Paul Eyferth
Adolf Paul Eyferth (born June 25, 1872 in Wolfenbüttel , † October 8, 1956 in Bad Harzburg ) was a German politician, district administrator and mayor of Wolfenbüttel from 1917 to 1933 .
life and work
Paul Eyferth was the son of the Judicial Council born Adolph Eyferth. After high school at the Great School , he studied law at the universities of Munich , Leipzig , Heidelberg and Göttingen . After passing the second state examination , he worked as a lawyer from 1899 and as a notary in Wolfenbüttel from 1915 . In 1904, Eyferth was elected city councilor by third-class voters . In 1909 he became a member of the magistrate and in 1914 its head. In 1917, during the First World War , Eyferth was elected mayor of Wolfenbüttel “for life”.
After the " seizure of power ", Eyferth, who had refused to join the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) and hoist the swastika flag on the Wolfenbüttel town hall, was forced into retirement in 1933 by the National Socialists. During the time of the Second World War he worked again as a notary.
After the end of the war, Wolfenbüttel belonged to the British zone of occupation . Eyferth was appointed provisional Lord Mayor and District Administrator of Goslar by the British . From 1946 he was the first elected district administrator in the Wolfenbüttel district . In addition to his political offices, Eyferth also held numerous honorary posts. Among other things, he was a member of the Freemason lodge " Wilhelm zu den drei Säulen " in Wolfenbüttel , a member of the board of the bar association and chairman of the mayors' conference and the Braunschweig City Council .
Eyferth published his memoirs - omitting the time between 1933 and 1945 - in 1955 under the title "Tales and experiences in Wolfenbüttel from the last hundred years."
"Paul-Eyferth-Straße" in Wolfenbüttel is named in his honor.
literature
- Roger Reckewell: Eyferth, Adolf Paul. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 172 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Gerhard Schildt (ed.): The Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte. A region looking back over the millennia . 2nd Edition. Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2001, ISBN 3-930292-28-9 , pp. 1137 .
- ↑ History of the Lodge "Wilhelm on the Three Pillars"
- ↑ Review in: Braunschweigische Heimat 1956, Volume 42, Issue 3, p. 128.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eyferth, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eyferth, Adolf Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician, district administrator and mayor of Wolfenbüttel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolfenbüttel |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 1956 |
| Place of death | Bad Harzburg |