Adolf Lucas
Gustav Adolf Lucas (* July 6, 1862 in Elberfeld , today Wuppertal ; † May 9, 1945, place of death not determined) was the district administrator for the district of Solingen .
Life
The Protestant Adolf Lucas was the son of the merchant Julius Lucas and his wife Emilie nee Boeddinghaus.
After high school in 1881 at the High School in Elberfeld one followed Jura -Studies in between 1881 and 1884 in Heidelberg , Berlin , Munich , Leipzig and Bonn with PhD Dr. jur. in Leipzig as a one-year volunteer at the first 1885. Guard - Dragoons - regiment he was then in Berlin . In 1885 he passed the first legal exam . He was then appointed as a court trainee and received further training in the district of the Cologne Higher Regional Court .
He worked as an assessor at the local courts of Bernkastel , Elberfeld , Barmen , Lennep , at the regional court in Elberfeld and at the local court in Solingen . This was followed by an activity as a single judge at the Ohligs District Court in 1895 . In 1899 he went into administration as a government assessor, later a government councilor and legal advisor at the Düsseldorf district government .
From 1900 he was initially provisional and finally finally appointed district administrator of the district of Solingen. On October 1, 1927, he retired.
In 1894 he married Elisabeth Böker (1875–1940), daughter of the Kommerzienrat zu Remscheid Robert Böker and Auguste geb. Günther. They had two sons and two daughters.
Lucas was a member of the National Liberal Party , later the German People's Party .
Honors
- 1905 Red Eagle Order 4th class
- 1911 Order of the Crown 3rd Class
In 1927 he was appointed a secret councilor.
He was particularly grateful to the city of Opladen (now Leverkusen ) for having relocated the district seat there from Solingen in 1914 (Solingen had been a district since 1896 ). He was honored by naming the Landrat-Lucas-Schule (now Landrat-Lucas-Gymnasium) and Lucasstrasse in Opladen. In the Opladener Festhalle, which is also the auditorium of the District Administrator Lucas-Gymnasium, there is a bronze bust of him made by Kurt Arentz . A hiking trail was also named after him. The District Administrator Lucas Foundation created in 1925 by the district of Solingen, which has meanwhile been transferred to the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis , is named after him.
literature
- Adolf Lucas: Memories from my life Opladen 1959 132 pp.
- Horst Romeyk : The leading state and municipal administrative officials of the Rhine Province 1816–1945 (= publications of the Society for Rhenish History . Volume 69 ). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-7585-4 , p. 616 .
Web links
- Information about Adolf Lucas at Leverkusen.com
- Bust of Adolf Lucas in "Monument from behind"
- District Administrator Lucas-Weg
Individual evidence
- ^ Statutes of the District Administrator Lucas Foundation
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lucas, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | District Administrator of the District of Solingen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elberfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1945 |