Wilhelm Amsinck Burchard-Motz (born 4 July 1878 in

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, died 13 January 1963 in Hamburg) was a German lawyer and national-liberal politician. He served as

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for Trade, Shipping and Industry of

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from 1925 to 1933 and as Second Mayor from 1933 to 1934. Burchard-Motz was a member of the

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. He was the son of Hamburg First Mayor

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and Emily

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. Following studies in

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Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...

and

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, he worked as lawyer in Hamburg from 1904 where he was a member of the

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(chambers, as in association of barristers). In the 1950s, he was Vice President of the German Golf Association.

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9 September 1959.

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* Senators of Hamburg Grand burghers of Hamburg 1878 births 1963 deaths Lawyers in the Nazi Party Jurists from Hamburg {{Germany-law-bio-stub