Walter Ernst (Consistorial President)
Walter Friedemann Ernst (born March 5, 1857 in Gotha ; † January 17, 1928 in Eppstein ) was a German administrative lawyer . He was Consistorial President of the Evangelical Church in Nassau , a predecessor of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau .
Life
Ernst attended the Maria-Magdalenen-Gymnasium in Breslau and studied law at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and the Silesian Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität . He was a member of the Corps Rhenania Heidelberg and Borussia Breslau . After the legal traineeship and the doctorate to Dr. iur. he entered the administration of justice in 1878 . First he served as a one-year volunteer in Naumburg (Saale) . In 1883 he became assessor at the Higher Regional Court in Breslau , and in 1884 a local judge in Opole .
In 1887 he transferred to general state administration and in 1889 became a councilor at the Prussian settlement commission in Posen . In 1892 he came to the High Presidium of the Province of East Prussia . In Königsberg i. Pr. In 1897 he became director of the administrative court. In September 1899 he headed the consistory in Wiesbaden, the governing authority of the Protestant church in the former Duchy of Nassau , which had been part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau since 1866 . From 1900 he also headed the consistory of the Evangelical Regional Church in Frankfurt am Main in a part-time position .
During the First World War , Ernst was initially a captain of the Landwehr and a company commander in the replacement Landsturm battalion; At the instigation of the Ministry of Culture, however, a complaint was made again for his department. On the occasion of the centenary of the Nassau Union, the theological faculty of the Philipps University of Marburg awarded an honorary doctorate in 1917. He retired on July 1, 1919. In the spring of 1920 he moved to Eppstein.
Honors
- Dr. theol. hc from the University of Marburg
- Order of the Red Eagle III. Great with the bow and the crown
- Order of the Red Eagle II class with oak leaves
- Iron cross on a white ribbon
- Royal Crown Order (Prussia) 2nd class
- Really Go Senior consistorial councilor with the rank of councilors 1st class
literature
- Academische Monatshefte 21 (1904/05), p. 358
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 70 , 277; 18 , 574.
- ↑ a b c d e f Archives of the Corps Borussia Breslau
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ernst, Walter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ernst, Walter Friedemann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German administrative lawyer and President of the Consistory in Wiesbaden |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gotha |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 1928 |
| Place of death | Eppstein |