Friedrich Welsch
Friedrich Welsch (born February 26, 1881 in Landshut ; † 1959 ) was a German lawyer and founding president of the Bavarian Constitutional Court .
Life
The son of a professor graduated from high school in Landshut. After studying law and obtaining a doctorate from the University of Erlangen , he passed the Great State Examination in December 1908. From 1909 to 1911 he was a legal assistant, then a lawyer in Straubing . From April 1, 1911, he entered the Bavarian civil service and was the third public prosecutor at the Traunstein District Court , then from May 1, 1914 to November 30, 1919, a district judge at the Munich District Court . In the meantime, however, he was a war participant from August 1914 to October 1917 and was employed in the Reich Office of the Interior (Reich Compensation Commission) until the end of 1918. From December 1, 1919 to October 31, 1925 he was Second Public Prosecutor at the District Court of Munich I , from November 1, 1925 to April 30, 1930 District Court Counselor at the District Court of Munich I, and from May 1, 1930 to May 31, 1933 Chief Public Prosecutor at the District Court of Augsburg and from June 1, 1933 director at the district court of Munich I. In his politically often delicate trials and settlements, he made no concessions to the ruling National Socialists . Not affected by the Law for the Liberation from National Socialism and Militarism (BefrG), he became acting President of the Munich I Regional Court on August 1, 1945 and President of the Munich Higher Regional Court on December 1, 1945 . On July 17, 1947, the Bavarian State Parliament was elected President of the Bavarian Constitutional Court . The early case law of the Bavarian Constitutional Court under Welsch laid the foundation for the constitutional proportionality test in Germany. Welsch's retirement took place on August 1, 1953.
Awards
- Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (November 30, 1953)
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- Entry "Welsch, Friedrich" in Munzinger Online / Personen - Internationales Biographisches Archiv, ( [1] , accessed on January 12, 2020)
- The minutes of the Bavarian Council of Ministers 1945-1962 The Ehard III cabinet. Protocol No. 121. Footnote 7
Friedrich Welsch (1947–1953) | Wilhelm Walther (1953–1956) | Ernst Holzinger (1956–1959) | Sigmund Elsäßer (1959–1966) | Georg Bäurle (1966–1973) | Wilhelm Lossos (1973–1980) | Hans Domcke (1980–1985) | Leo Parsch (1985-1992) | Hildegund Holzheid (1992–2001) | Edda Huther (2001-2005) | Karl Huber (2005–2015) | Peter Küspert (since 2015)
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| SURNAME | Welsch, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German judge and founding president of the Bavarian Constitutional Court |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Landshut |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1959 |