Wegscheid is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
in the
district of Passau in
Bavaria
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in
Germany
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.
In November 1936,
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 ...
visited the school.
In January 1939, when the
Adalbert-Stifter school was dedicated, ''Kreisleiter'' Krenn joined the guests of honor.
[Anna Rosmus ''Hitlers Nibelungen'', Samples Grafenau 2015, p. 189ff]
References
Passau (district)
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