Paul von Herrmann

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Siegfried Paul von Herrmann (born May 1, 1857 in Berlin ; † January 4, 1921 there ) was a German lawyer. From 1914 to 1921 he was President of the Prussian Higher Administrative Court .

Paul von Herrmann was a son of the Jewish businessman and Reichsbank agent Magnus Herrmann (1817-1894) and Mathilde, née. Friedländer (1824–1902). In 1884, after studying law, doing military service as a one-year volunteer and completing his legal clerkship, he converted to Protestantism at the Zionskirche in Berlin . The godparents were the bankers Robert Mendelssohn and Robert Warschauer and the art historian Bruno Güterbock . Herrmann then worked in the Prussian judicial service from 1884 to 1887, then as an independent lawyer. In 1898 he joined the Society of Friends . In 1900 he switched to the service of the Prussian Ministry of the Interior, and in 1907 he was raised to the hereditary nobility. In March 1914 Paul von Herrmann was appointed President of the Prussian Higher Administrative Court and worked in this position until his death.

On March 14, 1888, Paul Herrmann married Marie Passini (1865–1954), a daughter of the painter Ludwig Passini , granddaughter of the banker Robert Warschauer and great-granddaughter of the banker Alexander Mendelssohn . The couple had three sons and a daughter.

Paul von Herrmann's grave has been preserved and is located next to that of his father-in-law in the Jerusalem and New Cemetery I in front of the Hallesches Tor .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan Naas: The emergence of the Prussian Police Administration Act of 1931. A contribution to the history of police law in the Weimar Republic . Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2003. ISBN 3-16-148120-8 . P. 53. ( limited preview with Google Book Search ).
  2. ↑ GStA PK , I. HA, Rep. 176, No. 3859.
  3. ↑ LAB , P Rep. 800, No. 154.
personal data
SURNAME Herrmann, Paul from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herrmann, Paul Siegfried from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer; President of the Prussian Higher Administrative Court
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 1921
Place of death Berlin