Otto Mayer (civil servant)
Otto Mayer (born November 17, 1890 in Strasbourg , † August 3, 1971 ) was a German ministerial official.
Career
Mayer was born on November 17, 1890 in Strasbourg and baptized as a Protestant. He was a citizen of Baden and Alsace-Lorraine. He attended the Protestant grammar school in Strasbourg and obtained his school leaving certificate on July 30, 1909. From November 1909 he studied law for two semesters at the University of Strasbourg , then went to the University of Munich for two semesters and returned to Strasbourg for another six semesters. On August 9, 1915, he was appointed trainee lawyer. With the work A legal comparison between giro and check transactions , he received his doctorate in 1916 at the high law and political science faculty of the Kaiser-Wilhelms-Universität Strasbourg under Hermann Rehm .
He entered the administration of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine . Later he worked in various offices in the state of Baden . After the formation of the state of Baden-Württemberg , he was transferred to the Baden-Württemberg State Ministry in 1952 , where he was the office director and head of the personnel department. In 1956 he retired.
Honors
- 1951: Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany
literature
- Alsatian climbers join forces. In: Strasbourg Latest News October 25, 1940, Volume 98, p. 10 .
- H. Zink: The beauty of the mountains in winter. In: Strasbourg Latest News December 21, 1943, episode 352, p. 5 .
- On the death of President Dr. Otto Mayer . In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten, No. 185, August 7, 1971
- Wolfgang Hilpert: “The Scharnke case is a political case.” The fate of the headmaster in the “Third Reich”. In: 225 years Fürstenberg-Gymnasium Donaueschingen. 100 years Abitur at the Fürstenberg-Gymnasium. Donaueschingen 2003, pp. 64-73 ( PDF , 560 KB).
Web links
- Frank Engehausen: Ministry officials as opinion snoopers: The official criminal proceedings against the Konstanz teacher Josef Hecht. In: History of the state ministries in Baden and Württemberg in the time of National Socialism. April 18, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2016 .
- Frank Engehausen: What to watch out for when singing the Horst Wessel song: The painful experience of a Baden administrative secretary. In: History of the state ministries in Baden and Württemberg in the time of National Socialism. June 1, 2016, accessed October 14, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 4, No. 2, January 4, 1952.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mayer, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ministerial official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strasbourg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd August 1971 |