Karl Emil Oskar Beier (29 November 1893 in Vápenná â 12 May 1985 in Fulda) was a German Nazi politician and SS-Sturmbannführer (Major) during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938âÂÂ1945). From 1940 to 1945, he was the mayor of Ostrava, Czechoslovakia.
Beier was put into place for , who was deposed for being "too soft" on Czech officials. As mayor, he initiated the annexation of 12 municipalities into Ostrava (Heà Âmanice, Hrabová, Hruà ¡ov, KunÃÂice, KunÃÂiÃÂky, Michálkovice, Muglinov, Nová BÃÂlá, Radvanice, Slezská Ostrava, Stará BÃÂlá, and VÃ½à ¡kovice). He also established the mining museum and expanded road communications. Beier wrote the book Mährish Ostrau, which was published in Prague by the SS in 1942. After the liberation of Ostrava, he was briefly replaced by .