Ernst of pods

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Ernst von Hülsen (born November 28, 1875 in Bischofswerder , † November 1, 1950 in Marburg ) was a German politician and legal scholar .

Life

His father was the manor owner Hermann von Hülsen. Ernst attended high school in Kulm and then began studying philosophy and theology in Halle in the summer semester of 1894 . In the winter semester of 1894/95 he moved to Berlin , where he began to study law in the summer semester of 1895 . He later moved to Königsberg . During his studies he became a member of the Association of German Students in Königsberg . In 1898 Ernst von Hülsen obtained his doctorate in Jena. jur. He did his one year military service in 1898/99. Then he was a court trainee in Eylau and a court assessor in Gdansk . In May 1904 von Hülsen joined the Prussian Ministry of Culture as an unskilled worker . In 1905 he was procurator of the state school Pforta and in 1906 administrative school board member in the Berlin Provincial School College. After that he moved again in 1906 as a personnel officer in the Prussian Ministry of Culture. There he was promoted to government councilor in 1912 and to the secret upper government council in 1916, and during this time he was a consultant for various Prussian universities. During the First World War, von Hülsen was a member of the Deputy General Staff of the field army and head of the “Politics Berlin” section. Because of his special role in supporting Finland in World War I, he was awarded the Finnish Freedom Cross 1st Class. His contacts in Finland enabled a frequent scientific exchange between German and Finnish researchers in the interwar period.

On December 1, 1920, Ernst von Hülsen was appointed curator of the Philipps University of Marburg . The University of Marburg was extensively expanded under his leadership. Numerous plots of land were acquired in the inner city area and university buildings were built on. The Ernst-von-Hülsen-Haus at the University of Marburg was named after him and was built on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the university's founding. The focus of his expansion plans were the various university clinics and sports facilities. From November 1932 to May 1933 he headed the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau as senior president and then became curator of the University of Marburg again. On September 27, 1945, he was removed from office on the instructions of the US occupation forces.

Awards

In 1920 Ernst von Hülsen was awarded an honorary doctorate for medicine from the University of Halle. On the occasion of the university anniversary in 1927, the University of Marburg awarded him honorary doctorates for philosophy and law . He was awarded an honorary doctorate in theology by the University of Marburg in 1932. In the same year he was made an honorary senator and awarded the gold medal of the University of Marburg. He was an honorary citizen of the city of Marburg .

The art building of the Philipps University of Marburg, which was inaugurated in 1927 (including the hostel for the art museum), was renamed Ernst von Hülsen-Haus in 1950 . After researching von Hülsen's role in the Nazi era, the university no longer considered this building name to be acceptable and renamed it an art building .

Political offices and memberships

In 1930 Ernst von Hülsen became a member of the Kassel municipal parliament and the provincial parliament of Hessen-Nassau. In July 1937 he joined the NSDAP.

literature

  • Klaus Schwabe (Ed.): The Prussian Oberpräsident 1815–1945 (= German ruling classes in modern times. Vol. 15 = Büdinger research on social history. 1981). Boldt, Boppard am Rhein 1985, ISBN 3-7646-1857-4 , pp. 328-329.
  • Klaus Ewald, Ernst von Hülsen, in: Ingeborg Schnack (Hrsg.), Marburg scholars in the first half of the 20th century, Marburg 1977.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStAMR), Best. 915 No. 5781, p. 276 ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ Louis Lange (Ed.): Kyffhäuser Association of German Student Associations. Address book 1931. Berlin 1931, p. 97.
  3. ↑ Ernst von Hülsen as namesake no longer acceptable, communication from the Philipps University of Marburg
  4. ↑ Anne Christine Nagel (ed.): The Philipps University in National Socialism. Documents on their history, Stuttgart 2000, p. 12.
personal data
SURNAME Pods, Ernst of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Bischofswerder
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 1950
Place of death Marburg on the Lahn