Adolf Winkelmann (District Administrator)

Adolf Winkelmann (born March 31, 1875 in Amelsbüren (House Köbbing); † April 2, 1951 in Albersloh ) was a Prussian administrative lawyer , landowner and district administrator .

Live and act

After the leaving certificate at the school Brilon Adolf Winkelmann studied at the universities of Munich , Bonn , Berlin , Kiel and Halle / Saale law and laid on 10 November 1900, the examination for the Court clerkship at the Higher Regional Court Naumburg "sufficient" from. In 1906 the examination for government assessor followed with the same result and the appointment as government assessor at the district government of Münster . On July 3, 1906, he was referred to the Stallupönen District Office . After working at the Minden District Office and the Wroclaw Police Headquarters, on November 1, 1912, he was initially commissioned to represent the District Administrator of the Büren District and one month later with the municipal administration of the Büren District Office. On October 29, 1913, he was finally appointed district administrator of the Büren district . For political reasons he was sidelined and in April 1921 appointed to the government council and transferred to the Münster district government. Due to the downsizing ordinance of February 8, 1924, he was initially placed in temporary retirement on June 1, 1924 and finally retired on October 11, 1933. He did his military service as a one-year volunteer with the 2nd Westphalian Field Artillery Regiment No. 22 in Munster, where he was lieutenant of the reserve and, most recently, captain of the reserve at the field artillery school.

Winkelmann was a member of the Provincial Parliament

Honors

• Landwehr service award II class
• Iron Cross 2nd class on a white and black ribbon

Web links

• Adolf Winkelmann, short biography on the Internet portal "Westphalian History"