Hermann Kiefer

Hermann Kiefer (born November 22, 1867 in Karlsruhe , † September 20, 1946 in Heidelberg ; Protestant) was a lawyer and district administrator who had been in the Baden state service since 1893 .

education

Hermann Kiefer was the son of a railway foreman , he married Augusta, born Kaufmann on March 6, 1897 (* April 21, 1875, † November 1945). From this marriage there was a child. After studying law at the University of Heidelberg , which he obtained with a doctorate to become a Dr. iur. graduated, he was from June 20, 1893 trainee lawyer in the Baden state service.

career

Kiefer became a bailiff at the Karlsruhe district office on June 15, 1896 and changed to the position of a bailiff at the Breisach district office on December 9, 1899 , where he was promoted to senior bailiff on December 11, 1900 and at the same time became the head of the district. From January 15, 1904, he was senior bailiff and head of the district office in Engen and from October 29, 1908, senior bailiff and head of the district office in Emmendingen . On April 10, 1913, Hermann Kiefer was appointed senior bailiff and board member at the Bruchsal district office and was given the title of Privy Councilor. In 1923 he became the head of the district office in Heidelberg , where he was named district administrator from 1924 onwards because of the renaming . In 1927 he was appointed state commissioner for the districts of Freiburg im Breisgau , Lörrach and Offenburg , based in Freiburg. However, at the request of Kiefer, the appeal was revoked by the State Ministry. He retired on March 1, 1933.

Outside employment and memberships

• Landsmannschaft Zaringia , Heidelberg
• Mid-1920s member of the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold and also of the SPD (until 1933)
• Member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) at the end of 1933
• 1934 to 1940 member of the National Socialist Legal Guardians Association (NSRB)
• Member of the Reich Association of German Civil Servants (RDB)
• Member of the National Socialist People's Welfare (NSV)
• Member of the Reichskolonialbund (RKB)

Awards

• 1908 Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Zähringer Lion Order
• 1902 Baden anniversary medal
• Prussian Red Eagle Order 4th class
• 1913 Prussian Red Cross Medal 3rd class
• 1916 Bavarian King Ludwig Cross
• 1916 Baden War Merit Cross
• 1917 Prussian Cross of Merit for War Aid
• 1917 Iron Cross 2nd class on white and black ribbon
• 1918 Prussian Red Cross Medal 2nd class

Works

• The District Council, Its Appointment and Activities. Systematically presented by Dr. Hermann Kiefer , Karlsruhe 1902

literature

• Wolfram Angerbauer (Red.): The heads of the upper offices, district offices and district offices in Baden-Württemberg from 1810 to 1972 . Published by the working group of the district archives at the Baden-Württemberg district assembly. Theiss, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-8062-1213-9 , pp. 345 .
• Bernd Breitkopf: The old districts and their heads of office. The emergence of the districts and offices in what is today the district of Karlsruhe. Biographies of the senior officials and district administrators from 1803 to 1997 . Regional culture publisher, Ubstadt-Weiher 1997, ISBN 3-929366-48-7 , pp. 137-138.