August Peus
August Peus (born February 10, 1855 in Recklinghausen , † November 8, 1939 in Münster ) was a Prussian district administrator .
Live and act
The Catholic Peus, a son of the Judicial Council Hugo Peus, visited in Recklinghausen high school, studied law in Bonn and Heidelberg and in 1879 court clerk in Münster and Cöslin . Later he was a government assessor in Aachen . In 1885 he was acting district administrator and from 1886 to 1915 district administrator of the Hümmling district . He initiated the paving of the roads in the district and the construction of the Hümmlinger Kreisbahn . He had to retire early for health reasons.
literature
- Hans-Georg Aschoff (editor): Ludwig Windthorst. Letters 1881–1891. Supplemented by an addendum with letters from 1834 to 1880. (= Publications of the Commission for Contemporary History. Series A: Sources, Volume 47), Schöningh, Paderborn [u. a.] 2002, ISBN 3-506-79888-X , p. 793
- Gert Steinwascher, Peus, August, in: Rainer Hehemann (Ed.), Biographical Handbook for the History of the Osnabrück Region, Bramsche 1990, p. 224.
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| SURNAME | Peus, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian district administrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Recklinghausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1939 |
| Place of death | Muenster |