Hermann-Eberhard Wildermuth

Hermann-Eberhard Wildermuth
Federal Minister of Public Housing
In office
20 September 1949  9 March 1952
PresidentTheodor Heuss
Prime MinisterKonrad Adenauer
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byFritz Neumayer
Personal details
Born(1890-10-23)23 October 1890
Stuttgart, German Empire
Died9 March 1952(1952-03-09) (aged 61)
Tübingen, West Germany
CabinetFirst Adenauer cabinet
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Military service
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
 Weimar Republic (to 1921)
 Nazi Germany
Branch/serviceArmy
Years of service1908–1921
?–1945
RankOberst
Battles/warsWorld War I

World War II

Hermann-Eberhard Wildermuth (23 October 1890 – 9 March 1952) was a German politician and a member of the FDP/DVP. From 1949 until his death he was the Federal Minister for Housing under Konrad Adenauer. During World War II Wildermuth was a highly decorated colonel in the Wehrmacht and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He was a grandson of the Swabian writer Ottilie Wildermuth.