Leopold Regensburger

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Leopold Regensburger ( February 27, 1834 in Eppingen - January 22, 1900 in Karlsruhe ) was one of the most successful lawyers in Baden in the second half of the 19th century.

Childhood in Eppingen

Leopold Regensburger came from a long-established Jewish merchant family that can be traced back to Eppingen at the beginning of the 18th century. His grandfather Isaak Moses Regensburger (1745–1819) was head of the Eppingen Jewish community for many years .

Leopold Regensburger's father, Lemmle Regensburger (1780–1855), married Zierle (Cäcilie) nee Mayer (1804–1858) and had five children from this marriage in addition to the children from his first and second marriage. In addition to Leopold, the siblings Isaak (* August 4, 1822 - December 14, 1866), Zipora (* March 27, 1830 - March 20, 1833), Meier (* May 26, 1832 - April 23, 1833) and Clara (Klara) (born April 20, 1844 - July 16, 1911).

After attending the Schönborn-Gymnasium in Bruchsal until the end of the 10th grade, Leopold Regensburger continued his high school years at the Karlsruhe Lyceum , where he passed the school-leaving examination. He then studied at the law faculty of Heidelberg University .

His sister Clara wrote about him: But especially as far as Brother Leopold is concerned, father was right wrong. He had only agreed to let him study, as too weak and impractical for the commercial profession. (...) He made an income as a lawyer that no one in the Baden region had before him ...

Education and career

In 1858 Leopold was a legal trainee in Regensburg and from 1860 a trainee lawyer. In 1863 he got a job as a public prosecutor in Heidelberg and in 1867 was appointed court judge. On August 12, 1867, he married Friederike nee Hermann.

Transferred to Offenburg against his will in November 1867 , he resigned from the civil service and from 1868 settled as a lawyer in Heidelberg. Since there were more assignments for a lawyer in Mannheim , he moved to Mannheim in 1872.

He continued his career in 1880 as a lawyer at the Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court . In 1886 he was appointed fiscal attorney as the successor to Rudolf Kusel , Baden's first Jewish representative. Leopold Regensburger was considered one of the most talented and knowledgeable lawyers in Baden. In recognition of his achievements, he was awarded the Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion with Oak Leaves. He became known to the public as a representative of the tax authorities in a tax process with the Prince of Fürstenberg .

Leopold Regensburger died on January 22, 1900 in Karlsruhe as a result of a stroke.

In 1995 the city of Eppingen named a street in the new development area Hellberg after Leopold Regensburger .

swell

  • General State Archives Karlsruhe: No. 76/6064 and 76/9797 (personal files)

literature

  • Article by Dr. Weill (lawyer in Karlsruhe) in: Badische Biographien , 5th part 1891–1901, ed. von Weech and A. Krieger, Heidelberg 1906, pp. 653–654.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reinhard Hauke ​​(ed.): Jewish childhood in Eppingen in the middle of the 19th century. The memories of Clara Geissmar geb. Regensburg . In: Rund um den Ottilienberg , Volume 3. Eppingen 1985, p. 246
personal data
SURNAME Regensburg, Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lawyer in Baden
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Eppingen
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1900
Place of death Karlsruhe