Vitus Ritter von Hertel
Vitus Ritter von Hertel (born November 6, 1863 in Würzburg , † March 12, 1947 in Sulzbrunn ) was a German ministerial official and railroad worker .
Life and work
After graduating from high school in 1882 , Hertel, who came from a Catholic family, initially served as a one-year volunteer in the 9th Infantry Regiment "Wrede" of the Bavarian Army . He then studied at the University of Würzburg Law . In 1889 he successfully passed the assessor examination. As a “certified legal intern” he joined the Royal Bavarian State Railways on August 11, 1890 at the Würzburg Railway Authority . First he was on duty in Heidingsfeld , then from November 1890 in the Neustadt an der Aisch railway office , and from the following year in Würzburg. In August 1901 he moved to the general management of the Bavarian State Railways in Munich , where he was promoted to government councilor in 1903 .
From January 1904 he served in the State Ministry for Transport Affairs, newly founded under Heinrich von Frauendorfer , the forerunner of today's Bavarian State Ministry for Economics and Media, Energy and Technology . Since 1907 Ministerialrat , Hertel became President of the new Railway Directorate Augsburg on January 1st, 1908 . He held this position after the transfer of the Bavarian State Railways to the Deutsche Reichsbahn founded in 1920 . Hertel served as president of what was now the Reichsbahndirektion Augsburg until March 1924 and then left active service for temporary retirement . He finally left the service on March 1, 1929. Since September 1924, as a representative of Bavaria, he was a member of the influential board of directors of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft, newly founded as a result of the Dawes Plan . In 1932 he received his doctorate in Würzburg on the subject of "Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft and Police".
After the " seizure of power " by the NSDAP , the management level of the Reichsbahn tried to secure the internal autonomy of the Reichsbahn against the new rulers. In return, she was ready to take over and support the implementation of National Socialist policy in the Reichsbahn itself. General director Julius Dorpmüller also readily made posts available for " old fighters " in order to secure his position. The administrative board of the Reichsbahn was also adapted to the wishes of the new government. Hertel, who was considered too old and a Bavarian particularist , was pressured by the new Bavarian government under Ludwig Siebert to vacate his position on the board of directors. He complied with this pressure on July 6, 1933. His place was taken over by SA leader Rolf Reiner , head of the "leadership staff of the NSDAP at the Reichsbahn".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred C. Mierzejewski: The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich. A History of the German National Railway, Volume 2, 1933-1945 , The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill and London, 2000, ISBN 0-8078-2574-3 , p. 8th
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hertel, Vitus Ritter von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German administrative officer and railway president |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wurzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1947 |
| Place of death | Sulzbrunn |