Friedrich von Winterfeld (lawyer)

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Friedrich Karl Hermann von Winterfeld (born March 10, 1875 on Gut Neuendorf near Neustadt (Dosse) , Ostprignitz district , † March 12, 1949 in Berlin ) was a German landowner, administrative lawyer and politician (DNVP).

Life

Winterfeld came from a noble family of the Mark Brandenburg . His parents were the heir of Neuendorf Karl Hans Detlof von Winterfeld (* June 17, 1843 - April 24, 1915) and his wife Emilie von Rohr (* October 30, 1850 - May 21, 1917).

He attended grammar school and studied law at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . In 1900 he passed the legal traineeship at the Supreme Court and was promoted to Dr. iur. PhD . At the end of November 1904 he passed the state examination as a government assessor. He then began his career as an administrative lawyer. Initially deputy district administrator in the Duisburg district with the official seat in Ruhrort , he took leave of absence in autumn 1905 to attend further training courses. In 1905 he was reciprocated in the Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg . In March 1906 he was transferred to the position of President of the Province of Silesia in Breslau. Since 1907 he was a knight of the Order of St. John . 1908-1920 he officiated as district administrator in his native Ostprignitz district, which he also represented as a member of the Conservative Party in the Prussian mansion . At the same time, he was in charge of the Neuendorf family estate, which he became master of when his father died in 1915.

On September 22, 1908, he married Hildegard von Kulmiz on Gut Conradswaldau (* May 5, 1884 in Ida and Marienhütte , Lower Silesia ; † September 6, 1980 in Wetzlar ), the daughter of the landowner Eugen von Kulmiz, landlord on Conradswaldau-Ingramsdorf and others, and Maria von Moltke ( Kreisau House ). The couple had a daughter and two sons.

In the November Revolution, he behaved loyally to the new government offices despite an emphatically “loyal to the king”. He exercised his official functions regularly under the supervision of the Workers 'and Soldiers' Council . He joined the German National People's Party . In 1918 he was first chief electoral director, then in 1920 chairman of the Kur- und Neumärkischen chief electoral directorate and chairman of the landscape (Prussia) . He had to give up his office as district administrator when allegations were raised against Winterfeld from SPD-led Berlin ministries about involvement in the Kapp Putsch . They could not be confirmed, but led to his temporary suspension and subsequent replacement of the position. 1921–1933 he was a member of the Prussian state parliament , from 1928 as deputy chairman of the DNVP parliamentary group. In the run-up to the referendum against the Young Plan (July 1929), Winterfeld belonged to the Reich Committee for the German referendum, along with well-known German national politicians such as Alfred Hugenberg and Heinrich Claß and leading functionaries of the Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten such as Franz Seldte , Theodor Duesterberg and Adolf Hitler . In addition to his political functions, Winterfeld was a member of the administrative board of Deutsche Rentenbank Kreditanstalt , a member of the committee of the Prussian State Bank and a member of the board of directors of the Ostprignitzer Landbund . After the seizure of power by the National Socialists and the self-dissolution of the DNVP he entered politics not produce more. He retired to Gut Neuendorf. In 1945 he was expropriated and exiled to Koppenbrück near Neustadt.

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  1. ↑ Kösener Corps lists 1960. 66/1166.
  2. ↑ Jürgen W. Schmidt: The district administrators of the Ostprignitz district from 1867 to 1920. In: Messages from the Association for the History of Prignitz 13 (2013), p. 50 f.
  3. ↑ Detailed description of the affair with Jürgen W. Schmidt: Die Landräte des Kreis Ostprignitz from 1867 to 1920. In: Mitteilungen des Verein für Geschichte der Prignitz 13 (2013), pp. 53–62.
  4. ↑ Jürgen W. Schmidt: The district administrators of the Ostprignitz district from 1867 to 1920. In: Messages from the Association for the History of Prignitz 13 (2013), p. 42.
  5. ^ Personnel records of the Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg
personal data
SURNAME Winterfeld, Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Winterfeld, Friedrich Karl Hermann von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, landowner and politician (DNVP), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Gut Neuendorf near Neustadt (Dosse)
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1949
Place of death Berlin