Johannes Gündel

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Paul Johannes Gündel (born February 20, 1872 in Leipzig ; † May 16, 1938 ) was President of the Senate at the Imperial Court of Justice .

Life

During his studies, Gündel became a member of the Association of German Students in Leipzig . In 1895 he passed the first state law examination "very good". In the same year he entered the Saxon judicial service and was sworn in to the sovereign. In January 1900 Gündel passed the legal traineeship examination "very good" and was taken on as a court assessor. In 1902 he became a district judge in Dresden. In 1909 he was promoted to the District Court Council in Dresden. In April 1913 he was appointed public prosecutor in Dresden and in November he came to the Reich Justice Office to help . April 1914 he was promoted to the secret government council and lecturing council. In the First World War he took part in 1914-1916 as a captain of the Landwehr. At the end of April 1918 he was promoted to the Secret Upper Government Council and appointed to the Reichsgericht on November 1, 1918. He was the last appointment in the empire. From 1922 to 1926 he sat for the DNVP in the Saxon state parliament . From 1931 to 1938 he was President of the Senate in various criminal panels. Gündel's appeal in 1931 was approved by the President of the Reich Court of Justice Bumke and Chancellor Brüning , although his name appeared on a public appeal for a referendum against the Young Plan . In 1931 Gündel told Curt Joël that his name had been put under the appeal without his will. In 1935 he became deputy president of the Reich Disciplinary Court . On March 1, 1938, he retired.

Party membership

Honors

literature

  • Adolf Lobe: Fifty Years of the Reichsgericht on October 1, 1929 , Berlin 1929, p. 382.
  • Friedrich Karl Kaul , History of the Reichsgericht , Volume IV (1933–1945), East Berlin 1971, p. 272.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Louis Lange (Ed.): Kyffhäuser Association of German Student Associations. Address book 1931. Berlin 1931, p. 76.
personal data
SURNAME Gündel, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gündel, Paul Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Imperial Judge
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1938