Max von Ruperti

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Max Fritz William von Ruperti (born April 19, 1872 in Grubno , West Prussia , † February 14, 1945 in Einbeck ) was a German administrative lawyer.

Life

After graduating from high school in Kulm , Ruperti studied law at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . In 1892 he became a member of the Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg (with Siegfried von Kardorff ) .

Silesia

After the exams and the legal clerkship , Ruperti entered the civil service of the Kingdom of Prussia . In 1908 he became district administrator of the Pleß district in Upper Silesia . During the First World War , the headquarters of the German and Austrian armies were housed in the castle of Prince Pless . Kaiser Wilhelm II admired Ruperti's wife and took over the sponsorship of his daughter Viktoria-Wilhelmine when he visited Pless in 1917 at the time of her baptism. When Pless came to the Second Polish Republic in 1922 , Ruperti moved to the government in Wroclaw as Vice President .

East Prussia

In 1924 he became president of the Olsztyn administrative district . One of his first official acts was the laying of the foundation stone for the Tannenberg monument . Adolf Hitler used the facility for Nazi propaganda early on . Ruperti forbade the NSDAP's appearance planned for 1932 because “it opposes the non-partisan character of the monument.” According to a report by the Völkischer Beobachter of April 21, 1932, “Hitler only laid down a wreath and paused for a few minutes in quiet remembrance with his dead Brothers ” . Hitler "reciprocated" by dismissing the 61-year-old Ruperti from his post immediately after the Reichstag election in March 1933 by telegram . Ruperti couldn't even say goodbye to the subordinate authorities. The dismissal was regretted on all sides: Ruperti's former Pleß district reminded of the "so tremendous work that had been done during the war" . The adult education center Jablonken invited Ruperti to the graduation ceremony of the winter course. The Bishop of Warmia “warmly” regretted the dismissal. From 1925 to 1933 von Ruperti represented Allenstein in the East Prussian provincial parliament .

Without holding a public office again, Ruperti later lived for a short time in Göttingen, like many expellees and refugees from East Prussia . He died in Einbeck Hospital.

family

In 1913 Ruperti married Irma von Schroeter (1892–1980) in Schyglowitz , who later held high honorary positions at the DRK . The two sons Justus-Carl called Juscar (1914–1943) and Hans-Jürgen (1917–1941) died in World War II . The daughter Viktoria married. v. Klencke was the war widowed mother of Lippold v. Klencke , the current owner of the Hämelschenburg . The other daughter, Maria-Dorothee, remained unmarried.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to the list of members of Saxo-Borussia
  2. ↑ Klaus von der Groeben: Administration and Politics 1918-33 using the example of East Prussia , p. 502.
  3. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 66/998.
  4. ↑ a b Jürgen Tietz: The Tannenberg National Monument . Berlin 1999, p. 89.
  5. ↑ Directory of members of the East Prussian Provincial Parliament (Korfmacher)
  6. ^ Hans-Jürgen Allert: The ban. Max von Ruperti 1872-1945 . Vom Riesenstein, semester report of the Corps Saxo-Borussia, No. 104, Heidelberg 2005
  7. ↑ a b family archive v. Klencke
personal data
SURNAME Ruperti, Max von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ruperti, Max Fritz William from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Grubno , West Prussia
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1945
Place of death Einbeck