Wilhelm Josten (District Administrator)

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Wilhelm ( Willy ) Abraham Josten (born June 29, 1879 in Elberfeld , † December 30, 1932 in Ludwigsfeld near Munich ) was a Prussian administrative lawyer and district administrator in the Simmern district (1920-1923 / 24).

Life

Josten studied law and began his professional career in 1902 as a court trainee, from 1909 as a government assessor and assistant at the district administrator in Hagen . From 1911 to 1912 he worked as an information provider for banks and in industry. From 1912 he worked as a consultant in Schleswig . From 1916 as a government councilor, from 1918 he was employed by the Upper President in Schleswig-Holstein. In 1920 Josten was appointed district administrator in the Simmern district. Josten was expelled by the French occupation authorities in 1923. From 1931 Josten was active as a senior government councilor in Cologne until he died in a hunt at the end of 1932.

From 1920 to 1922 Josten was a member of the Provincial Parliament (MdProvLT).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Horst Romeyk : The leading state and municipal administrative officials of the Rhine Province 1816–1945 (=  publications of the Society for Rhenish History . Volume 69 ). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-7585-4 , p. 559 .
  2. Reinhold Zilch , Bärbel Holtz (edit.): The protocols of the Prussian State Ministry 1817–1934 / 38. Vol. 12 / II. In: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): Acta Borussica . New episode. Olms-Weidmann , Hildesheim 2003, p. 603. ( Online ; PDF 2.2 MB).