{"id":"fritz-wachtler","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/fritz-wachtler","language":"en","name":"Fritz Wächtler","name_en":"Fritz Wächtler","name_ne":null,"description":"Nazi politician (1891-1945)","headline":"Nazi politician (1891-1945)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Fritz Wächtler 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.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"7 January 1891","date":"1891-01-07"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111802#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Triebes","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q826545"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111802#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"19 April 1945","date":"1945-04-19"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111802#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Waldmünchen","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503213"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111802#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Germany","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111802#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"teacher","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37226"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111802#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Nazi Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7320"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111802#P102"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17856046"},{"text":"mayor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30185"},{"text":"member of Landtag of Prussia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18627832"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111802#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_W%C3%A4chtler","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111802"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Fritz Wächtler born?","a":"Fritz Wächtler was born on 7 January 1891 in Triebes."},{"q":"What positions has Fritz Wächtler held?","a":"Positions held by Fritz Wächtler include: member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; mayor; member of Landtag of Prussia."}],"related":[{"name":"Franz von Papen","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/franz-von-papen"},{"name":"Arthur Seyss-Inquart","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arthur-seyss-inquart"},{"name":"Robert Heinrich Wagner","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/robert-heinrich-wagner"},{"name":"Theodor Habicht","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/theodor-habicht"},{"name":"Willy Marschler","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/willy-marschler"},{"name":"Friedrich Uebelhoer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/friedrich-uebelhoer"},{"name":"Andrew Johnson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrew-johnson"},{"name":"Ehud Olmert","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ehud-olmert"},{"name":"Hussein Khalidi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hussein-khalidi"},{"name":"Ekrem İmamoğlu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ekrem-imamoglu"},{"name":"Nir Barkat","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nir-barkat"},{"name":"Bill Haslam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-haslam"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/fritz-wachtler-7675ab90c0.jpg","width":500,"height":704,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unknown photographer Stapf Bilderdienst","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FritzWachtler.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Fritz Wächtler","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_W%C3%A4chtler","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q111802","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111802","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: FritzWachtler.jpg by Unknown photographer Stapf Bilderdienst (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FritzWachtler.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Fritz Wächtler, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: FritzWachtler.jpg — Unknown photographer Stapf Bilderdienst, Public domain.","cite":"\"Fritz Wächtler\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/fritz-wachtler. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T07:02:55Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/fritz-wachtler","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/fritz-wachtler","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/fritz-wachtler?lang=ne"}}