Ludwig Osthelder
Ludwig Osthelder | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 29, 1877 |
| Died | February 9, 1954 |
| Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
| Known for | President of the governments of the Palatinate and Upper Bavaria |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Law, Public administration |
Ludwig Osthelder (29 November 1877 — 9 February 1954) was a Bavarian jurist, civil servant and entomologist.
Biography
Born in the Bavarian Palatinate, Ludwig Osthelder studied law in Munich and was a member of the student fraternity Akademischer Gesangverein München within the Sondershäuser Verband (SV).[1]
He entered the Bavarian civil service in 1905. In 1914–1915 he served in the First World War. In 1920 he was promoted to Oberregierungsrat (senior government councillor), and in 1923 appointed as Ministerialrat (ministerial councillor) responsible for legal affairs concerning public and vocational schools. In 1932 he became President of the Government of the Palatinate. With the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, he was placed into provisional retirement and returned to Munich. From 1943 he lived in Kochel.[2][3]
On 23 May 1945 he was appointed by Munich’s Lord Mayor Karl Scharnagl as President of the Government of Upper Bavaria, and this appointment was confirmed by the Allied Military Government on 24 May. He retired on 31 December 1948. Osthelder died in 1954 in Kochel am See.[2][3]
Between 1919/20 and 1922 Osthelder was a member of the Bavarian People's Party (BVP). From 1949 to 1951 he served as chairman of the Munich Entomological Society and also chaired the Association of Palatines in Right-Bank Bavaria, founded in Munich in 1949.[2][3]
Osthelder was the great-grandfather of Christian Freiherr von Mauchenheim gen. Bechtolsheim, an investment manager and ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.[2][3]
References
- ^ Sondershäuser Verband Deutscher Sängerverbindungen: A.H.-Anschriften-Buch. Mitglieder-Verzeichnisse sämtlicher A.H.-Verbände. Stand vom 15. April 1929. Munich 1929, p. 136.
- ^ a b c d Joachim Lilla: "Osthelder, Ludwig", in: idem, Staatsminister, leitende Verwaltungsbeamte und (NS-)Funktionsträger in Bayern 1918 bis 1945. Online (11 September 2012).
- ^ a b c d Karl-Ulrich Gelberg, "Ludwig Osthelder (1945–1948)", in: Stephan Deutinger, Karl-Ulrich Gelberg, and Michael Stephan (eds.): Die Regierungspräsidenten von Oberbayern im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. 2nd expanded edition, Munich 2010, pp. 255–264.