| Hans Poeschel | |
| Office1: | High mayor of Mönchengladbach |
| Term Start1: | 1933 |
| Term End1: | 1937 |
| Predecessor1: | Wilhelm Pelzer |
| Successor1: | Werner Keyßner |
| Office2: | High mayor of Szczecin |
| Term Start2: | 1931 |
| Term End2: | 1933 |
| Predecessor2: | Friedrich Ackermann |
| Successor2: | Wilhelm Stuckart |
| Office3: | District president of the Liegnitz Governmental District |
| Predecessor3: | Robert Büchting |
| Successor3: | Hans Simons |
| Term Start3: | 1925 |
| Term End3: | 1931 |
| Office4: | Administrator of the Randow District |
| Term Start4: | 1921 |
| Term End4: | 1923 |
| Predecessor4: | Rudolf Junkermann |
| Successor4: | Ernst von Harnack |
| Birth Date: | 20 September 1881 |
| Birth Place: | Grimma, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire (now part of Germany) |
| Death Place: | Munich, West Germany (now part of Germany) |
| Allegiance: | German Empire |
| Branch: | Imperial German Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1914–1918 |
| Battles: | First World War |
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 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]