Paul Siegel (lawyer)
Paul Siegel (born December 24, 1880 in Meiningen ; † May 30, 1961 in Juist ) was a German lawyer and notary . After 1945 he played a key role in the reconstruction of the Lower Saxony judiciary .
Life
After attending school, Siegel studied law. In 1904 he received his doctorate at the University of Göttingen Dr. jur. At the time of the German Empire , Paul Siegel settled as a lawyer in Hanover , where he was accepted into the Freemason's lodge Friedrich zum white horse on January 19, 1912 . After the First World War , at the time of the young Weimar Republic in 1921 , Siegel also became a notary who worked with Georg Lenzberg and Georg Lindenmann in a law firm . In 1922 Siegel was appointed to the board of directors of the local bar association , of which he eventually became vice-president . After the seizure of power by the Nazis , he had to give up his position in 1933 in the Bar Association, lost in 1938 eventually admitted to the bar.
After the Second World War , Paul Siegel took up the vice-presidency of the Bar Association again in 1945 with the approval of the British occupying power , and he was also involved in the rebuilding of Freemasonry in Hanover. In the still young Federal Republic of Germany , Siegel was awarded the Great Federal Cross of Merit in 1955 for his achievements in the reconstruction of the Lower Saxony judiciary .
A few years before his death, Paul Siegel was appointed deputy chairman of the Lower Saxony Court of Honor for Lawyers in 1959.
Further honors
- The Siegelweg , which was laid out in the Hanoverian district of Seelhorst in 1962 , posthumously honored the lawyer with its name.
Fonts
- The civil servants' liability to pay compensation for unlawful official acts , Meiningen 1904. (Dissertation)
Literature (selection)
- Hans Joachim Brand: Past Today , ed. von der Rechtsanwaltskammer Celle, Celle: Rechtsanwaltskammer, (2000, 2001, 2004?), ISBN 3-00-007147-4 , pp. 195–196.
- Klaus Mlynek : SIEGEL, Paul. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 334.
- Klaus Mlynek: Siegel, Paul. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 565.
References and comments
- ↑ a b c d e f g Klaus Mlynek: Siegel, Paul (see literature)
- ↑ a b Compare the information under the GND number of the German National Library .
- ↑ Note: Deviating from this, both the Hannoversche Biographische Lexikon , the Stadtlexikon Hannover (see literature) and Helmut Zimmermann's writing Die Straßenennamen… (see section Other honors ) name the city of Hanover as the place where Siegel died.
- ↑ sealing path in the address book of the city of Hanover from 1963
- ^ A b Siegfried Schildmacher, Winfried Brinkmann, Edzard Bakker, Peter Rosenstein (ed.): Dr. Paul Siegel . In Siegfried Schildmacher (Ed.): In the footsteps of the Freemasons - a walk through the streets of Hanover . Self-published, Hannover 2015, p. 126
- ↑ Helmut Zimmermann : sealing path. In: The street names of the state capital Hanover , Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hanover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 228
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Siegel, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and notary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Meiningen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 1961 |
| Place of death | Juist and Hanover |