# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ludwig-ruckdeschel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:30:24.717Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ludwig-ruckdeschel"
name: "Ludwig Ruckdeschel"
slug: "ludwig-ruckdeschel"
description: "Ludwig Ruckdeschel was the Acting Nazi Gauleiter of Bayreuth during the final month of the Gau's existence before the collapse of Nazi Germany in 1945. Before this, from 1933, he served as the Deputy Gauleiter, first to Hans Schemm, and then to Fritz Wächtler, whom he had executed on orders by Martin Bormann. From 1933 to 1945 he was also a member of the German Parliament, the Reichstag."
tagline: "SS-Brigadefuhrer (1907-1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ludwig_Ruckdeschel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1907-03-15"
deathDate: "1968-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.75
  momentum:             0.3141361256544504
  historical:           5.900290666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Ruckdeschel"
    title: "Ludwig Ruckdeschel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%84"
    title: "لودفيج روكديشل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Ruckdeschel_(Politiker)"
    title: "Ludwig Ruckdeschel (Politiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Ruckdeschel"
    title: "Ludwig Ruckdeschel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Ruckdeschel"
    title: "Ludwig Ruckdeschel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B3"
    title: "Рукдешель, Людвиг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1571091"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump