Georg Voigt (politician) explained

Georg Voigt
Office1:Mayor of Barmen
Term Start1:1906
Term End1:1912
Predecessor1:Johannes Gustav Brodzina
Successor1:Paul Hartmann
Office2:Mayor of Frankfurt
Term Start2:1912
Term End2:1924
Predecessor2:Franz Adickes
Successor2:Ludwig Landmann
Office3:Mayor of Marburg
Term Start3:12 February 1925
Term End3:13 April 1927
Predecessor3:Paul Troje
Successor3:Johannes Müller
Birth Date:16 September 1866
Birth Place:Klein-Schellmühl near Danzig, Prussia (Młyniska, Gdańsk)
Death Place:Marburg, Weimar Germany
Nationality:German
Party:NLP / DDP
Alma Mater:University of Breslau,
Humboldt University of Berlin,
University of Königsberg

Georg Philipp Wilhelm Voigt (16 September 1866 – 13 April 1927) was a German politician. Voigt was the mayor of Rixdorf, Barmen, Frankfurt, and Marburg.

Political career

Voigt, the son of a hotelier, was born in Klein-Schellmühl near Danzig, Prussia (Młyniska, Gdańsk). He studied law between 1886 and 1890 at the universities of Breslau (Wrocław), Berlin and Königsberg (Kaliningrad). In 1899, Voigt became the mayor of Rixdorf (nowadays a part of Berlin-Neukölln) and was also the mayor of Barmen between 1906 and 1912, before becoming the mayor of Frankfurt.[1] From 1907, he was a member of the Prussian House of Lords for the National Liberal Party, which later became the German Democratic Party.

Voigt was mayor during the French occupation of Frankfurt 6 April – 17 May 1920. He issued a "severe warning" calling on the population to remain calm and follow the requests of the occupying troops following the Hauptwache Incident on 7 April.

After losing the 1924 Frankfurt mayoral elections, Voigt was elected in November of that year to be the mayor of Marburg from February 1925, where he governed until his death in April 1927. He was buried in Berlin-Zehlendorf.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Klemm, Claudia. Erinnert – umstritten – gefeiert: Die Revolution von 1848/49 in der deutschen Gedenkkultur. V&R unipress. Göttingen. 2007. 245. 978-3-89971-374-9. German.