Georg Wilhelm Suermondt

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Georg Wilhelm Suermondt (born October 28, 1868 in Wandre near Lüttich , Belgium , † January 29, 1943 in Wiesbaden ) was a German administrative lawyer and district administrator .

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The son of the industrialist William Suermondt (1840–1930) and Emilie Riema (1845–1927) as well as the grandson of the industrialist and art patron Barthold Suermondt was Belgian by birth, but received Prussian citizenship from 1876 after his father took care of the entire family had submitted a corresponding application that was approved for all relatives. During his studies in Gießen in 1889/90 he became a member of the student association Academic Society Das Kloster . After studying law, Georg Wilhelm began his civil service career as a government trainee in Hamburg-Harburg and was transferred to Lüneburg around 1903 as a government assessor. After a short stopover with the government in Allenstein , Suermondt was appointed in 1905 first as a provisional and from May 10, 1906 as a full-time district administrator of the Lyck district . With effect from August 15, 1912, he switched to Dr. jur. Suermondt received his doctorate initially provisionally and from January 9, 1913 full-time in the same position in the Hindenburg OS district , although his official transfer did not take place until February 1, 1913. At the same time, Suermondt was appointed police director of the Zabrze police department in Hindenburg / Upper Silesia; from January 15, 1917 he was allowed to use the title of Police President . On December 4, 1920, he was finally dismissed from both offices at the request of the Inter-Allied Government and Plebiscite Commission.

Subsequently, Suermondt was transferred to the government in Düsseldorf , from where he was transferred as police chief from February 1923, first to the Elberfeld police headquarters and finally from 1930 to the Barmen-Elberfeld / Wuppertal police headquarters. In May 1933 Suermondt was retired; He spent his retirement in Wiesbaden , where he died on January 9, 1943. In memory of his services, a bridge in the town of Lyck and a street in Zabrze were named after him.

Georg Wilhelm Suermondt was married to Alina Selma von Frowein (1876–1956), daughter of the district administrator and royal Prussian real secret government councilor Eduard von Frowein (1841–1924). They had six children together.

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  1. ↑ The Black Ring. Membership directory. Darmstadt 1930, p. 24.
  2. ↑ Data of the Lyck district
  3. ^ Data for the district of Hindenburg OS on territorial.de
  4. ^ History of the city of Hindenburg OS
  5. ↑ The city of Elberfeld merged with other communities to form Barmen-Elberfeld, which was renamed Wuppertal shortly afterwards in 1930.
  6. ↑ Data from the Wuppertal district
  7. ^ Suermondtstrasse in Hindenburg OS
personal data
SURNAME Suermondt, Georg Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative lawyer and district administrator
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Wander near Liege , Belgium
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1943
Place of death Wiesbaden