Hans Wolf (lawyer)

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The members of the second Brunswick Regency Council (from left to right): Albert von Otto , August Trieps , Adolf Hartwieg , Hans Wolf and Wilhelm Semler (painting by Moritz Röbbecke from 1909).

Hans Wolf (born January 12, 1850 in Braunschweig ; † September 15, 1940 there ) was a German judge. From 1904 to 1922 he was President of the Braunschweig Higher Regional Court .

Life

Wolf studied law at the Georg August University in Göttingen and the Ruprecht Karls University in Heidelberg . From 1869 he was a member of the Corps Brunsviga Göttingen and the Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg . He passed the first state examination in law in 1871 and the second state examination in 1875. A steep career in the Brunswick judiciary followed: in June 1875 he became district court secretary, 1879 district judge, 1891 district judge, 1892 higher regional judge and on January 1, 1900 President of the Senate. Hans Wolf was Deputy President of the Higher Regional Court when Robert Sommer died in 1904.

Due to the dispute between the Guelphs and Prussia over the Duchy of Brunswick after the death of Duke Wilhelm , it was important in the eyes of many Brunswick that the future President of the Higher Regional Court, who was also a born member of the Regency Council, did not endanger the Duchy through careless pro-Welfic behavior would bring. Also because Hans Wolf was “entirely Prussian”, he was appointed President of the Higher Regional Court on November 1, 1904. In his role as a member of the Regency Council, he fulfilled the expectations placed on him. After the death of Duke Albrecht of Prussia in 1906, the Regency Council under Albert von Otto took over the regency. In 1907 it was not the Welf Ernst August von Cumberland , but Johann Albrecht zu Mecklenburg who was elected as the new regent.

Hans Wolf received many awards and medals during his tenure, including the title of Excellence in 1913 as the only President of the Higher Regional Court . After the November Revolution in Braunschweig , Hans Wolf remained in office, but he was still “soaked in the pre-revolutionary spirit” and therefore stood in the way of new developments. He soon got into an argument with the new Social Democratic Justice Minister of Braunschweig, August Junke , because he had not listened to him before he assigned two judges as speakers to the State Ministry. Junke then deposed Wolf from office by enacting the law on the introduction of an age limit for judicial officials of January 11, 1922, ensuring that they had to retire after they reached the age of 68. After his forced retirement, Wolf raised the charge of "class justice" to the new government and called on the judges to "fight back against those who want to destroy the good spirit".

Wolf's successor as President of the Higher Regional Court was Louis Levin , who also had to leave office prematurely due to a further lowering of the maximum age limit. Hans Wolf's son Wilhelm (1878–1963) also worked at the Higher Regional Court from 1931 to 1948.

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  1. ↑ a b President of the Higher Regional Court at Oberlandesgericht-braunschweig.niedersachsen.de , accessed on February 4, 2013.
  2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 40/585; 64/694
personal data
SURNAME Wolf, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wolf, Johannes; Wolff, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH September 15, 1940
Place of death Braunschweig