Karl Hoffmann (lawyer)
Karl Hoffmann (born August 27, 1891 in Neisse , Upper Silesia, † February 12, 1969 in Hanover ) was a German lawyer .
Life
Hoffmann grew up in his hometown and passed his Abitur exam there in 1910 at the Realgymnasium. He then studied four semesters in Munich law before studying in Wroclaw in the summer 1913th During his studies in Munich he became a member of the Corps Suevia Munich and in Wroclaw he became a member of the Corps Silesia . After the first state examination in Breslau in 1914, he became a trainee lawyer at the district court in Ziegenhals. After a war-related interruption through service in the Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 57 of the 75th Reserve Division as a lieutenant and department adjutant, he received his doctorate in 1918. jur. and continued her traineeship training from 1919, first in Neisse and then in Breslau. In July 1921 he passed his assessor exam and then worked for a year as an assistant judge in Fraustadt , Peiskretscham and Breslau. Then he became a legal "unskilled worker" at the Oberbergamt Breslau and then in Clausthal. From the spring of 1925 he was a scientific assistant in the mining department of the Prussian Ministry of Trade and Industry. From 1927 to 1932 he was initially on leave to take over the position of legal advisor at Preussag AG before he finally resigned from the civil service and went to Preussag. He stayed with this company, most recently as head of the legal department at the head office, beyond the Second World War until he retired.
Awards
As head of the legal department, he was instrumental in ensuring that Preussag was privatized in 1959 as the first German company under allied administration. In the course of the share issue he designed , the Preussag share became Germany's first popular share with 216,000 small shareholders .
literature
- Fritz Maywald: Complete directory of members of the Corps Silesia 1821–1961 , Part I, Cologne 1961, serial no. 668
- Kösener corps lists 1960, 83 , 667
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoffmann, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neisse , Upper Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 1969 |
| Place of death | Hanover |