Paul Letocha

Paul Letocha (born January 17, 1834 in Radzionkau , Upper Silesia , † February 5, 1911 in Ziegenhals ) was a German lawyer and politician of the Center Party .

Paul Letocha

Life

Letocha studied in Wroclaw - where he also Corps Silesia Wroclaw was active - and Berlin law and a doctorate on Dr. jur. Later joined the Prussian judicial service. He performed his preparatory service in Ratibor , Breslau and Bromberg . He was district judge in Berlin from 1865 and in Storkow from 1873 . From 1882 he was a district judge in Berlin. His attempt to retire from the judicial service in 1899 failed because he was certified as fit for service. In 1903 he resigned from the civil service as a secret judge.

Politically, Letocha belonged to the Catholic Center Party and was one of the leading politicians of this party. Between 1882 and 1903 he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives and from 1884 to 1901 of the Reichstag . There he represented the constituency of the administrative district of Opole 6. He was involved in the drafting of the civil code . He was also a member of the Reich Debt Administration .

In addition to politics and work, he was a beekeeper . He was also politically active in the parliaments.

Individual evidence

↑ Bernhard Mann et al. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918. (= Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 243; for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 354-358.
^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1907. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd edition supplemented by an appendix. Addendum. The Reichstag election of 1907 (12th legislative period). Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1908, pp. 87-88.

literature

Eckhard Hansen, Florian Tennstedt (Eds.) U. a .: Biographical lexicon on the history of German social policy from 1871 to 1945 . Volume 1: Social politicians in the German Empire 1871 to 1918. Kassel University Press, Kassel 2010, ISBN 978-3-86219-038-6 , p. 96 f. ( Online , PDF; 2.2 MB).
Minutes of the Prussian State Ministry. Volume 8 / II, p. 581 ( digital copy ; PDF; 2.3 MB)
Horst Heinrich Jakobs, Werner Schubert: Materials on the history of the creation of the BGB: Introduction, biographies, materials. Walter de Gruyter, 1978, p. 120 ( partially digitized )
Irmgard Jung-Hoffmann: Paul Letocha. In: The new bee newspaper. 2/2004, p. 51f. ( Digitized version )

Web links

Commons : Paul Letocha - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Paul Letocha in the database of members of the Reichstag
Paul Letocha biography . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)

personal data
SURNAME	Letocha, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and politician (center), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	January 17, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH	Radzionkau , Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	February 5, 1911
Place of death	Goat neck

[1] Bernhard Mann et al. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918. (= Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 243; for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 354-358.

[2] Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1907. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd edition supplemented by an appendix. Addendum. The Reichstag election of 1907 (12th legislative period). Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1908, pp. 87-88.