Otto Ballerstedt

Otto Ballerstedt (1 April 1887 – c. 1 July 1934^[1]) was a German engineer, writer and politician. Ballerstedt was mainly known as leader of the secessionist Bayernbund^[2] and as a political rival of Adolf Hitler in the early days of his political career who caused Hitler to be jailed for a month in 1922.

^ Erwein Arretin: Fritz Michael Gerlich. Ein Martyrer unserer Tage, 1949, p. 142.
^ Prussian Legation Munich to the Foreign Office. 6 April 1920, Bundesarchiv. In all historical sources as this is spoken of Bavaria Ballerstedts covenant, not of the home and royal covenant that is to say yes before 1967 Bayern covenant. It is thus clear by two different organizations.

[1] Erwein Arretin: Fritz Michael Gerlich. Ein Martyrer unserer Tage, 1949, p. 142.

[2] Prussian Legation Munich to the Foreign Office. 6 April 1920, Bundesarchiv. In all historical sources as this is spoken of Bavaria Ballerstedts covenant, not of the home and royal covenant that is to say yes before 1967 Bayern covenant. It is thus clear by two different organizations.

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