Karl Overbeck
Karl Kuno Overbeck (born August 26, 1909 in Stromberg (Hunsrück) , † January 2, 1972 in Munich ) was a German diplomat.
Life
The painter Friedrich Overbeck is one of Overbeck's ancestors .
Karl Overbeck studied law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , the Albertus-Universität Königsberg , in Cambridge , Dublin and Paris . Since 1928 he has been a member of the Corps Rhenania Bonn . After he had passed the first state examination in law and had become a member of the Sturmabteilung in 1933 , he was called up as an attaché in the German Foreign Service in 1934 . It was used in the head office and from 1935 at the representation in Helsinki. From 1937 to 1941 he was legation secretary at the embassy in Budapest . From 1941 he worked in Berlin again. From 1942 to 1944 he was a soldier in the Wehrmacht on the war front . On July 1, 1940, he joined the NSDAP .
After the war he first worked as a craftsman in a saddlery and then as a business editor. In 1949 he returned to the Foreign Service in Bonn, initially as head of the language service. From 1950 he worked as a legation councilor at the Paris embassy, went to the legation in Stockholm in 1951 and returned to Bonn in 1952 as a lecturer in the legation . From 1956 to 1961 Overbeck was consul general and head of the German trade agency in Helsinki .
In 1963 the government of South Africa awarded Overbeck the Agrément as the ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Pretoria .
On October 2, 1968, the Irish President Éamon de Valera received Oberbeck to receive his letter of accreditation as ambassador.
From 1963 to 1969 Overbeck was ministerial conductor and deputy director in the cultural department of the Foreign Office.
literature
- Wilhelm Kosch : Biographical State Handbook. Lexicon of politics, press and journalism. Francke, Bern et al. 1963.
- Walther Killy , Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Saur, Munich et al. 1995–1999.
- Maria Keipert (Red.): Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871–1945. Published by the Foreign Office, Historical Service. Volume 3: Gerhard Keiper, Martin Kröger: L – R. Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-506-71842-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1996, 127/837.
- ^ Braunbuch , Braunbuch: Diplomats Ribbentrops in the Foreign Service Bonn ( Memento from October 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Yearbook for Foreign Policy. Brückenverlag, 1963, p. 110 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Bulletin of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government. 1968, p. 266 ( digitized version )
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Hans Ulrich Granow |
Ambassador of the German Federal Government in Pretoria 1961–1963 |
Werner Junker |
| Heinz Trützschler from Falkenstein |
Ambassador of the German Federal Government in Dublin from 1968 to 1971 |
Horst Groepper |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Overbeck, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Overbeck, Karl Kuno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German administrative lawyer and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stromberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd January 1972 |
| Place of death | Munich |