Friedrich von Laer

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Friedrich Wilhelm Karl von Laer (born December 19, 1868 in Münster i. W .; † January 12, 1951 in Haus Dorsel near Warendorf ) was a German politician and district administrator in Prussia .

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Von Laer comes from a Westphalian noble family. In 1888 he passed his Abitur in Münster and then studied law. In 1891 he entered the Prussian civil service. From January 20, 1898 to June 12, 1899 von Laer, actually still as a government assessor with the government in Münster , was the deputy district administrator in the Rawitsch district in the Prussian administrative district of Posen , Posen province . In October 1903 von Laer, meanwhile active in the government in Königsberg i. Pr. , Initially as a substitute, provisional from October 1904 and from August 23, 1905 district administrator in the Prussian district of Paderborn ( province of Westphalia , administrative district of Minden ). He followed District Administrator Walther Jentzsch . This office led von Laer until 1934. On March 29, 1934 von Laer was replaced as district administrator by the Gauinspector of the NSDAP, Friedrich Homann . Von Laer retired on April 1, 1934 when he reached the general age limit.

After the collapse of the National Socialist dictatorship in East Westphalia , although already 76 years old, he was briefly reactivated. He was appointed by the British military government as the successor to the NSDAP politician Friedrich Kleim as district administrator for the Herford district . He held this office from April 12, 1945 to April 26, 1946 until his successor August Griese ( SPD ) was appointed.

literature

  • Sahrhage, Norbert: Dictatorship and Democracy in a Protestant Region. City and district of Herford 1929 to 1953. In: Herford research . tape 18 . Publishing house for regional history, Herford 2005.

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SURNAME Laer, Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Laer, Friedrich Wilhelm Karl von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (NSDAP)
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1951
Place of death Warendorf