Walter Klaus Köbel (20 March 1918 - 10 September 1965) 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.Sabine Kühn: Walter Köbel (1918 – 1965) und der Nationalsozialismus – Eine biografische Annäherung, Rüsselsheim 2013, (in German)
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