Wilhelm Unger (judge)

Wilhelm Unger , because of the identical names of grandfather, father and son also Wilhelm III. Unger (born March 8, 1849 in Lenzerwische , † January 29, 1910 in Threna ; full name: Wilhelm Heinrich Karl Alfons Unger ) was a German lawyer .

Life

Wilhelm Unger was born as the son of the farmer, landlord and photographer Wilhelm (II.) Unger (1821–1887) and his wife Maria, b. Lehste (1827–1869) born. He was the grandson of the ducal Mecklenburg-Strelitz court painter Wilhelm (I) Unger (1775–1855) and descendant of the extensive family of painters Tischbein from Haina in the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel .

After his legal training Unger was sworn in to the Prussian sovereign in 1872. In 1877 he became a public prosecutor's assistant, in 1879 a public prosecutor, and in 1893 first prosecutor. Berlin and Prenzlau are named as places of activity for this time. In 1900 he came to the Imperial Court in Leipzig. He was active in the Second Criminal Senate as a Reich judge. He retired in 1909.

Wilhelm Unger was married to Helene von Sassen (1851–1935) since 1877. The ancient orientalist Eckhard Unger (1884–1966) was his son.

literature

• Eckhard Unger: Wilhelm Unger 1775–1855, nephew of Wilhelm Tischbein, court painter and professor in Neustrelitz . Series of essays in 9 parts. - In: The Carolinum. Leaves for culture and home. Göttingen, 1961–1965. [Mainly about the father. in Vol. 27 (1961), 34, pp. 17ff .; including numerous family letters to him as an edition, 1868-1881, in vol. 28 (1962/63), 36, pp. 39–50.]
• Adolf Lobe: Fifty Years of the Reichsgericht on October 1, 1929. Berlin 1929, p. 369 ( digitized version ).