Ernst Zimmermann (judge)

Ernst Zimmermann

Ernst Zimmermann (born January 31, 1812 in Rüsselsheim ; † May 7, 1877 in Lübeck ) was a German jurist and judge of the 19th century.

Live and act

Zimmermann was the son of the wine merchant Friedrich Zimmerman and grew up in Frankfurt am Main and Marburg an der Lahn, where he began studying law in 1829 and became a member of a fraternity . In 1832 he moved to Heidelberg University. He was a participant in the Hambach Festival and was involved in official investigations in connection with the Frankfurt Wachensturm , which, however, did not lead to any burden, but hindered him with regard to his later professional career. He was initially not admitted to the state examination in Hesse and was only able to take his exams in Marburg and Kassel after overcoming considerable bureaucratic hurdles. In 1834 he became a trainee lawyer in Marburg and passed his assessor examination in 1838. He was initially an actuary in the Neukirchen Justice Office in January 1839 as a judicial assessor at the Marburg Higher Court and from April 1839 at the Hanau Higher Court . In 1846 he became a public prosecutor in civil matters for the province of Upper Hesse. In 1848 he became a senior judge at the Marburg Higher Court. The restoration policy of the Hassenpflug Ministry prompted him to request his departure in 1850, which was also granted. Zimmermann received his doctorate in 1851 and habilitated as a private lecturer at the University of Marburg and turned to science. In 1852 he was offered a position at the University of Basel as Bernhard Windscheid's successor and accepted him. In 1853 he was appointed as the successor to the late Georg August Wilhelm du Roi on the election proposal of the Hanseatic City of Bremen to the judicial council at the Higher Appeal Court of the four Free Cities in Lübeck and retained this position until he retired from professional life.

The Hessian Finance Minister Carl Wilhelm Zimmermann was his grandfather. The mayor of Lübeck, Ernst Christian Johannes Schön, was his son-in-law.

Fonts

• The oath of faith. Elwert, 1863

literature

• [Ernst Christian Johannes] Schön : Communications from the life of the Hanseatic Higher Appeal Court Dr. Ernst Zimmermann. Schmidt & Erdtmann, Lübeck 1879.

Web links

• Carpenter, Ernst Wilhelm Ludwig Carl. Hessian biography. (As of January 31, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).