Gustav Etzel

Gustav Etzel (* July 8, 1877 in Mühlhausen / Thuringia ; † March 27, 1938 in Orselina near Locarno ) was a Prussian officer and district administrator in the Helgoland district .

Life

Etzel was a Prussian officer and served in the First World War from 1914 to 1918 . After the war, Etzel joined the Eastern Border Guard for Silesia . In 1919 he was assigned to the German-Polish border setting commission and in 1921 a member of the German Upper Silesian border commission. In 1923 Etzel led the German delegation of the inter-allied commission for the entire German-Polish borders as chairman . He left the Reichswehr as a major .

From 1925 to 1931 Etzel served as district administrator in the Helgoland district . On Heligoland he fought intensely against separatist movements. Here he was able to build on his experience in the German-Polish disputes. He founded the Heligoland Club with others . From June 1, 1931 until his retirement in 1934, he worked for the government in Wiesbaden , where he also spent the last years of his life.

Individual evidence

↑ Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv inventory 518 No. 74223, personal files Gustav Etzel. Description can be called up from the Hessen archive information system .
↑ Reinhold Zilch , Bärbel Holtz (edit.): The protocols of the Prussian State Ministry 1817–1934 / 38. Vol. 12 / II. In: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): Acta Borussica . New episode. Olms-Weidmann , Hildesheim 2003, p. 557 ( Online ; PDF 2.2 MB).
^ Eckhard Wallmann: A colony becomes German - Heligoland between the world wars. Bredstedt 2012, 2nd edition 2016
^ Theodor von Heppe, Winfried Speitkamp (ed.): Municipal constitution in Kurhessen: A writing by the Kassel government trainee Theodor von Heppe from 1826 . Volume 69, self-published by the Hessian Historical Commission Darmstadt and the Historical Commission for Hesse 1987, ISBN 9783884431580 , p. 332.

personal data
SURNAME	Etzel, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer and district administrator
DATE OF BIRTH	July 8, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mühlhausen / Thuringia
DATE OF DEATH	March 27, 1938
Place of death	Orselina

[1] Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv inventory 518 No. 74223, personal files Gustav Etzel. Description can be called up from the Hessen archive information system .

[2] Reinhold Zilch , Bärbel Holtz (edit.): The protocols of the Prussian State Ministry 1817–1934 / 38. Vol. 12 / II. In: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): Acta Borussica . New episode. Olms-Weidmann , Hildesheim 2003, p. 557 ( Online ; PDF 2.2 MB).

[3] Eckhard Wallmann: A colony becomes German - Heligoland between the world wars. Bredstedt 2012, 2nd edition 2016

[4] Theodor von Heppe, Winfried Speitkamp (ed.): Municipal constitution in Kurhessen: A writing by the Kassel government trainee Theodor von Heppe from 1826 . Volume 69, self-published by the Hessian Historical Commission Darmstadt and the Historical Commission for Hesse 1987, ISBN 9783884431580 , p. 332.