Max Gutknecht
Max Gutknecht (born June 30, 1876 in Altenburg ; † January 3, 1935 in Berlin ) was a German administrative lawyer and politician.
Life
After graduating from high school Carolinum Bernburg , Gutknecht began to study law at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen . In 1896 he became active in the Corps Franconia Tübingen . In the same year he moved to the University of Leipzig and also joined the Corps Saxonia Leipzig . After graduating as Dr. iur. in Heidelberg he became a government trainee in Merseburg and later a government assessor in Dessau . From 1909 to 1918 he was district administrator for the Zerbst district . In the First World War he initially took part as Rittmeister of the reserve, but was soon appointed chairman of the Anhalt State Food Office.
Shortly before the end of the First World War, Gutknecht became State Minister of Anhalt on November 8, 1918, and headed the Gutknecht cabinet as Prime Minister . He had to resign on November 14, 1918, but remained house minister of the ducal house until 1927 and was its general representative in the dispute negotiations with the Free State of Anhalt . He then lived on his manor Priorau near Raguhn in the Bitterfeld district .
Gutknecht was chairman of the supervisory board of the worsted spinning mill Stöhr & Co.AG in Leipzig-Plagwitz , the Elberfelder Textilwerke AG in Elberfeld and the Ohligser linen and cotton weaving mill in Ohligs as well as deputy chairman of the supervisory board of the Anhaltisch-Dessauische Landesbank in Dessau.
He was also a member of the supervisory boards of Leipziger Wollkammerei in Leipzig , CF Solbrig Söhne AG in Chemnitz , Maatschappij voor Textilondernemigen in Amsterdam and Deutsche Bank und Disconto-Gesellschaft in Berlin.
Awards
- Iron Cross 2nd class
- House Order of Albrecht the Bear , Grand Cross
- Knight's insignia 1st class with swords of the House Order Albrecht the Bear
- Friedrich Cross
- Red Cross Medal (Prussia) 2nd class
- Order of Henry the Lion , Knight's Cross 1st class
literature
- Gutknecht, Max. In: Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 1: A-K. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, DNB 453960286 , pp. 619–620.
Web links
- Max Gutknecht at www.gedenkkultur-dessau-rosslau.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gutknecht, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German administrative lawyer, politician, manor owner and manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 3, 1935 |
| Place of death | Berlin |