Paul Priess

Paul Priess (also Paul Priess , born July 18, 1879 in Langendreer , † March 24, 1935 in Bochum ) was a German administrative lawyer and municipal official. He was Lord Mayor of Bielefeld for three years.

Life

The Prieß family of manufacturers came from the Wiehengebirge and was active in Langendreer when Prieß was born. Priess had four siblings.

Prieß spent his high school in Bonn . After graduating from high school, he studied law at the Eberhard Karls University from 1898 . On January 27, 1899, he was reciprocated in the Corps Rhenania Tübingen . When he was inactive , he moved to the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel . In 1901, he passed the first state examination at the Kiel Higher Regional Court. As a one-year volunteer , he served with the 2nd Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 32 in Meiningen, most recently as captain of the reserve. In 1904 he was promoted to Dr. iur. PhD . In 1907, after completing his legal clerkship, he passed the second state examination. He was an assistant judge at the Witten District Court and soon switched to the Essen administration . In 1911 he became an alderman in Bielefeld. During the First World War , Prieß served first in Belgium and later on the Eastern Front . He was wounded twice. Released from Russian captivity , Prieß was re-elected as an alderman in 1923. He developed into an important employee of his predecessor in the mayor's office, Rudolf Stapenhorst . He finally became his successor on April 1, 1932. Regarding his relationship to the National Socialist dictatorship, Fröhlich said that Prieß could not have been an open opponent of the new order, since otherwise he would hardly have remained in office. At the same time, he must have at least formally approved politically motivated dismissals. After an intestinal operation, he died in office in 1935, leaving behind a wife and two children. Prieß's successor was Fritz Budde .

Bielefeld Prießallee ⊙ is named after Paul Prieß . As a prisoner of war he met Elsa Brändström .

See also : History of the city leaders of Bielefeld

Individual evidence

1. ^ Paul Priess II (xx, x) , in: Die Tübinger Rhenanen, 5th edition (2002), p. 110
2. ^ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 128 , 466
3. ↑ Dissertation: The effect of the BGB on the statute of limitations for claims justified before it came into force .
4. ↑ The street naming practice in Westphalia and Lippe during National Socialism. Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, accessed on October 11, 2015 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Fröhlich, Martin: Piggyback to Bielefeld. 19 street names tell a story. Publisher Thomas P. Kiper. Bielefeld 2005, pp. 71-76