Gustav Römheld

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Gustav Römheld, since 1918 by Römheld, (born January 27, 1861 in Dieburg ; † April 12, 1933 in Darmstadt ) was a German administrative lawyer who emerged as head of the Hessian Grand Duke's cabinet and later as museum director, especially in terms of cultural policy.

Life

Gustav Römheld was born in January 1861 as the son of the later district councilor Ludwig Römheld (1824–1871) and his wife Wilhelmine Römheld, nee. Fresenius (1837–1888) born. Römheld attended the Ludwig-Georgs-Gymnasium in Darmstadt and made his Abitur there. Then he studied law in Giessen . After his legal clerkship , Gustav Römheld became a government assessor in Gießen and then in Friedberg (Hesse) . In 1888 he was appointed district administrator in Büdingen . From May 1889 to summer 1890 he accompanied the future Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig to his studies in Leipzig . For this he was seconded to the cabinet office in Darmstadt. In 1891 he became cabinet secretary at the court of Grand Duke Ludwig IV in Darmstadt. In 1892 he was appointed cabinet councilor . Just one year later, he was appointed head of the cabinet under the new Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, and shortly afterwards he received the title of secret cabinet councilor .

Römheld became a very close advisor to the Grand Duke v. a. in questions of art politics. He supported the efforts of the Grand Duke to found the Darmstadt artists' colony and is therefore one of its co-founders. As early as 1899, shortly before the artists' colony was founded, Römheld had the famous architect Paul Wallot build a house on Mathildenhöhe . From 1904 to 1921, Römheld was director of the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt , the new building of which was designed by Alfred Messel and opened to the public at the end of 1906 after a long construction period. On April 1, 1918, Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig raised him to the hereditary nobility of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, allegedly this award came about primarily at the instigation of his wife.

After Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig's forced abdication on November 9, 1918, Gustav von Römheld conducted negotiations with the People's State of Hesse on the essential questions of the expropriation of the princes , which on May 19, 1919 led to an agreement in principle that was advantageous for the Grand Duke. Gustav von Römheld was retired on June 28, 1921 . From 1924 he was a member of the district committee of the Darmstadt district .

Since 1898 Römheld was born with Elsa. Knöckel (* 1879) married. Due to this family relationship, Römheld was later deputy chairman of the supervisory board of the Knöckel, Schmidt & Cie paper mill, which was converted into a stock corporation in 1923 . in Lambrecht (Palatinate) .

Gustav von Römheld died in the spring of 1933 at the age of 72. He was buried in the old cemetery in Darmstadt, grave site 1 Mauer 81a is an honorary grave of the city of Darmstadt.

Römheld and his wife had two daughters, the younger Frieda (1901–1988) married the banker Karl Wolff in 1923 , who then ran his professional activities partly under the Wolff company - von Römheld . During the time of National Socialism , he made a steep career in the SS and Waffen-SS and was subsequently found guilty of complicity in murder in at least 300,000 cases in 1964.

Honors

  • 1903: Commander's Cross II. Class of the Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous
  • 1904: Gold Medal of Merit for Art and Science
  • 1907: Appointed privy councilor
  • 1912: Commander's Cross 1st Class of the Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous
  • 1914: Appointment to the Real Secret Council with the predicate " Excellence "
  • 1918: Elevation to hereditary nobility

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Handbook of German Stock Companies , 30th edition 1925, Volume 1, p. 1930.
  2. ↑ List of honorary graves on the website of the City of Darmstadt, accessed on February 11, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Römheld, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Römheld, Gustav von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative lawyer, grand ducal Hessian minister and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH The castle
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1933
Place of death Darmstadt