Carl von Halfern

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Carl von Halfern
Regierungspräsident
Hildesheim
In office
1 October 1922 – 1 April 1927
Preceded byWilhelm Kutscher
Succeeded byLeopold Höhnen [de]
Personal details
Born8 April 1873
Rittmeister
Unit5th (Westphalian) Uhlan Regiment
AwardsIron Cross, 2nd class

Carl (or Karl) Heinrich Gustav Julius von Halfern (8 April 1873 – 20 October 1937) was a German administrative lawyer. He was the district administrator of the Saarbrücken district (1916–19), the Regional President of Hildesheim (1922–27) and of Stettin (1927–30) and Oberpräsident of the Prussian Province of Pomerania (1930–33). A member of the German People's Party, he was removed as Oberpräsident shortly after the Nazi Party came into power.

Early life

Born in

Rittmeister of reserves.[4]

Halfern obtained an entry level legal position with the Prussian civil service at the

Regierungspräsident (Regional President) of Münster.[1][3]

Political career

From July 1909 to June 1916 Halfern was the Landrat (District Administrator) in the

First World War and the conclusion of the Treaty of Versailles, Halfern was given the title of Administrative President for the French-occupied Territory of the Saar Basin by the Prussian Interior Minister on 2 October 1919. However on 9 December, the French military administration removed him from office and expelled him from the Saar Territory.[1]

During the Weimar Republic, Halfern joined the German People's Party (DVP) in 1920 and remained a member until the party was disbanded in July 1933. In February 1920 he was appointed Ministerialrat (Ministerial Councilor) on the Privy Finance Council in the Prussian Ministry of Finance and served as general advisor for the implementation of the peace treaty. On 1 October 1922, Halfern succeeded Wilhelm Kutscher as Regierungspräsident in the Hildesheim Regional District, serving until 1 April 1927. He was then transferred to the same post in the Stettin Regional District where he remained until 1 April 1930. In June 1930 he was appointed Oberpräsident of the Province of Pomerania. He was also a member of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society.[3][4]

After the

Minister president Hermann Göring. However, soon he was placed on leave of absence from his post in Pomerania and formally retired on 1 October 1933. However, he continued to sit as a member of the State Council and was also given a seat on the State Debt Committee in Berlin, holding both these positions until his death on 20 October 1937.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Karl von Halfern entry in Saarland Biographie
  2. ^ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 100, 372.
  3. ^ a b c d Lilla 2005, p. 209.
  4. ^ a b Carl von Halfern entry, page 168 in Das Deutsche Führerlexikon 1934-1935

Sources

  • Carl von Halfern entry in Das Deutsche Führerlexikon 1934-1935
  • Karl von Halfern entry in Saarland Biographie
  • Lilla, Joachim (2005). Der Prußische Staatsrat 1921–1933: Ein biographisches Handbuch. Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag.
    ISBN 978-3-770-05271-4
    .
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