Rudolph Beckh

Rudolph Beckh (born November 19, 1860 in Nuremberg , † April 30, 1919 in Augsburg ) was a Munich police chief .

Life

Rudolph Beckh studied law in Erlangen , Berlin and Munich . During his studies in 1879 he became a member of the Germania Erlangen fraternity . In 1886 he went bankrupt, after which he was hired on February 1, 1887 as a certified legal intern at the government of Middle Franconia . After a year, he was promoted to District Office Assessor in Neustadt an der Aisch on February 1, 1888, also in Ansbach on July 1, 1895, and then on July 16, 1896, Government Assessor at the Upper Palatinate Government , Chamber of the Interior (KdI). On October 1, 1898, he became district administrator in Höchstadt an der Aisch , and on April 16, 1901, he became a councilor in the government of Upper Franconia , Chamber of the Interior.

On March 1, 1909, he was transferred to the government of Upper Bavaria, Chamber of the Interior, at his own request , and was appointed officer on March 7, 1910. On January 1, 1911, he became a public prosecutor at the Administrative Court in Munich . From 1914 to 1916 he was used in the 19th Infantry Regiment during World War I.

On October 19, 1916, Munich police chief Ludwig von Grundherr zu Altenhan und Weyerhaus died after a brief illness. Beckh was a major at the time and was in command of a fighting Landwehr battalion. On November 16, 1916 he was appointed President of the Munich Police Department .

At the end of January 1918 there was a January strike throughout the German Reich . On January 28, 1918, around 20,000 people gathered in Munich. Since December 7, 1916, Kurt Eisner has been reading weekly at the Zum golden Anker inn from the work of Johann Wilhelm Muehlon ; on February 3, 1918, he was arrested on charges of treason.

On August 14, 1918, women who protested against the First World War gathered at Marienplatz in Munich . On August 15, 1918, the Munich Police Department wrote the following report:

“On August 14, 1918, at 3/4 3 p.m., smaller groups of women formed at Marienplatz, and shortly after 3 a.m. they steadily increased in strength. Police major Ludwig Schroll immediately went to the guard on Gruftstrasse and agreed with Oberwachtmeister Mair, with the reinforcement of 10 men already present in Gruftstrasse, as well as the team from the Hauptwache to prevent further gatherings with courtesy, but also decisively. The team, however, did not achieve any radical success, which caused the police major to withdraw them except for a few posts and to reinforce the guard on Gruftstrasse and the police main guard with an alarm device up to 50 men each. In addition, the mounted protection team was provided. The orders had hardly been made when the report came in from Marienplatz that a train for the government or the residence had set in motion. Part of the crew that was still available was immediately assigned to escort the train that made its way to the K. government building. The necessary arrangements were made to monitor the K. Residence and the entrances to the K. State Ministry of the Interior . The police major then went to the police headquarters to discuss further measures with the presidium. On the way there took place a meeting with Oberregierungsrat Josef Zetlmeier (* 1869, † 1941), security advisor to the interior minister Friedrich von Brettreich , who after a brief report from the police major gave the instructions that those gathered in front of the K. government with all required To dissipate emphasis. The mounted crew was then set off on Kanalstrasse - Museumsstrasse to the K. government. The crossing of Maximilianstrasse took place at a step; Part of the team was given the task of preventing any formation of a train through Maximilianstrasse into town, while Major Schroll gave the other part the order to march along the government to the east, which of course took place at a trot. The crowd, which had grown to around 3-400 people, was pushed out of town. After particularly stubborn people got stuck at the monuments and in the grounds and numerous children, who generally viewed the matter as a joke, were still hanging around, individual places had to be ridden repeatedly. "

- August 15, 1918, Munich Police Department

With his renunciation of the throne Ludwig III gave birth . on November 9, 1918 also the officers of the police department of their loyalty oath. Police President Rudolf von Beckh was one of the first board members to make themselves available to the Workers 'and Soldiers' Council . The Eisner cabinet advised how to deal with the awkward officials. Edgar Jaffé drew attention to the burden of retirement claims. Kurt Eisner applied for Beckh to be arrested. It was decided to remove Rudolf von Beckh from his position first. On January 1, 1919 he was appointed government director and director of the Chamber of the Interior in the government of Swabia , deputy of Paul von Praun (born August 3, 1858 in Schillingsfürst ; February 16, 1937 in Munich) as regional president in Augsburg, where he was appointed on The end of the Munich Soviet Republic was tragically killed.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Beckh, Rudolf. In: Munich Digitization Center . Retrieved January 7, 2015 . 
2. ^ Hugo Böttger (ed.): Directory of the old fraternity members according to the status of the winter semester 1911/12. Berlin 1912, p. 12.
3. ↑ Josef Zetlmeier
4. ↑ Praun, Paul Ritter von, Jurist Official . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 8 : Poethen – Schlueter . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-094025-1 , p. 57 ( books.google.de - limited preview).
5. ↑ Josef Falter: Chronicle of the police headquarters in Munich. P. 40.

predecessor	Office	successor
Ludwig von Grundherr zu Altenthann and Weyerhaus	Munich Police President November 16, 1916 to November 10, 1918	Josef Staimer