Paul David Fischer

Paul David Fischer

Paul David Fischer (born June 2, 1836 in Berlin ; † March 13, 1920 in Berlin) was a German administrative lawyer, who played a major role in the establishment of the Reichspost and was chairman of the supervisory board of the Disconto-Gesellschaft .

Life

Fischer studied law at the universities of Berlin and Bonn . After his legal clerkship , he joined the Prussian postal administration. In 1867 he was appointed to the General Post Office of the North German Confederation and finally became Undersecretary of State in the Reich Post Office in 1895 . Fischer was one of the most important employees of State Secretary Heinrich von Stephan .

For this extensive construction activity, which Fischer significantly accompanied as legal advisor, Stephan, using the separation of the Post from the Prussian building administration, knew how to create his own organs both at the central office and at the provincial authorities. In the privy councilor August Kind , who was transferring from the mining administration to the post office at this time, he had found a competent, skilled and employed building consultant, both as an architect and as an administrative officer, to whom the provincial bodies employed as post construction advisors in a growing number of upper post offices and the local site managers accepted as required willingly added.

Paul David Fischer (plaque from Adolf von Hildebrand )

Stephan has been honorary chairman and Fischer syndic since the Electrotechnical Association in Berlin was founded in 1880 .

Paul David Fischer expected to be appointed successor to Heinrich von Stephans. When the emperor appointed a general postmaster, under whom Fischer did not want to work because he regarded him as a non-specialist, he decided to retire from the postal service. On January 1, 1898, he retired. In 1899, at the invitation of Adolph von Hansemann , he became a member of the Supervisory Board of Disconto-Gesellschaft and was its chairman from 1902 to 1920. During this time, the bank was also active in Schantung .

Works

• De Crimine Stellionatus . Abstract dissertation. Schade, Berlin 1859.
• Paul David Fischer et al .: Collection of pamphlets on the telegraph . 1867.
• The beginnings of German emigration to America . Published by F. Henschel, 1870.
• The English postal savings banks . 1871.
• The transport authorities of the German Reich (railways, post and telegraphy) , Duncker & Humblot, 1873;
• Telegraphy and international law . Duncker & Humblot, 1876.
• The German Post u. Telegraph legislation: text output with notes and subject index . J. Guttentag (D. Collin), 1876. ISBN 3111170225 / ISBN 9783111170220
• Frederick the Great and Education for the People : Lecture. 1877. ISBN 3-7340-0002-5 / ISBN 978-3-7340-0002-7 (reprint).
• From Italy: memories, studies and forays . 1879. ISBN 978-1-245-03435-7 (reprint).
• Post and telegraphy in world traffic: a sketch . F. Dümmler, 1879.
• The German Post and Telegraph Legislation: in addition to the Universal Postal Treaty and the International Telegraph Treaty . J. Guttentag, 1886. ISBN 3111266133 / ISBN 9783111266138
• The German Post and Telegraph Legislation along with the Universal Postal Treaty and the International Telegraph Treaty ; J. Guttentag, 1895
• Considerations of a German traveling in Germany . J. Springer, 1896, ISBN 978-3-662-35852-8 (reprint).
• Letters from Rome . 1898:
  • Letter I: Cosmopolis, Volume IX, January-February-March 1898 ; January; Page 237ff.
  • Letter II: Cosmopolis, Volume IX, January-February-March 1898 ; February; Page 557ff.
  • Letter III: Cosmopolis, Volume X, April-May-June 1898 ; April; Page 226ff.
  • Letter IV: Cosmopolis, Volume X, April-May-June 1898 ; May; Page 551ff.
• Italy and the Italians at the end of the nineteenth century . J. Springer, 1899.
• From modern Italy. Deutsche Rundschau, Volume 63, April - May - June 1890 ; Page 255ff.
• Italy and The Italians: Reflections and Studies on the Political, Economic and Social Conditions of Italy 2nd renewed edition of Italy and the Italians at the end of the nineteenth century. J. Springer, 1901. ISBN 978-3-642-93961-7 (print); ISBN 978-3-642-94361-4 (online).
• L'Italia e gli italiani: considerazioni e studi sulle condizioni politiche, economiche e sociali d'Italia . B. Seeber, 1904.
• Paul David Fischer, M. König: The German Post and Telegraph Legislation together with the Universal Postal Treaty and the International Telegraph Treaty . J. Guttentag; 1902
• Adolph von Hansemann . O. v. Holten, 1902.
• Travel impressions from Schantung : lecture, go to d. Dept. Berlin-Charlottenburg d. German colonial society. Reimer, 1902.
• Paul Fischer, Alfred Gaedertz, Paul Erich: Building history of the Schantung railway: together with four systems . Büttner, 1904.
• Alexander Schoeller . V. Holten, 1911.
• International communications and the war . Hirzel, Leipzig 1915, DNB 579819426 .
• Memories from my life . Springer, Berlin 1916, DNB 573098158 .
• Paul David Fischer, Erich Staedtler: The German postal and telegraph legislation . de Gruyter, 1929, ISBN 978-3-11-201813-2 (reprint)
• Italy among our enemies! ... . K. Siegismund, 1917, DNB 579819418 .

Web links

• CV at the Federal Archives

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Curriculum Vitae at the Historical Institute of Deutsche Bank. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
2. ↑ Memories from my life. , P. 184
3. ↑ See the meeting report of October 24, 1882, in: ETZ- Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift: Edition A., Volume 3, ed. from the Association of German Electrical Engineers, Elektrotechnischer Verein zu Berlin, Berlin 1882, pp. 393–399
4. ↑ Memories from my life. , Pp. 288/289
5. ↑ Travel impressions from Schantung : Lecture, go to d. Dept. Berlin-Charlottenburg d. German colonial society. Reimer, 1902.
6. ^ Paul Fischer, Alfred Gaedertz, Paul Erich: Building history of the Schantung railway: plus four systems . Büttner, 1904.