Wilhelm Dornseiff

Wilhelm Dornseiff (born October 12, 1843 in Holzhausen, † August 24, 1933 in Darmstadt ) was a German tax officer and politician .

Life

Born the son of a pastor, Dornseiff studied camera science in Giessen . During his studies in 1861 he became a member of the Gießen fraternity Germania . He became a financial accessist in Holzhausen, in 1872 a main customs office assistant at the main customs office in Worms and in 1873 at the main tax office in Mainz . There he became auditor in 1879, house tax office auditor in 1882 and financial assessor in 1885. In 1892 he became senior tax inspector at the main tax office in Darmstadt. In 1894 he became a lecturer council with the title of senior tax council in the Ministry of Finance and later the secret tax council . He was deputy authorized representative to the Federal Council . In 1919 he retired.

Honors

• Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous , Knight's Cross 1st Class
• Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous, crown to the Cross of Honor
• Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous, Commander's Cross 2nd Class
• Order of Ludewig , Knight's Cross 1st class

literature

• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 1: A-E. Heidelberg 1996, p. 217.