Paul von Krause explained

Paul von Krause
Office:Member of the Prussian Parliament
Term Start:1889
Term End:1917
Term Start1:1921
Term End1:1923
Constituency1:Königsberg-Fischhausen
Office2:Vice President of the Prussian Parliament
Term Start2:1896
Term End2:1917
Office3:Secretary of Justice
Chancellor3:Georg Michaelis
Georg von Hertling
Max von Baden
Term Start3:7 August 1917
Term End3:13 February 1919
Predecessor3:Hermann Lisco
Successor3:Otto Landsberg
Office4:Member of the Prussian Constitutional Assembly
Term Start4:1919
Term End4:1921
Birth Date:4 April 1852
Birth Place:Karbowo, West Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
Death Place:Berlin, Weimar Germany
Party:National Liberal
Deutsche Volkspartei
Alma Mater:University of Leipzig
University of Heidelberg
Humboldt University of Berlin
Profession:lawyer

Paul George Christoph von Krause (4 April 1852 – 17 December 1923) was a German jurist and politician.

Biography

Paul von Krause was born Paul Krause in Karbowo (near Brodnica), West Prussia (modern Poland), he was ennobled ("von Krause") in 1913.[1] [2]

Krause studied law at the Universities of Leipzig, Heidelberg and Berlin and passed his doctorate in 1877 at the University of Göttingen. Since 1880 he worked as a lawyer, since 1887 also as a Notary, in Königsberg and Berlin.

From 1902 to 1909 Krause was a member of the board of the German bar association and Chairman of the Berlin bar association from 1905 to 1917. He was elected as a National Liberal member of the Prussian Parliament (Abgeordnetenhaus), representing the constituency of Königsberg-Fischhausen, in 1888 and became its Vice-President in 1896.[1] [2]

Krause was the Chairman of the German Association of inland navigation in 1904-1906 and became State Secretary of the Reichsjustizamt on 7 August 1917. He remained in this position throughout the German November Revolution and was replaced by Otto Landsberg on 13 February 1919.[1] [2]

Krause became a member of the Prussian Constitutional Assembly ("Preußische Landesversammlung") in 1919 and the Prussian Landtag in 1921, representing the Deutsche Volkspartei.[1] [2]

Krause died in Berlin, where a street ("Paul-Krause-Strasse") is named after him.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bundesarchiv.de/aktenreichskanzlei/1919-1933/0000/adr/adrhl/kap1_4/para2_244.html Biography
  2. http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz44964.html Biography
  3. http://berlin.kauperts.de/Strassen/Paul-Krause-Strasse-14129-Berlin street names of Berlin