Josef Nikolaus Rheinboldt

Josef Nikolaus Rheinboldt (born December 6, 1860 in Sinzheim , † September 21, 1931 in Forte dei Marmi ) was a German economist, politician and diplomat.

Life

In 1884 Rheinboldt became a financial officer in Baden and in 1892 a financial advisor. In 1900 he was appointed to the position of the secret finance council and empire plenipotentiary for customs duties and taxes for the Prussian province of Saxony , for the Duchy of Anhalt and the Thuringian states .

In 1905 Rheinboldt moved to the Reich Treasury , where he held the rank of secret government councilor and lecturing councilor. As early as 1909, he returned to the Baden civil service and, as ministerial director, became deputy authorized representative at the Federal Council .

In 1910 he joined the Dusch government as Baden's finance minister . In 1911 he also became Minister of Railways of Baden and Real Privy Councilor . He also exercised these functions in the Bodman government . After the November Revolution and the end of the Grand Duchy of Baden , Rheinboldt went to the Foreign Service in 1919 . From 1920 to 1926 he was head of the German consulate general in Zurich and at the same time financial advisor to the embassy in Bern and from 1924 also head of the consulate for Liechtenstein . In 1926 he retired.

He is the father of chemistry professor Heinrich Rheinboldt .

Fonts

• Beer tax . In: Max Fleischmann (Ed.): Dictionary of German constitution and administrative law. 2nd edition, Munich 1910-1911, Volume 1 (A-F), pp. 469-476.
• The German financial economy during the war and the possibilities of its order. Bensheimer, Mannheim et al. 1919.

literature

• Patrick Götz: In memory of the Baden Finance Minister Josef Nikolaus Rheinboldt. A forgotten personality? , in: Landkreis Rastatt (Ed.): Heimatbuch , 49th year 2010, pp. 119–132.

Web links

• Josef Nikolaus Rheinboldt in the online version of the Reich Chancellery Edition Files. Weimar Republic