II. Criminal Senate of the Reichsgericht
The Second Criminal Senate of the Reichsgericht was a ruling body of the Reichsgericht . It was one of the six senates that dealt with criminal matters . The Senate existed from 1879 to 1945.
Rules of Procedure
The Senate was responsible:
- 1879: the criminal cases from the higher regional court districts of Berlin , Breslau , Königsberg , Marienwerder , Posen and Stettin , as well as the consular court districts
- 1896: for criminal matters from the higher regional court districts of Berlin, Königsberg and Marienwerder.
- 1931: for criminal cases from the districts of the Chamber Court and the Higher Regional Courts of Braunschweig , Breslau , Königsberg, Marienwerder and Rostock .
occupation
Color legend:
- Retired before July 1, 1919
- Retired before October 1, 1934
- Retired after October 1, 1934
- Richter after 1946 (if known)
Senate presidents
| No. | Surname | appointment | Resignation from the Senate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin von Drenkmann (1826–1904) | October 1, 1879 | April 16, 1889 | exit | President of the Supreme Court |
| 2 | Ewald Löwe (1837-1896) | April 16, 1889 | January 1, 1896 | deceased | |
| 3 | Otto Loewenstein (1833–1909) | January 1, 1896 | June 1, 1896 | Transfer to the 5th civil senate | |
| 4th | Karl von Bülow (1834–1910) | June 1, 1896 | November 1, 1909 | retirement | |
| 5 | Friedrich Quantity (1845–1920) | November 1, 1909 | November 1, 1918 | retirement | |
| 6th | Ludwig Ebermayer (1858–1933) | January 1, 1919 | April 1, 1921 | Appointment as senior Reich attorney | |
| 7th | Heinrich Schmidt (1856–1927) | April 1, 1921 | August 1, 1924 | retirement | |
| 8th | Hermann Heyer (1861–1925) | September 18, 1924 | October 17, 1925 | deceased | |
| 9 | Franz Arndts (1864-) | 4th December 1925 | October 4, 1928 | Transfer to the 4th civil senate | |
| 10 | Wilhelm Witt (1869-) | October 4, 1928 | 1937 | ||
| 11 | Paul Vogt (1877-) | January 1, 1937 | June 6, 1944 | retirement | |
| 12 | Otto Müller (1878-) | 1945 |
Imperial judges
| No. | Namepeiper | Senate entry | Resignation from the Senate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karl Thewalt (1825–1895) | October 1, 1879 | October 1, 1893 | retirement | |
| 2 | Ernst Sigismund Puchelt (1820–1885) | October 1, 1879 | January 1, 1883 | Transfer to the 3rd criminal senate | |
| 3 | Rudolf Wenck (1820-1880) | October 1, 1879 | July 23, 1880 | Deceased | |
| 4th | Friedrich Edmund Stechow (1828–1888) | October 1, 1879 | July 3, 1888 | Deceased | |
| 5 | Heinrich Dähnhardt (1836–1902) | October 1, 1879 | April 1, 1884 | Transfer to the 3rd civil senate | |
| 6th | Heinrich Dürrschmidt (1819–1899) | October 1, 1879 | January 1, 1881 | Transfer to the 1st criminal senate | |
| 7th | Hermann Gustav Ludwig Theodor Krüger (1825-1893) | June 1, 1880 | October 1, 1893 | retirement | |
| 8th | Friedrich Moritz Hoffmann (1818–1882) | June 1, 1880 | January 3, 1882 | Deceased | |
| 9 | Heinrich Kienitz (1831–1902) | December 1, 1880 | May 1, 1896 | retirement | |
| 10 | Carl Kirchhoff (1820-1893) | November 1, 1881 | January 1, 1893 | retirement | |
| 11 | Julius Schaper (1821-1893) | May 1, 1882 | May 14, 1893 | Deceased | |
| 12 | Hermann Wittmaack (1833-1928) | January 1, 1883 | April 1, 1886 | Transfer to the 4th criminal senate | |
| 13 | Gustav Calame (1830–1905) | April 1, 1884 | January 1, 1886 | Transfer to the 4th civil senate | |
| 14th | Hugo Rehbein (1833–1907) | January 1, 1886 | January 1, 1889 | Transfer to the 1st civil senate | |
| 15th | Ignaz Böttrich (1834–1924) | November 1, 1888 | November 1, 1900 | retirement | |
| 16 | Paul Stolterfoth (1838-1894) | January 1, 1889 | September 15, 1890 | Transfer to the 1st civil senate | |
| 17th | Justus Olshausen (1844-1924) | September 15, 1890 | June 7, 1899 | Transfer to the senior Reich attorney | |
| 18th | Friedrich Heinrich Otto Freytag (1836–1895) | February 1, 1893 | October 17, 1895 | Deceased | |
| 19th | Alexander Wilhelm Hermann Schmalz (1828–1916) | October 1, 1893 | June 1, 1900 | retirement | |
| 20th | Hugo Planck (1846-1922) | October 1, 1893 | October 1, 1896 | Transfer to the 1st civil senate | |
| 21st | Gustav Wilhelm Ludwig Kaufmann (1842-1919) | October 1, 1893 | April 1, 1906 | Appointment as Senate President of the 5th Criminal Senate | |
| 22nd | Franz Galli (1839-1917) | February 1, 1896 | June 1, 1899 | Transfer to the 4th criminal senate | |
| 23 | Georg Ludwig Konrad von Bruchhausen (1846–1899) | May 1, 1896 | November 5, 1899 | Deceased | |
| 24 | Adolf von Baerenfels (1840–1920) | October 1, 1896 | May 1, 1899 | Transfer to the 2nd civil senate | |
| 25th | Ferdinand Ritter von Miltner | May 1, 1899 | November 1, 1902 | Transfer to the 4th civil senate | |
| 26th | Anton Hubert Horten (1838–1903) | June 1, 1899 | October 23, 1903 | Deceased | |
| 27 | Karl August Gustav Dumreicher (184–1920) | July 1, 1899 | April 17, 1906 | Transfer to the 4th criminal senate | |
| 28 | Friedrich Albert Emil Willibald Peters (1847–1926) | January 1, 1900 | April 1, 1901 | Transfer to the 3rd civil senate | |
| 29 | Maximilian Heinemann (1840-1924) | June 1, 1900 | November 1, 1911 | retirement | |
| 30th | Wilhelm Unger (1849–1910) | November 1, 1900 | February 1, 1909 | retirement | |
| 31 | Georg Heinrich Thöl (1845–1909) | April 1, 1901 | May 28, 1909 | Deceased | |
| 32 | Benno Sabarth (1849–) | November 1, 1902 | December 1, 1923 | retirement | |
| 33 | Heinrich Adolf Berendes (1848–1932) | December 1, 1903 | January 1, 1904 | Transfer to the 1st civil senate | |
| 34 | Alfred Mitschke (1847–1905) | January 1, 1904 | February 1, 1905 | retirement | |
| 35 | Max Klein (1845-1910) | May 31, 1904 | August 6, 1910 | Deceased | |
| 36 | Georg Zaeschmar (1852–1932) | February 1, 1905 | April 17, 1906 | Transfer to the 5th criminal senate | |
| 37 | Adolf Wiebe (1856–) | April 17, 1906 | January 1, 1920 | Transfer to the 5th criminal senate | |
| 38 | Karl Friedrich Paul (1856–1943) | April 17, 1906 | April 15, 1923 | Transfer to the criminal senate of the first instance | |
| 39 | Heinrich Ernst Moritz Backs (1853–) | October 21, 1907 | December 1, 1923 | retirement | |
| 40 | Wilhelm Ditzen (1852–1937) | February 1, 1909 | March 1, 1918 | retirement | |
| 41 | Otto Tauchert (1860-1913) | October 10, 1910 | September 29, 1913 | Deceased | |
| 42 | Reinhold Schultz (1858–1933) | November 1, 1911 | December 1, 1926 | retirement | |
| 43 | Friedrich Oegg (1870–1959) | December 5, 1913 | October 1, 1914 | Transfer to the 3rd civil senate | |
| 44 | Lucian Ernst Alexander Kleine (1861–) | October 1, 1914 and April 1, 1922 | September 23, 1923 | Transfer to the 1st criminal senate | |
| 45 | Paul Viereck (1860-1915) | January 1, 1915 | August 24, 1915 | Deceased | |
| 46 | Wilhelm Witt (1869–) | October 18, 1915 | January 1, 1916 | At the same time 3rd criminal senate | |
| 47 | Albrecht Heldrich (1862–1928) | January 1, 1916 | April 1, 1920 | At the same time 1st criminal senate , then transfer to the 6th civil senate | |
| 48 | August Becker (1864–) | January 1, 1918 | January 1, 1919 | Transfer to the 7th civil senate | |
| 49 | Rudolf Hagemann (1876–1945) | September 16, 1919 | April 1, 1922 | Transfer to the 3rd civil senate | |
| 50 | Karl Vogt (1863–) | April 1, 1920 | before 1932 | ||
| 51 | Walter Willhöfft (1873–1936) | (September 23, 1921 auxiliary judge) and March 25, 1924 | February 28, 1923 and 1933 respectively | Transfer to the 3rd criminal senate | |
| 52 | Guetermann (Gütermann), Karl Emil (1871-) | (February 28, 1923 auxiliary judge) | July 15, 1923 | Transfer to the criminal senate of the first instance | |
| 53 | Heinrich von Feilitsch (1856–1933) | July 15, 1923 | June 1, 1924 | retirement | |
| 54 | Rudolf Schultheis (1865–) | July 15, 1923 | October 1, 1924 | retirement | |
| 55 | Ernst Hallamik (1870–) | (July 15, 1923 auxiliary judge) November 1, 1924 | January 1, 1925 | Transfer to the 4th criminal senate | |
| 56 | Heinrich Franz Clemens Krauße (1871–1934) | December 1, 1923 | June 3, 1924 | Transfer to the 1st civil senate | |
| 57 | Carl Mengelkoch (1870–) | (June 26, 1924 auxiliary judge) July 1, 1934 | (October 1, 1924) November 1, 1936 | Transfer to the 5th criminal senate | |
| 58 | Alfred Krühne (1870–) | October 1, 1924 | 1937 | ||
| 59 | Franz Hettner (1863–1939) | April 1, 1926 | 1932 | retirement | |
| 60 | Justus Bender (1870–1954) | January 1, 1927 | April 1, 1937 | retirement | |
| 61 | Ernst Sontag (1873–1955) | October 4, 1928 | before 1932 | ||
| 62 | Emil Niethammer (1869–1956) | before 1932 | 1933 | ||
| 63 | Waldemar Koehne (1880–1938) | October 1, 1931 | 1933 | Transfer to the 2nd civil senate | |
| 64 | Paul Vogt (1877–) | (Assistant judge January 2, 1931) August 15, 1932 | January 1, 1937 | Appointment as President of the Senate | |
| 65 | Hermann Hoffmann (1880–1945) | (Assistant judge July 15, 1931) August 15, 1932 and 1938 | 1935 and 1942 | Transfer to the 5th criminal division or 1st criminal division | |
| 66 | Marcell Driver (1866-1952) | July 1, 1934 | October 1, 1934 | retirement | |
| 67 | Gottlieb Full (1880-) | (Assistant judge 1934) July 1, 1934 | 1935 | President of the Court of Cassation in Munich in 1946 | |
| 68 | Josef Altstötter (1892–1979) | July 1, 1934 | 1935 | ||
| 69 | Otto Klimmer (1878–1967) | July 1, 1934 | 1942 | ||
| 70 | Helmuth Kutzner | February 22, 1937 | 1942 | ||
| 71 | Wilhelm Menges (1894–1963) | April 1, 1937 | January 31, 1940 | Called up to the Wehrmacht | |
| 72 | Ruffle | (1937 auxiliary judge) March 16, 1937 | 1939 | ||
| 73 | Ernst Rittweger (1893–1946) | May 1, 1938 | 1944 | Transfer to the 1st criminal senate | |
| 74 | Lothar Wernecke (1895–) | (Assistant judge September 16, 1939) April 1, 1941 | 1945 | ||
| 75 | Gottfried Stumpf (1884–1962) | 1941 | 1945 | ||
| 76 | Otto Schwarz (1876–1960) | 1944 | 1945 | ||
| 77 | Richard Francke (1886–1947) | 1944 | 1945 | ||
| 78 | Otto Rietzsch (1890–1947) | 1944 | 1945 | ||
| 79 | Franz Schäfer (1879–1958) | 1944 | 1945 | Higher regional judge in Saarbrücken | |
| 80 | Fritz Hartung (1884–1973) | 1945 |
literature
- Adolf Lobe : Fifty Years of the Reich Court on October 1, 1929 . Berlin 1929.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deutsche Juristen-Zeitung , vol. 1 (1896) p. 52.
- ^ Business allocation plan for the Reichsgericht for 1931 . In: Deutsche Juristen-Zeitung , 1931, col. 148.
- ^ Fritz Hartung : Jurist under four realms, Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Munich 1971, p. 616.
- ^ A b c Reich Ministry of Justice (ed.): Handbuch der Justizverwaltung, Berlin 1942, p. 27.
Senate of the Reichsgericht (RG)