Eduard Mittenzwey

Eduard Richard Mittenzwey (born October 19, 1843 in Zossen near Gera , † May 3, 1936 in Eisenach ) was a German judge in Thuringia.

Life

Mittenzwey's father Karl-Friedrich Mittenzwey was the owner of a manor in the area of ​​Zossen.

Career

Eduard Mittenzwey attended grammar schools in Gera and Weimar and then studied law at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg , the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin and the Universität Jena . In 1866 he was reciprocated in the Corps Thuringia Jena . In his youth and later years he emerged as a political speaker.

Mittenzwey started first as an official assessor and then as a local judge in Kreuzburg an der Werra in 1874 . In 1876 he was elected as a member of the state parliament of the National Liberal Party , to which he belonged from then on, as well as later to the German People's Party during the Weimar Republic .

In 1879 he was appointed public prosecutor in Weimar. During this time, a close personal relationship with Grand Duke Carl Alexander of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach began as both were art lovers. To honor this friendship, the Carl Alexander monument was inaugurated on June 24, 1909 opposite the Wartburg driveway in Eisenach, which was also on the corner of the street where Mittenzwey had his villa. During his time in Weimar he came into contact with well-known Weimar artists and was appointed as a board member of the Weimar Art Association. He was also a member of the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg .

Eisenach courthouse

In September 1884 he was awarded the management of the public prosecutor's office at the regional court in Eisenach, the year in which he finally moved to Eisenach. In 1899 he was appointed district court director and in 1905 president of the district court. In 1910 the city's new judicial building was also inaugurated. After his retirement he was a member of the Eisenacher church council and the church council. He was also a co-founder of the Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenachs potash union in Unterbreizbach and Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board and the Alexandershall union in Bad Berka .

Mittenzwey were awarded the titles of Privy Higher Justice Council and Grand Ducal Saxon Privy Council. Furthermore, the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and the Duke of Meiningen awarded him their highest house orders . So he was appointed commander and knight of high order.

family

Eduard Mittenzwey married Elise Ortmann from Bad Salzungen on July 12, 1887 . They had three sons: Moritz, Karl-Friedrich and Werner. Moritz studied forest science. Karl-Friedrich Mittenzwey first decided on a career as a professional officer. As a reserve officer during World War II , he was promoted to major. Between the wars he decided to study law in Jena. In 1934 he was appointed public prosecutor and transferred to Weimar. In 1936 he was appointed senior public prosecutor and transferred to Nordhausen and later to Magdeburg . Werner, the youngest, fell in World War I , during which he served as a war volunteer in the hussar regiment "Landgrave Friedrich II of Hessen-Homburg" (2nd Kurhessisches) No. 14 .

swell

• Eisenacher Tagespost , national Thuringian newspaper, October 19, 1928.
• Privy Councilor Dr. Mittenzwey † , in: Eisenacher Tagespost , May 5, 1936.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 62 , 468.