Alexander Pohlmann (10 September 1865 – 5 October 1952) was a liberal German politician, mayor of Kattowitz (Katowice, Poland) and member of the Weimar National Assembly and the Weimar German parliament Pohlmann was born in Graudenz,

West Prussia The Province of West Prussia (german: Provinz Westpreußen; csb, Zôpadné Prësë; pl, Prusy Zachodnie) was a province of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and 1878 to 1920. West Prussia was established as a province of the Kingdom of Prussia in 177 ...

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

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and

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and started to work at the municipal administration of

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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 German Democratic Party 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 People from Grudziądz People from West Prussia Progressive People's Party (Germany) politicians German Democratic Party politicians University of Freiburg alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Leipzig University alumni Members of the Weimar National Assembly Members of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic