to an historical inquiry, his former involvement in national socialist ideology became generally known.^[1]

Sources

• Lengemann; Hessenparlament, Seite 304 (PDF-Datei; 12,31 MB)

Preceded by Ludwig Dörfler

Mayor 1954–1965

Succeeded by Karl-Heinz Storsberg

References

1. Sabine Kühn: Walter Köbel (1918 – 1965) und der Nationalsozialismus – Eine biografische Annäherung, Rüsselsheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-927394-16-2 (in German)