Robert Mayr-Harting

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Robert Mayr-Harting

Robert Ritter von Mayr-Harting (until 1907 von Mayr , since 1920 without title of nobility) (born September 13, 1874 in Aspern , † March 12, 1948 in Prague ) was an Austrian and, after the First World War, Czechoslovak legal scholar. In the First Czechoslovak Republic he was one of the leading politicians of the German Christian Social People's Party . In the interwar period he was Minister of Justice from 1926 to 1929.

Live and act

Robert Mayr-Harting came from a Tyrolean family of civil servants and officers. His father Anton Franz was an actor. He attended the Schottengymnasium in Vienna . He then studied law at the University of Vienna . After a study trip to Leipzig , he joined the legislative section of the Ministry of Justice in Vienna. In 1901 he received his habilitation .

In 1905 Mayr-Harting went to the Franz Joseph University of Czernowitz as an associate professor , which appointed him to the chair in 1908 .

In 1909 he moved to Karl Ferdinand University for almost 30 years . In Prague he edited collections of laws on civil law , some of which were commented on . He also published a seven-volume history of Roman law in 1912/13 . In 1913/14 and 1930/31 he was Dean of the Faculty of Law. In 1921/22 he was rector of the German university. From 1921 he was also one of the co-editors of the Prague legal journal . Mayr-Harting was a full member of the German Society for Science and Art in the ČSR . In 1931 he became President of the Permanent Representation of the German Lawyers' Association in the ČSR . He was also a member of the German League for the League of Nations and International Understanding .

politics

Immediately after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic, he pleaded for the German-speaking population to be actively involved in the new state. As an expert, he was a member of various government commissions.

In the summer of 1919, together with Karl Hilgenreiner , he designed the program of the German Christian Social People's Party. Until the end of the party in 1938 he belonged to the inner circle of leaders. He always advocated an attitude loyal to the state.

From 1920 to 1925 he was a senator. Then he was a member of parliament until 1938. He also advocated cooperation with the Czech parties in the German parliamentary working group , which also included members of other parties. Mayr-Harting was in contact with President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and was one of the members of his politically influential Burg district.

Mayr-Harting was Minister of Justice from 1926 to 1929. Among other things, he campaigned for the recognition of the German language in court. Although the Christian Social Party was no longer in government after 1929, he continued to campaign for its support. He refused to work with Konrad Henlein's party, which was growing in importance .

In the National Socialist Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia he lived secluded in Prague. After the re-establishment of the ČSR , he was able to continue living in Prague on the intercession of President Edvard Beneš .

Individual evidence

  1. Rector's speech (HKM)

literature