Ludwig Mayr-Falkenberg

Ludwig Mayr , from 1941 Ludwig Mayr Falkenberg (born October 8, 1893 in Straubing , † April 18, 1962 in Obergünzburg ) was a German diplomat and administrative officer ( district administrator ). Among other things, he was Consul General in Genoa , High Commissioner of the Reich Government for the South Tyrolean resettlement during the Second World War and District Administrator of Marktoberdorf in the post-war period .

Life

Youth and education

In his youth Ludwig Mayr attended a grammar school in Straubing, where he passed his Abitur in July 1912. He then served from October 1, 1912 to September 30, 1913 as a one-year volunteer in the Bavarian Army . He studied from 1912 to 1914 and again from 1919 jurisprudence at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich . In 1913 he became active in the Corps Ratisbonia Munich .

After the outbreak of the First World War , Mayr rejoined the Bavarian Army, with which he fought against the Central Powers from August 4, 1914 to December 31, 1918 . In 1918 he was promoted to first lieutenant . After the end of the war he continued his studies. The first state examination he passed in June 1919. In the same year his doctorate he attended the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen for Dr. iur. with examination date of October 31, 1919.

From October 1919 Mayr was employed as part of his legal preparatory service in the Bavarian judicial and administrative service. He finally completed his training on October 13, 1921 with the passing of the second state law examination. He then worked from 1921 to 1923 as a lawyer in Straubing.

Career in the Foreign Service (1923 to 1945)

Mayr gave up the legal profession in 1923. Instead, he applied for the Foreign Service , in which he was finally enlisted on May 19, 1923 and in which he was to remain for twenty-two years. Mayr took up service in the Foreign Office on June 2, 1923. There he was first used as an attaché in Department IVa (Eastern Europe, Scandinavia) and completed the diplomatic preparatory service, which he completed on December 4, 1925 by passing the diplomatic-consular examination . He was fluent in Italian, Spanish, French and English.

On October 15, 1926, Mayr was assigned to the Consulate General in Posen as an employee with the official title of Vice Consul . He began his service there on October 22, 1926. He stayed there until May 4, 1927. On April 7, 1927, Mayr was transferred to the German embassy in Santiago in Chile as legation secretary (official promotion to May 21, 1927) , where he began his service on July 1, 1927. He stayed there until December 13, 1928.

On December 14, 1928, Mayr moved to the German embassy in Buenos Aires , where he had been transferred on September 17, 1928. He was employed there until March 15, 1931. This activity was interrupted by his appointment as acting head of the German legation in La Paz in Bolivia from May 1 to December 11, 1929.

On October 3, 1931, Mayr returned to the Foreign Office in Berlin , where he was employed in Department V (Law) and in Department Z (International Legal Protection; later renamed Department C). On February 22, 1934, he moved to Department I (Personnel and Administration), in which he was responsible for processing the subject areas “Elective Consuls and Experts” in Section H (Personnel Details of the Higher Service). He held this position for several years and was promoted to Legation Councilor on March 5, 1934 and to Legation Councilor 1st class on September 23, 1935.

Shortly after the National Socialists came to power in spring 1933, Mayr became a member of the NSDAP on May 1, 1933 . He also joined the Sturmabteilung (SA). As a member of the SA (probably: SA honorary rank leader), he also took part in official events such as diplomatic dinners and receptions, often wearing SA uniform. Mayr reached his highest rank in the SA on January 30, 1941 when he was promoted to SA Brigadefuhrer (position as Brigadführer z. B. V. [= for special use]).

In 1937, Mayr was initially assigned to the German Embassy in Rome as a lecturer in the Legation Council and then transferred to Genoa as Consul General . During this time he changed his name to Mayr-Falkenberg on September 27, 1941.

From October 1941 Mayr-Falkenberg held the office of High Commissioner of the Reich Government for the South Tyrolean resettlement in Bolzano - still with the rank of envoy . He took up service on November 5, 1941. He remained in this post until June 29, 1943.

On May 26, 1943, Mayr-Frankenberg was appointed representative of the Foreign Office to the German military commander for Belgium and northern France. In this capacity he was also in charge of the Foreign Office in Brussels . He actually took over the business on July 2, 1943. Mayr-Falkenberg retained the position of representative of the AA at the military commander for northern France until his office had to be evacuated on September 3, 1944 as a result of the Allied advance in northern France.

post war period

At the end of the Second World War, Mayr-Falkenberg was arrested by the Allies and interned in Brussels . His release from internment took place in October 1946. In the following years he ran a law firm in Augsburg . In 1950 Mayr-Falkenberg - who was probably a CSU member - became district administrator of the Marktoberdorf district in the Allgäu . He was also the honorary chairman of the Bavarian Red Cross .

Promotions

• May 21, 1927: Legation Secretary
• March 5, 1934: Legation Councilor
• September 23, 1935: Legation Councilor 1st class
• April 15, 1939: Consul General 1st class

Personal

Mayr-Falkenberg married Gutrun von Huller on July 27, 1939. The marriage had two daughters, Uta and Anne. According to the Who's Who , his leisure hobbies were music and hunting.

literature

• August Ludwig Degener: Who is who? , 1965, p. 985.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Historical Service: Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service , Vol. 3 (= L – R), 2008, p. 208.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 112 , 273
2. ↑ Bella Fromm reports such an incident in April 1934, cf. Fromm: When Hitler kissed my hand , 1994 p. 183.