Anton Hammerbacher


Anton Marian August Hammerbacher was a German politician and mayor of Erlangen from 1945 to 1946.

Mayor of Erlangen

On 28 April 1945 Hammerbacher was appointed mayor of Erlangen by the military administration. He resigned on 30 September 1946.
His successor was Michael Poeschke.

Honors

At the end of his term, the township of Erlangen awarded him with the honorary citizenship being followed with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1953. A street in Erlangen was given his name in 1960.

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