Otto Max Koebner

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Otto Max Köbner (born June 2, 1869 in Breslau ; † January 27, 1934 in Heidelberg ) was a German administrative lawyer and university professor.

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As the son of the secret medical councilor Heinrich Köbner , he studied law at the University of Berlin , where he also received his doctorate in 1891. jur. and in 1895 Dr. phil. received his doctorate . He then worked as a referendar , from 1897 as a court assessor and from 1898 as an unskilled worker in the Reichsmarineamt to deal with legal and economic matters in the Kiautschou protected area . From 1907 he worked as a lecturer at the central administration for the Kiautschou protected area and from 1915 as a war advisor in the Reich Ministry of the Interior. In 1902 he began teaching at the University's Oriental Seminary. After his habilitation as a private lecturer in 1905, he was appointed associate professor in 1908 and honorary professor for colonial law in 1917. As a young lawyer, he had already been involved in social work and welfare work by initiating, alongside Minna Cauer , the girls' and women's groups for social aid work in Berlin that took place on December 8, 1893 . Following on from this, in November 1919 he presented the first draft for a youth welfare law, which served as the working basis for the Reich Youth Welfare Act, which was passed in 1922 and entered into force in 1924 . In 1925 he took over the chair for foreign studies, foreign politics and colonial affairs at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Frankfurt , where he retired in 1933 for racist reasons. He was awarded the titles of Justice Council (1900), Admiralty Council (1901), Real Admiralty Council (1906) and Secret Upper Government Council (1920). He has also written several books on international politics.

He was married to Eva Liebermann (1879–1941). The marriage remained childless. His final resting place is in the south-west cemetery Stahnsdorf .

Fonts

  • The method of the last French soil assessment , A contribution to the cadastral problem, Jena 1889 (= political studies 3.2)
  • The measure of confiscation according to the Reich Criminal Code and the reprinting legislation , Altenburg 1891 (jur. Diss.)
  • German colonial legislation. Collection of laws, ordinances, decrees and international agreements relating to the German protected areas, with comments and subject index. 12 vol., Berlin 1893–1909 (co-author)
  • Méthode d'une statistique scientifique de la récidive comme base d'une réforme de la statistique criminelle. Berlin 1893 (Extrait de Bulletin de l'union internationale de droit penal)
  • The method of scientific relapse statistics as the basis for a reform of crime statistics , Berlin 1895 (phil. Diss.)
  • The organization of the administration of justice in the colonies , Berlin 1903
  • German colonial law . In: Encyclopedia of Law, Vol. 3, Berlin 1904, pp. 1077–1136
  • Les organes de législation des colonies allemandes . Brussels 1906
  • Introduction to colonial politics . Jena 1908
  • Shokumin seisaku . Tokyo 1913 [Introduction to Colonial Policy]
  • The international political training of the student , Cologne 1926
  • German colonial and cultural policy in China , lecture given at the German Colonial Congress, Dept. for Colonial Policy in Berlin on September 18, 1924, Berlin 1924
  • Welfare unemployed and municipalities , Berlin 1930. (= publications of the German Industry and Commerce Association)

literature

  • Association of Social Sciences and Economics University Lecturers, Stuttgart 1929, p. 127.
  • Johannes Asen: Complete directory of the teaching staff of the University of Berlin, Vol. 1, Leipzig 1955, p. 100.
  • Paul Arndt / Wilhelm Arntz u. a .: Foreign policy studies. Ceremony for Otto Köbner, Stuttgart 1930.
  • Regina Scheer : The Liebermanns. A family story. Berlin 2008.

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personal data
SURNAME Koebner, Max Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative lawyer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1934
Place of death Heidelberg