Wilhelm Friedrich Paul Hubert Lamey (2 March 1854 – 14 August 1910) was a

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in the

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civil service.

Family

Born in

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...

, Lamey was the son of (27 July 1816 – 14 January 1896),

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and

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, and Maria Katharina ''née'' Dyckerhoff. Lamey married Karolina Mathilde Olga ''née'' Pierson of Balmadis (21 March 1866 - 29 August 1943), daughter of Waldemar Pierson and Anna Sophia ''née'' Weltzien on 4 July 1888 in

Gaggenau Gaggenau is a town in the district of Rastatt, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located some 8 km northeast of Baden-Baden. History Gaggenau was first mentioned in local records in 1243 under the name "Gaggenaw". The present district ...

. Lamey's marriage produced two children: Olga (21 April 1889 in Rastatt) and Leontine Pauline Sascha (5 August 1891 in Eppingen).

Life

Lamey attended the

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's 2 ...

Gymnasium from 1866 to 1874 and passed his

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there. From the winter semester 1875/76, he studied law at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg until 1878, interrupted by a study visit to Berlin in 1876/77. From 1880 to 1883, he worked as a trainee or referendar at various courts in Baden. * Bernd Breitkopf: ''Die alten Landkreise und ihre Amtsvorsteher. Die Entstehung der Landkreise und Ämter im heutigen Landkreis Karlsruhe – Biographien der Oberamtmänner und Landräte von 1803 bis 1997''. (''Beiträge zur Geschichte des Landkreises Karlsruhe''. Vol. 1). Verlag Regionalkultur, Ubstadt-Weiher 1997. His first employment as an administrative assistant at the Bezirksamt Heidelberg was on 1 September 1883. Further stations were: from 1 January 1885, employed in the secretariat of the Ministry of the Interior; from 15 August 1886, administrative assistant at the Bezirksamt Karlsruhe; from 20 August 1886, administrative assistant at the Bezirksamt Karlsruhe; from 20 August 1886, administrative assistant at the Bezirksamt Karlsruhe. From 20 June 1887, he worked as an administrative assistant at the District Office Kehl; from October 1887, he worked as a temporary helper at the Administrative Court in Karlsruhe and finally, from 5 April 1888, he held the position of

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at the District Office Rastatt. From 15 October 1890 to 23 July 1892, he was and head of office at the . He then fulfilled the same task at the . On 17 July 1902, he was appointed

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and finally retired early on 24 July 1902 due to illness. Lamy died in Karlsruhe at the age of 56.

Awards

* 1887 Prussian Landwehr-Dienstauszeichnung 2nd Class * 1895 Prussian Landwehr-Dienstauszeichnung 1st Class * 1899 Prussian Order of the Red Eagle 3. Class * 1899 Ritterkreuz 1. Classe of the Order of the Zähringer Lion

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lamey, Wilhelm German jurists 1854 births 1910 deaths People from Freiburg im Breisgau People from the Grand Duchy of Baden