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Dr. Otto Karl Gessler (or Geßler) (February 6, 1875-March 24, 1955) was a German politician during the Weimar Republic. From 1910 until 1914 he was mayor of Regensburg and from 1913 to 1919 mayor of Nuremberg. He served in Weimar cabinets from 1919 until 1928, usually as Minister of Defence. February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... 1955 (MCMLV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics to the extent of holding or running for public office. ... Flag of Weimar Republic, 1919–1933 Coat of arms The Weimar Republic (German Weimarer Republik, IPA: []) is the historical name for the republic that governed Germany from 1919 to 1933. ... -1... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Regensburg (English formerly Ratisbon, Latin Ratisbona, Czech Řezno) is a city (population 150,212 in 2004) in Bavaria, south-east Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This is a list of mayors of Nuremberg (Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Nürnberg) since 1818: 1818-1821: Christian Gottfried Lorsch 1821-1853: Jakob Friedrich Binder 1854-1867: Maximilian von Waechter 1867-1891: Otto Freiherr von Stromer 1892-1913: Georg Ritter von Schuh 1913-1919: Otto Geßler 1920-1933... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... This page lists German Defence Ministers. ...


The hospital in Lindenberg im Allgäu is named for him. Lindenberg im Allgäu is a town located in the Lindau district of Bavaria, Germany. ...

Preceded by:
Gustav Noske
Defence Minister of Germany
1920-1928
Followed by:
Wilhelm Groener
Preceded by:
Martin Schiele
Interior Minister of Germany
1925-1926
Followed by:
Wilhelm Külz

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German minister of war during the Weimar Republic who was instrumental in rebuilding the country's armed forces after World War I. A student of law, Gessler became mayor of Regensburg (1910–11) and Nürnberg (1913–19).
American football player Otto Graham was nicknamed Automatic Otto for his consistently outstanding play as quarterback for the Cleveland Browns.
The 19th-century German novelist, playwright, and critic Otto Ludwig is best known for his realistic stories, which contributed to the development of the German short narrative form known as the novelle.
Encyclopedia: Otto Gessler (597 words)
He accepted an extraordinarily liberal inducement from the manager of the Stadttheater, Otto Hoym, who for ten years was the leader in German theatrical ventures.
Dawison’s great rôles were Wallenstein, Franz Moor, Othello, Shylock, and Hamlet, and the reputation that he established was not clouded by the successes of many subsequent visiting stars.
It was the double-star cast of Barnay and Possart, when Barnay appeared in the rôles of Hamlet, Uriel Acosta, Karl Moor, Wallenstein, Tell, and Bolz, with Possart as Polonius, De Sylva, Franz Moor, Buttler, Gessler, and Schmock.
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