Fritz Terhalle

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Fritz Terhalle at a press conference of the Bavarian state government

Fritz Terhalle (born October 20, 1889 in Vreden ; † September 8, 1962 in Munich ) was a German economist , university professor and chairman of the scientific advisory board at the Federal Ministry of Finance .

biography

Terhalle was the oldest of eight children of the Barchentweberei owner Fritz Terhalle and his wife Maria Terhalle born from a rural family. Jordans. Due to a disease of tuberculosis , he could not finish his school education normally. In self-study, however, he acquired the basics of bookkeeping and accounting . This made it possible for him to enroll at the Cologne Commercial College in 1910 .

There he attended courses from Eugen Schmalenbach and Adolf Weber, among others . He passed his final exam with distinction in 1912 and then went to a grain dealer in Düsseldorf . Prof. Weber, meanwhile teaching in Breslau , convinced Terhalle to resume his studies.

1915 doctorate he attended the University of Breslau for Dr. rer. pole. with the grade summa cum laude . In 1918 there was also his habilitation there . A year later he was appointed to Jena as an associate professor and in 1920 to Münster as a full professor . Terhalle moved to Hamburg as early as October 1922 , where he was appointed to the newly established chair for economics and finance . From October 1929 to the removal from office by the Nazi Party in April 1933, he headed there in personal union and the Hamburg Institute of International Economics archive . During this time he worked as a volunteer secretary on the board of the St. Raphaels Association, which has been campaigning for emigrants since 1871. In November 1933 he signed the German professors' confession of Adolf Hitler .

In 1934 he accepted an appointment at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , where he was also dean of the political science faculty from 1948 to 1950 . Although not bound by party politics, Terhalle was also appointed to political offices in addition to his academic career. 1945/1946 he was Bavarian State Minister of Finance . In February 1949 he took over the chairmanship of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Administration for Finance of the United Economic Area , which in March 1950 was renamed Scientific Advisory Board at the Federal Ministry of Finance . He remained a member of the advisory board until 1962. Since 1958 he was a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

Fonts

  • The lack of credit on the urban real estate market. Gustav Fischer, Jena 1916.
  • Free or bound pricing? A contribution to our pricing policy since the beginning of the world war. Gustav Fischer, Jena 1920.
  • Currency and value date. 2nd, revised and supplemented edition, Gustav Fischer, Jena 1922.
  • The reparations control. Attempt to present and appreciate the method of executing reparations. Gustav Fischer, Jena 1925.
  • Finance. (= Outlines for the Study of National Economy , Volume 16.) Gustav Fischer, Jena 1930.
  • Guide to German financial policy. Guides of Economics. Duncker & Humblot, Munich 1936.
  • The financial economy of the state and the municipalities. An introduction to public finance. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1948.

Awards

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fritz Terhalle obituary by Friedrich Lütge in the 1963 yearbook of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (PDF file).

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personal data
SURNAME Terhalle, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist, university professor and scientific advisory board at the Federal Ministry of Finance
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Vreden
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 1962
Place of death Munich