Otto Karl von Oehlschläger (16 May 1831 – 14 January 1904) was a German

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and

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Biography

Oehlschläger was born Otto Oehlschläger in Gut Heiligenwalde (modern Święty Gaj, Poland), he was ennobled ("von Oehlschäger") in 1888. Oehlschläger studied law at the

University of Königsberg The University of Königsberg (german: Albertus-Universität Königsberg) was the university of Königsberg in East Prussia. It was founded in 1544 as the world's second Protestant academy (after the University of Marburg) by Duke Albert of Pruss ...

, passed his final exam in 1858 and worked as a judge at Danzig (Gdańsk), Schwetz (Świecie) and Löbau (Lubawa). In 1864 he became a prosecutor at Marienwerder (modern Kwidzyn) and in

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in 1870. In 1874 he was removed to the Prussian ministry of Justice in

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. Since 1879 he was the

Prussian Army The Royal Prussian Army (1701–1919, german: Königlich Preußische Armee) served as the army of the Kingdom of Prussia. It became vital to the development of Brandenburg-Prussia as a European power. The Prussian Army had its roots in the co ...

's "Generalauditeur", as such responsible for reforms of the military penal law. In 1883 he became a member of the

Prussian House of Lords The Prussian House of Lords (german: Preußisches Herrenhaus) in Berlin was the upper house of the Landtag of Prussia (german: Preußischer Landtag), the parliament of Prussia from 1850 to 1918. Together with the lower house, the House of Rep ...

and legal advisor of the Prussian crown, in 1884 a member of the Prussian Staatsrat and President of Berlin's

Kammergericht The Kammergericht (KG) is the '' Oberlandesgericht'', the highest state court, for the city-state of Berlin, Germany. As an ordinary court according to the German Courts Constitution Act (''Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz''), it deals with crimina ...

on 1 January 1885. In 1889 he became Secretary of State of the Reichsjustizamt and followed Eduard von Simson as President of the Reichsgericht in 1891. He remained in this position until his retirement in 1903. Oehlschläger died in Berlin in 1904.

References

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