Fritz Wittmann
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Fritz Wittmann (21 March 1933 – 17 October 2018)
was a German
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Biography

Wittmann was born in Plan in
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
's region of
Egerland The Egerland (; ; Egerland German dialect: ''Eghalånd'') is a historical region in the far north west of Bohemia in what is today the Czech Republic, at the border with Germany. It is named after the German name ''Eger'' for the town of Cheb an ...
(today Planá in the
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). He was a member of the
German Parliament The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the lower house of the German federal parliament. It is the only constitutional body of the federation directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag was established by Title III of the Basic Law for ...
(first elected in 1971), where he represented Munich North, and president of the
Federation of Expellees The Federation of Expellees (; BdV) is a non-profit organization formed in West Germany on 27 October 1957 to represent the interests of German nationals of all ethnicities and foreign ethnic Germans and their families (usually naturalised as Ge ...
(''Bund der Vertriebenen'') from 1994 to 1998. He was succeeded as president of the federation by
Erika Steinbach Erika Steinbach (, born 25 July 1943) is a German right-wing politician. She previously served as a member of the Bundestag from 1990 until 2017. She was a member of the Christian Democratic Union from 1974 to 2017, and served as a member of t ...
( CDU). He was a colonel in the reserve and recipient of the
Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr The Decorations of Honour of the Bundeswehr () are the sole series of military decorations of the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. These honours and awards were introduced in 1980 on the occasion of the 25th annive ...
in Gold. Hd was married and had three children. His daughter
Mechthilde Wittmann Mechthilde Wittmann (born 12 December 1967) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2021. Early life and education Wittmann was born 1967 in Munich an ...
is CSU-politician.


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Bundestag bio
1933 births 2018 deaths People from Planá Sudeten German people 20th-century German lawyers Christian Social Union in Bavaria politicians Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria Members of the Bundestag 1994–1998 Members of the Bundestag 1990–1994 Recipients of the Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr {{Germany-CSU-politician-stub