Gustav Bechtold

Gustav Adolf Heinrich Bechtold (born July 29, 1876 in Weinheim ; † March 1, 1951 in Schriesheim ; Protestant) was a lawyer and state commissioner who had been in the Baden state service since 1903 and was retired on August 1, 1945.

family

Gustav Bechtold was the son of Georg Adam Bechtold (1847–1926), manufacturer of a soap factory , and Förster, née Emilie (1854–1926). Since October 18, 1906, he was married to Helene nee Hartwig (* March 23, 1883), daughter of the secret councilor Dr. Theodor Hartwig, director of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Gymnasium in Frankfurt am Main. There were three children from this marriage: Wolfgang (* December 17, 1908), Kurt (* January 11, 1912) and Gerhard (* October 30, 1907, † January 6, 1908).

education

Bechtold attended the Upper Burgess School in Weinheim until 1891 and then the Bensheim High School , where he passed the Abitur in 1894 . In 1894/95 he studied chemistry at the Universities of Lausanne and Bonn . In 1895 he became a member of the Corps Guestphalia Bonn .

He then studied law at the universities of Bonn, Munich and Heidelberg . On December 16, 1898 doctorate he in Heidelberg for Dr. iur. and in the fall of 1898 he became a law intern .

Professional background

Gustav Bechtold became a volunteer and civil servant at the Konstanz district court on January 20th . From July 3 to September 30, 1899, he worked as a secretary at the Constance Regional Court . Gustav Bechtold was as from November 12, 1903 magistrate at district office Achern active, changed from 1 July 1904. District Office Karlsruhe , from April 30, 1907 District Office Mannheim and from August 16, 1912 bailiff for District Council Freiburg .

From November 16, 1914 to September 30, 1916, he worked for the civil administration in East Flanders / Belgium as first lieutenant in the Landwehr and was promoted to the government council on July 28, 1915 . On October 1, 1916, he became the deputy head of the Neustadt district office and, from December 28, 1917 , he was appointed chief magistrate there . From November 4, 1918 to April 2, 1919, he worked as a service administrator at the Bonndorf district office, where he then became the chief executive.

On October 22nd, 1922, Bechtold was appointed chief magistrate (which was changed from September 24th, 1924 to the name Landrat , since this official designation was now introduced) at the Weinheim district office and on July 16, 1930, district administrator at the Bruchsal district office . He was one of the opponents of the emerging National Socialists. In 1933 there was a first denunciation against him. From August to December 1935, a politically motivated criminal proceedings joined, during which he temporarily from service suspended was. In 1936 it was criticized that Bechtold lacked an impeccable attitude on the “Jewish question” . In 1938 Gauleiter Robert Wagner criticized the fact that Bechtold could not yet fully understand the ideas of the National Socialist worldview . Bechtold was nevertheless from July 5, 1938 deputy, from August 31, 1938 provisional and from March 5, 1940 planned state commissioner in Mannheim. Despite reaching the age limit, Bechtold continued to work as a state commissioner from August 1, 1941 until August 1, 1945.

Memberships

• July 1, 1934 Association of National Socialist German Jurists (BNSDJ) and National Socialist Legal Guardians Association (NSRB)
• 1934 Application for membership in the NSDAP rejected

Awards

• 1902 Baden anniversary medal
• 1916 Zähringer Order of the Lion , Knight's Cross 2nd class.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 10 , 631

literature

• Bernd Breitkopf: The old districts and their heads of office. The emergence of the districts and offices in today's district of Karlsruhe - biographies of the senior officials and district administrators from 1803 to 1997. Regional culture publishing house, Ubstadt-Weiher 1997, ISBN 3-929366-48-7 , pp. 97–99.
• Wolfram Angerbauer (Red.): The heads of the upper offices, district offices and district offices in Baden-Württemberg from 1810 to 1972 . Published by the working group of the district archives at the Baden-Württemberg district assembly. Theiss, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-8062-1213-9 . , P. 173