William Oberlander

William Edmund Oberländer (born February 1, 1869 in Greiz ; † March 23, 1946 in Jena ) was a German lawyer and politician .

Life

Born as the son of a master builder and grandson of Martin Gotthard Oberländer , Oberländer studied political science and law in Jena and Munich after attending the Greizer grammar school . During his studies in 1889 he became a member of the Germania Jena fraternity . After his exams and legal clerkship , he worked as a lawyer and notary in Greiz from 1897 . From 1905 to 1908 he was a member of the Greizer municipal council . From 1906 to 1919 he was a member of parliament and from 1918 President of the Landtag in the Landtag of the Principality of Reuss older line . From 1918 to 1919 he was a member and chairman of the state government of the Free State of Reuss older line. In 1919 he was a member of the German State Committee . He also belonged to the state committee for the Principality of Reuss older line . After the two Reussian Free States were merged, he was Minister of the People's State of Reuss from 1919 to 1920 . From 1922 he worked as a public prosecutor at the Joint Thuringian Higher Regional Court in Jena. In 1929 he retired. As a left-wing liberal, he was part of the German Liberal Party at times, but was later non-party.

A commemorative plaque was placed on the house where he was born at Richtstrasse 22 in Greiz .

Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 4: M-Q. Winter, Heidelberg 2000, ISBN 3-8253-1118-X , pp. 233-234.

personal data
SURNAME	Oberlander, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Oberländer, William Edmund (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 1, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH	Greiz
DATE OF DEATH	March 23, 1946
Place of death	Jena