Curt Theilen

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Curt Heinz Ludwig Hermann Theilen (born June 16, 1893 in Oldenburg ; † March 7, 1979 there ) was a German administrative lawyer , administrative reformer and president of the social court.

Life

Curt Theilen was the son of the businessman Gustav Theilen (1859–1930) and his wife Adele geb. Wilhelm (1865-1942). He attended grammar school in Oldenburg until his Abitur in 1912 and then studied law at the universities of Freiburg , Jena and Göttingen until 1914 . When the First World War broke out , he volunteered and did military service until 1918 . From 1919 to 1920 he continued his interrupted studies in Göttingen. After completing his legal traineeship and the 2nd state examination, he entered the state service of the Free State of Oldenburg in 1923 and was initially a government assessor. From 1924 he was a government councilor in the Ministry of the Interior of the Free State.

In 1926 he became the Amtshauptmann in Friesoythe appointed and changed in 1932 in the same capacity for Westerstede . In October 1932, the National Socialist government named him under the head of the Gaus Weser-Ems Carl Röver as state commissioner . He was commissioned, together with the Oberregierungsrat Hans Carstens, to comprehensively reform the public administration of the Free State. The reform had two main goals. On the one hand, the administrative structure should be simplified by creating larger units, thus enabling cost savings. On the other hand, high-performing and low-performing communities should be united and their financial strength increased. Protests that had prevented such a reform so far were suppressed by the National Socialist government. Without the involvement of Parliament, the law on the simplification and cheaper public administration could be promulgated on April 27, 1933 . The law, which came into force on May 15th of the same year, is still considered to be sensible, reducing the number of municipalities from 117 to 59 and that of offices from 12 to 6.

In 1933, Theilen himself took over the administration of the new administrative district or district of Ammerland that had been created from the Westerstede office and the communities of Rastede and Wiefelstede . In 1937 he changed his position and was appointed President of the State Insurance Institute Oldenburg-Bremen . At the instigation of Carl Röver, who had meanwhile risen to the position of Reich Governor, Theilen also became chairman of the Research Institute for the Weser-Ems eV , founded on Röver's initiative, which was to ideologically and culturally underpin the claims for the formation of a greater Weser-Ems area in the sense of the National Socialists. After the outbreak of the Second World War , Theilen did military service again as a reserve officer .

After the end of the war in 1945, Theilen was dismissed from his posts by the British Military Government . In February 1946, however, Prime Minister Theodor Tantzen brought him back to the state service as a government councilor, where Theilen dealt with questions of state reform within the State Ministry.

1,949 parts was appointed director of the Oldenburg upper Insurance Office, from the entry into force of the Social Court Act on 1 January 1954, the Social Court Oldenburg emerged. Theilen was in charge of the court until his retirement in 1961.

family

Theilen married on March 9, 1929 Erika geb. Schramm (* 1907). The couple had a son and daughter and divorced in 1950.

Publications (selection)

In the course of his professional activities, Theilen published a number of writings.

  • The Oldenburg administrative reform of 1933, compiled on behalf of the Oldenburg State Ministry by Amtshauptmann Theilen with the cooperation of Oberregierungsrat Carstens, part 1 (no longer published). Oldenburg, 1934.
  • German imperial community or village? The structure of the municipality in Oldenburg and its significance for the reform of the administration. Oldenburg, 1935.
  • How the Oldenburg administrative reform came about. Published in: Oldenburgische Staatszeitung, issue of May 25, 1937.
  • The Oldenburg districts. Published in: Kurt Jeserich (Ed.): The German districts. Stuttgart, 1937.
  • The research community for the Weser-Ems area. Published in: Die Nordwestmark. Vol. 1: Poetry and research in the Weser-Ems area. Oldenburg, 1940, pages 9-13.
  • The legal claims of denied officials. Without location, 1949.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Theilen, Curt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Theilen, Curt Heinz Ludwig Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative lawyer and court director
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Oldenburg
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1979
Place of death Oldenburg