Robert von Förster

Robert Wilhelm Viktor Sigismund von Förster (born April 29, 1913 in Clausthal-Zellerfeld , † October 29, 1984 in Bonn ) was a German diplomat.

Life

Förster began to study law at the Georg-August University in Göttingen . He was active in the Corps Saxonia Göttingen from 1931 to Easter 1933 . He then studied at the German University in Prague , where he also joined the Corps Frankonia Prague . He finished his studies at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen . In 1936 he was awarded a Dr. iur. PhD . In March 1939 he passed the assessor exam. After a short time in the Foreign Office , he was drafted into the Army (Wehrmacht) . As a first lieutenant in the reserve , he was taken prisoner of war , from which he was released in 1946. He was first a judge in Syke and Verden (Aller) , then a lawyer and notary in Bremen . In 1953 he returned to the Foreign Service. From 1955 to 1959 he was at the embassy in Baghdad , afterwards personnel officer at the Bonn headquarters. From 1967 to 1973 he was ambassador in Lima , then in Bogotá until retirement . He spent his retirement in Bonn. He is buried in the Bad Godesberg Central Cemetery. He was married to Grethe born in 1950. Gynther-Nielsen.

Honors

• 1962: Great Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
• 1968: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
• 1973: Order of El Sol del Perú

Web links

• Literature by and about Robert von Förster in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 45/830; 121/134
2. ↑ Dissertation: Arbitration and reprisals .
3. ↑ Wolfgang von der Groeben : Directory of the members of the Corps Saxonia zu Göttingen 1844 to 2006 . Düsseldorf 2006
4. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)