Hermann Schüling (politician, 1897)

Hermann Heinrich Aloys Schüling (born June 1, 1897 in Rhede ; † August 14, 1977 in Münster ) was a German administrative lawyer and district president ( center ).

Origin and life

Schüling was the son of the innkeeper Theodor Schüling and his wife Catharina nee van der Beck. He was Catholic and married Maria, née Hoeck, on May 25, 1925 (* May 9, 1901 in Rhede; † March 14, 1979 in Münster).

From 1903 to 1907 he attended the elementary school in Rhede and then the St. Georg grammar school in Bocholt , the Dominican monastery in Venlo and the Benedictine school in Merkelbeek . In the spring of 1915 he passed the Abitur at the Paulinum Grammar School . He then studied law and political science in Münster until December 1, 1915 . He then did military service in the First World War . He was released on January 7, 1919 and resumed his studies in February 1919. He studied in Münster, Berlin and Freiburg and was on January 2, 1921 in Freiburg Dr. rer. pole. PhD. In May 1922 he passed the first and in May 1925 the second state examination.

On June 4, 1925 he became a government assessor at the district office of Allenstein, from 1926 to 1928 he worked for the Cologne government and then at the Berlin police headquarters, where he was promoted to the government council on November 15, 1929. On October 28, 1931, he was deputized as administrator of the district office of the Westerburg district , on January 22, 1932 he became provisional and on March 18, 1932, he became the district administrator. With the reorganization of the district area he became district administrator of the Oberwesterwaldkreis . After the seizure of power by the Nazis, he was transferred on April 6, 1933, on hiatus and released on September 30, 1933 excluding pension. During the time of National Socialism he lived as an independent businessman selling wines, spirits and tobacco products.

After the Second World War , he was appointed provisional district administrator for the Ahrweiler district on August 20, 1945 . On October 1, 1945, he received his final appointment. In 1947 he became the first president of the Rhineland-Palatinate district council . On September 20, 1950 he became Vice President of the Government in Mainz. On September 1, 1952, he was entrusted with the administration of the business of the regional president in the Montabaur administrative region and on April 1, 1954, he was finally appointed regional president. He retired on May 31, 1962. In June 1962 he moved to Münster.

After 1945 he held many honorary positions. In 1962 he was awarded the Great Cross of Merit on Ribbon .

literature

• Thomas Klein: Senior officials in the general administration in the Prussian province of Hessen-Nassau and in Waldeck 1867–1945. (= Sources and research on Hessian history, 70; Ed. Hessische Historische Kommission Darmstadt and Historical Commission for Hesse), Darmstadt / Marburg 1988, ISBN 3-88443-159-5 , p. 209.

Web links

• Schüling, Hermann Heinrich Aloys. Hessian biography. (As of February 3, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Entry on Hermann Schüling in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database