Gustav Jahn (judge, 1862)

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Gustav Jahn

Gustav Jahn (born September 26, 1862 in Neudamm ( Neumark ), † April 9, 1940 in Berlin ) was a German judge and first president of the Reichsfinanzhof .

Life

Jahn studied law and political science at the Univ. Berlin. In 1885 he became a trainee lawyer. In 1889 he was a court assessor at the Regional Court of Berlin, in 1894 as a district judge in Berlin-Charlottenburg, in 1895 as an assistant judge in the higher court, in 1898 as a judge in the district court in Berlin, in 1899 as an assistant worker at the Prussian Ministry of Justice, and in 1900 as a councilor in the Reich Security Office. In 1903 he became a presenter and secret councilor, in 1907 a secret senior government councilor, 1912 undersecretary of state, in 1917 a real secret councilor and Excellency. In 1918 he got a job as President of the Reich Finance Court in Munich. Before his appointment as President of the Court, Jahn was employed as Undersecretary of State in the Reich Treasury . His appointment as president of the Reichsfinanzhof took place in 1918, when a uniform supreme court for customs duties and other charges was created with this court. Jahn held office until 1930. In the first years of his term of office until 1924, the Reichsfinanzhof was enlarged by four more to a total of six senates.

He was married to Gertrud Ludendorff, Erich Ludendorff's sister . They had a daughter together, Anneliese Jahn, married Anneliese von Tengg-Kobligk (1900-2000). Jahn's granddaughter is the documentary film producer, author and painter Irmgard von zur Mühlen .

After his tenure in Munich he returned to Berlin around 1936 and lived at 19 Charlottenburger Str. 19 in Zehlendorf until his death.

Gustav Jahn died in Berlin in 1940 at the age of 77. He was buried in the Zehlendorf cemetery . The grave has not been preserved.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 675.
personal data
SURNAME Jahn, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German judge and first president of the Reich Finance Court
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Neudamm (Neumark)
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1940
Place of death Berlin