Karl Heck
Karl Alexander Wilhelm Heck (born November 18, 1896 in Halle , † June 2, 1997 in Karlsruhe ) was a judge at the Federal Court of Justice until he became a judge at the Federal Constitutional Court on April 2, 1954 after being elected by the Bundestag .
Life
From 1929 to 1930, Heck was a judge at the Stuttgart District Court . From 1930 to 1933 and from 1936 to 1940 he was a district judge and in 1940 district court director at the Stuttgart district court . His work in the judiciary was interrupted by the Second World War. His highest rank as an officer in the Wehrmacht was first lieutenant. During the war he received the following awards: 1941 War Merit Cross , 1943 First Class and Front Fighter Honor . From 1945 to 1947 he was a prisoner of war. After returning from captivity, he worked from 1948 to 1949 as the district court director in the Justice Ministry of South Württemberg-Hohenzollern . From 1949 to 1950 he was Senate President of a Senate at the Tübingen Higher Regional Court before becoming President of the Tübingen Regional Court in 1950 . As early as October 1, 1950, he was called to the Federal Court of Justice in a civil senate for real estate law.
In 1954 he was elected to the Federal Constitutional Court. There he was a member of the First Senate as the successor to Judge Kurt Zweigert, who had resigned in 1952 , until he resigned on February 9, 1965 because his term of office had expired. His successor was the judge Werner Böhmer . As a reporter, he formulated Heck's formula to differentiate simple legal offenses from specific fundamental rights violations that can be criticized solely with a constitutional complaint.
In 1965, Karl Heck received the Great Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany .
He was a member of the Tübingen student association AV Igel .
literature
- The BVerfG. 2nd Edition. 1971, p. 224.
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of November 18, 1996.
- Hänlein: New weekly legal journal . 1996, 3131 for the 100th birthday
- New legal weekly. 1997, issue 27 (XLIV).
- Baden-Württemberg Biographies, pp. 128–130 [1]
Web links
- Press release of the Federal Constitutional Court No. 49/97 of June 4, 1997 on Heck's death
- Karl Alexander Wilhelm Heck , leo-bw.de
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Heck, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heck, Karl Alexander Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German judge at the Federal Court of Justice and the Federal Constitutional Court |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hall |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2, 1997 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe |