Alexander Pohlmann (10 September 1865 – 5 October 1952) was a liberal German politician, mayor of

Kattowitz Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. K ...

(Katowice, Poland) and member of the

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and the Weimar German parliament. Pohlmann was born in Graudenz,

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, (Grudziądz, Poland), his father was the mayor of Graudenz. He studied law and administrative sciences in

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and

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and started to work at the municipal administration of Frankfurt (Main) in 1896 and Posen (Poznań) in 1899. Pohlmann became the Lord Mayor of Kattowitz in 1903, a position he held until January 1920. He became a member of the Fortschrittliche Volkspartei and was elected as a member of the regional parliament of the

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in 1904 (or 1909)The parliamentarian handbook of 1919 gives 1904 as starting date while the handbook of 1920 states 1909 and member of the

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in 1915. After

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he became a member of the

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and was elected a member of the Weimar National Assembly in 1919 and the German Reichstag from 1920 to 1922. He served as the President of the

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from 1920 to 1930. Pohlmann died in Freiburg in 1952.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pohlmann, Alexander 1865 births 1952 deaths Politicians from Grudziądz People from the Province of Prussia German Protestants Progressive People's Party (Germany) politicians German Democratic Party politicians Members of the Weimar National Assembly Members of the Reichstag 1920–1924 University of Freiburg alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Leipzig University alumni