Hans Ludwig von Arnim

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Hans Ludwig Hermann Konstantin von Arnim , who mostly called himself Hans von Arnim (born October 12, 1889 in Willmine , † June 9, 1971 in Berlin ), was a German civil servant , church functionary, politician and author . He was in the era of National Socialism member of the Confessing Church and was from 1945 president of the Evangelical Consistory in Brandenburg .

Life and family environment

Hans Ludwig von Arnim came from the Kraatz branch of the Zehdenick line of his widespread family in Brandenburg . His parents were the Kgl. prussia. Secret government councilor and district administrator Ludwig Gustav Otto Gotthelf von Arnim (1860–1936), landlord of Willmine, Arnimswalde and Klein-Fredenwalde, district of Templin , and Helene von Gehring (1858–1933). Since 1921 he was married to Elisabeth Charlotte von Sack (1892–1992).

Professional career

Hans von Arnim studied law at the Universities of Göttingen , Kiel , Grenoble and Strasbourg . In 1909 he became a member of the Corps Saxonia Göttingen . He passed both state law exams and received his doctorate. juris. During the First World War he worked from 1915 to 1918 in the civil administration in occupied Belgium , especially in Brussels in the "Flemish Politics Department". After the war he was a government advisor until 1927 when he joined the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union , in whose administration he quickly rose. From 1933 he was a member, from 1945 to 1960 President of the Consistory in Berlin of the Old Prussian Church Province of Brandenburg and from 1948 of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg .

Political and association political activities

Hans von Arnim also became politically active in 1945. So he joined the CDU and became a member of the founding committee of this party. At the same time he was involved in committees of the Evangelical Church. He had previously been deputy chairman of the Protestant mission to the Jews; now he was also a member of the Evangelical Committee for Israel . He tried to strengthen the cohesion of the West Berlin church organization with the Brandenburg parishes of his district and therefore also became a member of the cathedral chapter college for the Berlin cathedral located in the eastern part of the divided city . In addition, he was chairman of the disciplinary chamber of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg.

Writing activity

In addition to legal writings on canon law, Hans von Arnim also worked as a biographer of important personalities from the Prussian-Protestant area, emphasizing the Christian references and the old Prussian attitude of the people he described. Von Arnim, who did not join the NSDAP , correctly characterized the writings he wrote after 1918 in a declaration of justification to the Reichsschrifttumskammer in 1938 as anti-republican himself.

Honors

Hans Ludwig von Arnim was awarded the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany . He was also a legal knight of the Order of St. John .

Publications (selection)

  • The latest case law of the Reichsgericht on fraud in immoral legal transactions. Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1913 (assessor thesis).
  • Freiherr vom Stein. In: Hans von Arnim (Ed.): German fighters. Berlin [u. a.] 1924, pp. 242-270.
    • Germany's awakening. Struggle and work of Baron Karl vom Stein. Oskar Franz Huebner Verlag, Berlin 1931 (book edition 1932).
    • Freiherr vom Stein, a Christian statesman. Revised New edition the edition of 1924, Berlin (West) 1950.
  • (Ed. With Georg von Below ): German ascent. Images from the past and present of the right-wing parties . Franz Schneider Verlag, Berlin 1925 (2nd edition: German national heads. Character images from the past and present of the right-wing parties . Franz Schneider Verlag, Leipzig 1928)
  • The disciplinary law of the Evangelical Church in Germany of March 11, 1955 as well as the ordinance of the Evangelical Church of the Union on the disciplinary law of May 14, 1956 together with the transitional laws of the member churches. De Gruyter, Berlin 1960 (commentary).
  • Theodor Wenzel, a life of Christian love at the turn of the century. Wichern-Verlag, Berlin 1960.
  • Christian figures of recent German poetry. Wichern-Verlag, Berlin 1961, 1968, 1972.
  • Bettina von Arnim. Haude & Spener, Berlin 1963.
  • Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (Berlin Reminiscences, Volume 10). Haude & Spener, Berlin 1966.
  • From civil service to church. Review of four epochs of German history. Christian magazine publisher, Berlin 1968 (memories).
  • Queen Luise. Haude & Spener, Berlin 1969.

Memberships (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility. Volume A XXV, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg 1998, p. 26.
  2. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility. Volume A VIII, CA Starke-Verlag, 1966, p. 47.
  3. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 45 , 617.
  4. ↑ Personal dictionary on German Protestantism: 1919–1949 , zsgest. and edit by Hannelore Braun and Gertraud Grünzinger, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2006, (= work on contemporary church history / AKIZ; vol. 12), p. 21. ISBN 3-525-55761-2 .
  5. ↑ a b c Who is who? Volume 1970.
  6. ↑ Stephan Malinowski : From the king to the leader. Social decline and political radicalization in the German nobility between the German Empire and the Nazi state ( Elitenwandel in der Moderne Volume 4). 3rd, through Ed., Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2003, p. 568.
  7. ↑ a b Bibliogr. Nchw. at the LWL portal for Westphalian history , retrieved in July 2017.
  8. ↑ Reference in the literature portal Literaturport , accessed in July 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Arnim, Hans Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arnim, Hans Ludwig Hermann Konstantin von (full name); Arnim, Hans von (author name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German civil servant, church functionary, politician and author
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Willmine
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1971
Place of death Berlin