title: Fritz Wittmann
text: # Fritz Wittmann
  
  Fritz Wittmann (21 March 1933 – 17 October 2018) was a German politician (CSU) and lawyer.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Wittmann was born in Plan in Czechoslovakia's region of Egerland (today Planá in the Czech Republic). He was a member of the German Parliament (first elected in 1971), where he represented Munich North, and president of the Federation of Expellees (Bund der Vertriebenen) from 1994 to 1998. He was succeeded as president of the federation by Erika Steinbach (CDU).
  
  He was a colonel in the reserve and recipient of the Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr in Gold.
  
  