Alfred Manigk
Alfred Manigk (born September 10, 1873 in Angerburg , East Prussia ; † August 31, 1942 in Ückeritz , Western Pomerania ) was a German civil lawyer.
Life
Alfred Manigk was the son of Otto Manigk (1841–1911), district judge in Lyck , and his wife Elfriede geb. Seidelmann. He attended the Royal Lyck High School and the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium (Posen) . He then studied at the University of Tübingen and the Royal University of Wroclaw Law . He was a member of the Corps Franconia Tübingen (1894) and the Corps Silesia Breslau (1895). In 1897 he was promoted to Dr. iur. PhD . 1901 in Breslau habilitation , he was in 1902 by the University of Königsberg as associate professor appointed. Three years later he received the chair for Roman law and German civil law . He also taught at the Königsberg commercial college . In 1910/11 he was Vice Rector of the Albertus University. After he had turned down an offer at the University of Tokyo in 1913 , he returned to Breslau in 1921 as the successor to Rudolf Leonhard . In 1925/26 he was rector of the university. Appointed in 1927 to succeed Ludwig Enneccerus at the Philipps University of Marburg , he was bid farewell by 1,300 students from Wroclaw with a torchlight procession.
In the Weimar Republic Manigk was a member of the left-wing liberal German Democratic Party . He was critical of the emerging National Socialism . He rejected Völkisch nationalism as the basis of the state. In November 1933, National Socialist students organized public demonstrations against Manigk, whom they accused of an "anti-state attitude". Manigk then retired early in 1934 at the age of 61. He spent his retirement in Berlin and in Ückeritz on Usedom .
Manigk's work has had a lasting influence on the dogmatics of civil law in Germany. In later works he delimited his teaching from free law theory and positivism . Further investigations had the teachings of Friedrich Carl von Savignys and natural law on the subject. He wrote fundamental studies on the Roman lien.
family
Alfred Manigk had been with Elfriede geb. Seidelmann married. The marriage resulted in two sons and two daughters:
- Otto Manigk (1902–1972), German painter; his son Oskar Manigk (* 1934) is also a painter
- Luise Manigk (1901–1994), singer, married the painter Herbert Wegehaupt ; their son Matthias Wegehaupt (* 1938) is also a painter
- Leonore Manigk (1903–1950), language master at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin
- Wolfgang Manigk (1905–2002), author and bacteriologist in Greifswald
Fonts
- The scope of the regulations for legal transactions. A contribution to the doctrine of legal transactions . Wroclaw 1901
- Declaration of intent and business of will. Their term and their treatment according to the German Civil Code . 1907
- Savigny and Modernism in Law . Berlin 1914, reprint: Scientia, Aalen 1974
- Error and interpretation. Two cornerstones of the doctrine of the declaration of will. 1918
- The legally effective conduct . Berlin 1939
See also
literature
- Manigk, Alfred. In: Empire Manual of German society , Vol. 2: L-Z . Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 , pp. 1186-1187.
- Wilhelm Felgentraeger: In memoriam Alfred Manigk . Journal of the Savigny Foundation for Legal History. Romance Department, Vol. 63 (1943), pp. 520-522.
- Oskar Kühn: Manigk, Alfred. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 35 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Alfred Manigk in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 128/523; 21/562
- ↑ a b Rector's speeches (HKM) .
- ^ Anne Chr. Nagel (Ed.): The Philipps University of Marburg in National Socialism . Stuttgart 2000, pp. 42 and 218-232.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Manigk, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German civil lawyer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Angerburg , East Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1942 |
| Place of death | Ückeritz , Western Pomerania |