Jacob Isenrath

Jakob Isenrath (born March 18, 1879 in Erkrath ; † January 13, 1951 in Neuss ) was a German police chief and politician ( center ).

Isenrath attended elementary school and trained as a cooper. On October 1, 1906, he became secretary of the Catholic workers' associations and the people's association for Catholic Germany in Osnabrück, Herne and finally in Hamm. On October 23, 1922 he was appointed to the government and was entrusted with the administration of the Buer Police Office . During the occupation of the Ruhrhe got into conflict with the French occupying power. On March 7, 1923, he was arrested by the French on a business trip to Recklinghausen and sentenced to one year in prison on March 29, 1923 for "disobedience to the occupying power". He was held until March 7, 1924. After his release, on June 1, 1924, he was temporarily charged with the police operations in the city of Hagen and on December 20, 1924, he was appointed head of the Witten Police Office. By decree of March 11, 1927, he was entrusted with carrying out the transitional business for the establishment of a state police headquarters in Gladbach-Rheidt. There he became provisional on July 1, 1927 and definitely chief of police on August 1, 1928. After the seizure of powerof the National Socialists he was put into temporary retirement on March 25, 1933 and released on October 7, 1933 in accordance with Section 4 of the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service .

Isenrath, who was a Catholic denomination, was a member of the center. From 1921 to 1925 he was a member of the Provincial Parliament of the Province of Westphalia . From May 1921 to February 1926 he was a deputy member of the Prussian State Council .

literature

• Joachim Lilla : The Prussian State Council 1921–1933. A biographical manual. With a documentation of the state councilors appointed in the “Third Reich”. (= Handbooks on the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties , Volume 13.) Droste, Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 978-3-7700-5271-4 , page 76.