Wilhelm Giese (lawyer)

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Wilhelm Giese (born August 16, 1816 in Rostock ; † April 9, 1889 there ) was a German lawyer. From 1880 he was First Mayor of Rostock.

Life

Wilhelm Giese was the son of a lawyer. He attended high school in Rostock and then studied law at the University of Rostock , the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin and the Georg August University in Göttingen . In 1835 Giese became a member of the Corps Vandalia Rostock . After completing his doctorate, he settled in Rostock as a lawyer. He was elected councilor in 1853 and was director of the city's police department. From 1880 to 1889 he was mayor, later first mayor.

His sons also became lawyers:

  • Adolf Giese (1852–1923), Oberkirchenrat President of Schwerin
  • Otto Giese (1855–1904), Lord Mayor of Altona

literature

  • Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 3298 .
  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 2: F-H. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0809-X , p. 129.

Individual evidence

  1. See the entry of Wilhelm Giese's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. Kösener corps lists 1910, 185 , 396