Georg Schätzel Explained

Office:Reich Postal Minister
Successor:Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach
Term Start:29 January 1927
Term End:30 May 1932
Office1:Reich Minister of Transport
Term Label1:Acting
Term Start1:7 February 1929
Term End1:12 April 1929
Chancellor1:Hermann Müller
Predecessor1:Theodor von Guérard
Successor1:Adam Stegerwald
Birth Date:13 May 1875
Birth Place:Höchstadt, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Death Place:Munich, Nazi Germany
Party:Bavarian People's Party
Occupation:Lawyer

Georg Schätzel (1875–1934) was a German jurist and politician. He was a member of the Bavarian People's Party and served as the minister of post between 29 January 1927 and 1 June 1932.

Biography

Schätzel was born in Höchstadt, Bavaria, on 13 May 1875.[1] He graduated from gymnasium in Bamberg and studied law in Munich completing his studies in 1895. He worked as a lawyer in Munich. Then he worked at the postal agency and the ministry for transport in Munich. In 1923 he became the state secretary and head of the Bavarian district of the Reich postal administration.[2]

Schätzel joined the Bavarian People's Party.[3] He served as an acting minister of transport for a brief period in 1929. He was appointed minister of post on 29 January 1927 which he held until 30 May 1932. During his term Schätzel served in the cabinets headed by Wilhelm Marx, Hermann Müller and Heinrich Brüning. From February to April 1929 Schätzel was also acting minister of transport.

Schätzel died in Munich on 27 November 1934.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Georg Schätzel. Kritische Online. 18 February 2023. de.
  2. Web site: Schätzel, Georg. de. Bundes Archive. 18 February 2023.
  3. Book: D. R. Dorondo. Bavaria and German Federalism: Reich to Republic, 1918-33, 1945-49. St. Martin's Press. 1992. 978-0-230-37211-5. 17. London.
  4. Web site: Schätzel, Georg. Bavarikon. 18 February 2023 . de.