Walter Köbel

Walter Klaus Köbel was a German politician.
Köbel was first elected as Mayor of Rüsselsheim in 1954 at the age of 36. In October 1963 he entered Hessian State Parliament as a member of the SPD, and held this position until his sudden death on 10 September 1965.
Following his death, a newly built sports hall in Rüsselsheim was named in his honour as the Walter-Köbel-Halle, but renamed on 14 March 2013 when, due to an historical inquiry, his former involvement in national socialist ideology became generally known.