Fritz Wächtler

Fritz Wächtler (7 January 1891 – 19 April 1945) was a Nazi Party official and politician who served as the Gauleiter of the eastern Bavarian administrative region of Gau Bayreuth. Trained as a primary school teacher, he also became head of the National Socialist Teachers League (NSLB) in 1935. During World War II he held the honorary rank of SS-Obergruppenführer and was the Reich Defense Commissioner of Gau Bayreuth. Prone to alcoholic outbursts and unpopular with the local residents, he eventually ran afoul of Martin Bormann in a political intrigue. Wächtler was executed on orders from Führer Headquarters near the end of the war on 19 April 1945.

For the Austrian figure skater, see Fritz Wächtler (figure skater).

Fritz Wächtler
Gauleiter of Gau Bayreuth
In office
5 December 1935 – 19 April 1945
Appointed byAdolf Hitler
Preceded byHans Schemm
Succeeded byLudwig Ruckdeschel
Head of the
National Socialist Teachers League
In office
5 December 1935 – 17 February 1943
Appointed byAdolf Hitler
Preceded byHans Schemm
Succeeded byPost abolished
Deputy Gauleiter of Gau Thuringia
In office
15 June 1932 – 5 December 1935
Appointed byAdolf Hitler
Preceded byWilly Marschler
Succeeded byHeinrich Siekmeier
Interior Minister of Thuringia
In office
8 May 1933 – 22 January 1936
Prime MinisterWilly Marschler
Preceded byFritz Sauckel
Succeeded byWalter Ortlepp
Personal details
Born7 January 1891
Triebes, Principality of Reuss-Gera, German Empire
Died19 April 1945(1945-04-19) (aged 54)
Waldmünchen, Bavaria, Nazi Germany
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
Political party NSDAP
ProfessionTeacher
Military service
Allegiance German Empire
Branch/serviceImperial German Army
Years of service1913 – 1918
RankLeutnant
Unit
  • Infantry Regiment 94
  • Landwehr Infantry Regiment 7
Battles/warsWorld War I
AwardsIron Cross, 2nd class
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