Theodor Oppenhoff

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Theodor Franz Oppenhoff (born January 7, 1820 in Mülheim am Rhein , † December 2, 1899 in Aachen ) was a German district court president and secret senior judicial officer .

Live and act

The son of the district court president in Kleve , Karl Joseph Oppenhoff (1779-1843) and grandson of the Kurkölnischen procurator and Bonn notary Theodor Oppenhoff († 1804) graduated from the Klevener high school until 1838. Like his older brother Friedrich Christian Oppenhoff (1811–1875), he then studied law in Bonn and from 1840 in Berlin . At the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , in addition to the basic subjects, he also studied history of the 19th century with Johann Wilhelm Löbell , German law and antiquity with Ferdinand Walter , cultural history of the Middle Ages with Karl Dietrich Hüllmann and German imperial history with Maximilian von Gagern . In Berlin he was interested in Jacob Grimm's German antiquities and Leopold von Ranke's modern history . In 1841 he passed the examen pro auscultatura with “good” and on May 20, 1849 was appointed court trainee.

On June 8, 1846, Oppenhoff passed the great state examination with "very good" and was then taken on as an assessor at the Aachen Regional Court, which had existed since 1820 . One of his main tasks here was the handling of the new penal code for the Prussian states , which was introduced in 1851. He was appointed state procurator on July 31, 1850 and senior procurator on August 6, 1868. Oppenhoff was the first public prosecutor to experience the entry into force of the Reich justice laws on October 1, 1879. On March 3, 1884, Oppenhoff was appointed to succeed Jacob Scherer , President of the District Court , after he had previously rejected an offer for a position as President of the District Court in Düsseldorf in 1879. Theodor Franz Oppenhoff retired on February 1, 1895.

In addition, from June 1, 1863 to autumn 1897, he held the office of legal advisor at the Aachen Kommandite of the Prussian Bank and the Reichsbarikstelle.

In addition to his professional activity, Oppenhoff's literary work took a special place as a collaborator in the Trier Annals since 1855. In 1863 he published his commentary on the Prussian laws on the departmental relationships between the courts and the administrative authorities in Prussia , which was reissued in 1904 by his son Joseph Oppenhoff . Oppenhoff's essays were repeatedly published in the Zeitschrift für Bergrecht , from which his 1870 commentary on the General Mining Law for the Prussian States resulted.

From the estate of his eldest son and trainee lawyer , Karl Oppenhoff, who died in 1881 from kidney disease, he published the criminal justice system of the Aachen Schoffenstuhl from 1657 in the journal of the Aachen History Association, ZAGV Volume VI, 1884.

In addition, he was interested in linguistic studies and research into Aachen's history. Oppenhoff was often involved in voluntary work in this regard, including as a board member of the Karlsverein for the restoration of the Aachen Minster , since 1859 as a member of the historical association for the Lower Rhine , since 1878 as a member of the Aachen Museum Association and as chairman of the archaeological association. Its weekly meetings took place in the Hotel Bellevue. In the winter of 1878, the members made the decision to found the Aachen History Association , which took effect on May 27, 1879. Oppenhoff was also elected a board member until 1899.

family

Theodor Oppenhoff was married to Fanny Tobias (1838–1870), daughter of the secret medical councilor Dr. Tobias in Trier. Three of his children died before him. One of his sons, Fritz (Friedrich) Maria Oppenhoff (* 1865) also became president of the regional court and was the father of Walter Oppenhoff , who became one of the first German lawyers with an international focus and a pioneer in the development of supra-local law firms in Germany.

Another son, Joseph Oppenhoff (1868–1958), succeeded his brother Fritz (Friedrich) Maria in 1922 as President of the Regional Court in Aachen.

Another son, Franz Oppenhoff (1860–1920), became a school councilor. His son Franz Oppenhoff (1902–1945) was appointed mayor after the American takeover of Aachen in October 1944, but was shot only a few months later in March 1945 by an SS or air force command.

Theodor Oppenhoff found his final resting place in the family crypt in Aachen's Ostfriedhof .

Honors and medals

Fonts (selection)

  • The Prussian laws on the departmental relationships between the courts and the administrative authorities , Reimer, 1863
  • The General Mining Act for the Prussian States: constantly comparing its text with that of the Brunswick, Meiningen, Gotha and Bavarian Mining Act , Reimer, 1870
  • Theodor Oppenhoff and Friedrich Christian Oppenhoff: The Criminal Code for the German Empire: In addition to d. Introductory Laws v. May 31, 1870 ad introductory laws f. Alsace-Lorraine v. Aug. 30, 1871 , Reimer, 1891
  • The Aachener Sternzunft , in: Zeitschrift des Aachener Geschichtsverein (ZAachenerGV) 15, 1893, pp. 236–326
  • Addendum to: Die Aachener Sternzunft , in: Zeitschrift des Aachener Geschichtsverein (ZAachenerGV) 18, 1896, pp. 337–349

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Other members: Dr. Savelsberg, Dr. Wings, Dr. Strater, Dr. Franz Bock , Dr. Laurenz Lersch , President of the Vossen Chamber, Dr. Debey, archivist Josef Laurent , painter Friedrich Thomas , rector Fey, architect Carl Rhoen , Dr. B. Jungbluth, privy councilor Ludwig Pelzer u. a.
  2. ^ Ingeborg Schild , Elisabeth Janssen: The Aachen East Cemetery. Mayer, Aachen 1991, pp. 536f.
  3. ↑ In 1925 it belonged to the Aachen Millennium Exhibition. Property of the Aachen Regional Court. Official guide through the historic millennium exhibition in Aachen May to August 1925. La Ruelle , Aachen, 1925, p. 178.
personal data
SURNAME Oppenhoff, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oppenhoff, Theodor Franz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German district court president and secret senior justice council
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Mülheim am Rhein
DATE OF DEATH December 2, 1899
Place of death Aachen