Otto Sayn
Otto Sayn (born August 23, 1866 in Hachenburg , Duchy of Nassau , † March 22, 1935 in Berlin ) was a German judge .
Life
Sayn studied law at the Ludwig Maximilians University . In 1885 he was reciprocated in the Corps Suevia Munich . As an inactive he moved to the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . As a one-year volunteer , he served there in the Queen Augusta Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 4 . In 1888 he was sworn in to the sovereign. In 1897 he married Marie Krausser. The marriage resulted in a daughter and son Günther, who was a councilor in the Reich Ministry of Economics in the 1930s. In 1900 Sayn came to the Höchst District Court (Frankfurt am Main) as a district judge . He was appointed to the District Court Council in 1907. In the same year promoted to the Higher Regional Court Council , he was transferred to the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main in 1908, initially as an assistant judge . In 1914, at the age of 48, he volunteered for the German Army . He came to the Eastern Front in May 1915 as a captain in the Gardelandwehr and commanding a battalion . In the forefront, he made the German breakthrough at Łódź. He later became head of the central police station of the Commander in Chief East . In 1916 he was awarded the character of a Privy Councilor of Justice. In March 1920 he came to the Reichsgericht . He was in the IV. Civil Senate , VI. Criminal Senate and V. Criminal Senate active. He retired for health reasons in 1932 and lived in Berlin until his death. In his obituary for Sayn, Johannes Müller wrote in Unterwössen in September 1935 :
“From the appointed side, I learn that Sayn was a particular expert and specialist in“ Nassau private law ”, the land law of his homeland that was in force before 1900. For a long time he was generally considered to be the only expert in this difficult and ramified field and was asked for his opinion by courts and lawyers in numerous cases in which the earlier law was still important. ... As a Reich judge, Sayn also worked on the commentary by the Reich judges on the Civil Code, which was published by the members of the Reich Court and has always been particularly valued in practice. He worked on parts of the general part and essential parts of family law (matrimonial property law and kinship). He made the last corrections to the latest 8th edition a few months before his death. In the reviews of these publications, particular emphasis was placed on the in-depth and exhaustive coverage of the problems and the crystal clear presentation. To my great regret, Otto Sayn's and my path in life have rarely crossed since the activity; there were only brief meetings at foundation festivals. But in 1922 I was lucky enough to get to know Sayn at home. When I was preparing to attend the 100th anniversary of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors in Leipzig together with my son and corps brother Hans Karl, I received a friendly invitation from Sayn to be a guest at his house for the duration of the conference. At the time of scarcity of money and food, such an invitation meant true brotherly willingness to make sacrifices. I always think back with pleasure and gratefulness to these beautiful hours, in which Sayn's rich, amiable being revealed himself to me again. Otto Sayn was a noble man, an enthusiastic German, an excellent lawyer; he was one of Suevia's best sons. Honor his memory! "
Fonts
- The breeding of the surviving spouse according to the rights of the former Justice Senate Ehrenbreitstein and the law of the former Duchy of Nassau . Neuwied Berlin 1898 ( MPIER digitized version ).
- with Hermann Düssell: legal map of the higher regional court district of Frankfurt a. M. (excluding the Hohenzollern Lands) . Wiesbaden 1902.
- Nassau private law in its validity since January 1st, 1900 . Wiesbaden 1915.
Honors
Incomplete list
- Iron Cross 2nd and 1st class
literature
- Adolf Lobe : Fifty Years of the Reich Court on October 1, 1929 , Berlin 1929, p. 383.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Official directory of the staff of teachers, civil servants and students at the royal Bavarian Ludwig Maximillians University in Munich - winter semester 1886/87, Munich 1886, p. 77 ( PDF ).
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 114/962.
- ↑ Prof. Dr. Johannes Müller († 1950) was walking. Medical councilor and hospital director in Nuremberg. He is the father of Hans Karl Müller .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sayn, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Imperial Judge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hachenburg , Duchy of Nassau |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1935 |
| Place of death | Berlin |