User:SoWhy/drafts/Friedrich Gottlob Nagelmann
Friedrich Gottlob Nagelmann | |
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 "Picture" of Nagelmann from the cover of the 1984 memorial publication | |
| Born | September 3, 1889 Insterburg, East Prussia, Germany |
| Died | February 29, 1994 (aged 105) |
| Cause of death | choking on a frog in his throat |
| Occupation(s) | jurist, philosopher |
Friedrich Gottlob Nagelmann (1889-1994) was a fictional German jurist, philosopher and constitutional scholar. Nagelmann has been credited with numerous legal publications and was the subject of satirical treatises.
Background
[edit]It's unclear who invented Nagelmann, although there seems to be a connection to other prominent fictional characters, like the fake member of the Bundestag Jakob Maria Mierscheid, the fictional psychologist Ernst August Dölle and the equally invented diplomat Edmund Friedemann Dräcker. Nagelmann is one of the most noted fictional German academics.
Most of the details of his life are recounted in the memorial publication Das wahre Verfassungsrecht. Zwischen Lust und Leistung, which was written by multiple prominent German scholars like Roman Herzog, Ernst Benda and Kay Nehm.[1]
Fictional biography
[edit]Nagelmann was born on 3 September 1889 in Insterburg, East Prussia.[2] He studied law in Königsberg, Heidelberg, Greifswald and Berlin between 1910 and 1915 and earned his doctorate working at the department of fictional professor M. E. Chandon.[3] At some point he married Käthe von Erckenschwick, née Cabrioli-Caspari with whom he had twins in 1938 and 1939.[1] In the Nazi era, Nagelmann was working at the Justice Department on ordinances for bailment and collection.[4] During this time he also wrote a book of poems and his autobiography.[4] When World War II began, Nagelmann was deferred from fighting due to his bad hearing.[5] In 1940, he met the fictional female lawyer Henriette Heinbostel at the University of Greifswald with whom he had an affair.[5] This resulted in the birth of a daughter, Renate (b. 1940).[5] Letters found by Renate after her mother's death reveal that Nagelmann and Heinbostel stayed in contact at least until 1958.[6]
Not having been a member of the Nazi Party, he kept being employed at the Justice Department after the war until he was deputed as the first research associate to the newly created Federal Constitutional Court in 1952.[4] At the Court, he was instrumental on working on multiple decisions, including one about hunting laws in municipal parks.[4] Due to his extraordinary judicial skills, he was asked to stay on after reaching the age limit for retirement but retired in 1956. In the following years, he met a young Jakob Maria Mierscheid whose political career he supported.[4]
Nagelmann disappeared in 1959 on the day of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty on his way home from his publisher.[7] In 1984, members of the Federal Constitutional Court and other prominent legal scholars wrote a memorial publication about Nagelmann and his life and achievements.[1]
In 1992, Nagelmann reappeared and came out of retirement to serve as a commissioner for mystical facts at the University of Potsdam.[8] He died aged 105 on 29 February 1994 [sic] by choking on a frog in his throat.[9] His eulogy was given by Roman Herzog, the President of the Federal Constitutional Court.[9]
Influence
[edit]Nagelmann purportedly published a large number of essays and works but these only exist in references by other authors.[2] In 2009, a 1995 essay of Nagelmann's entitled "Der Parlamentarier als Störenfriend - für mehr Ordnung im Bundestag" ("The member of parliament as a troublemaker - for more order in the Bundestag") was cited in a book about injunctive relief regarding publications on the Internet.[10]
He also is credited as the author in other works, such as a passage in a commentary on a provision of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany that no longer is relevant.[11]
Nagelmann inspired other fictional jurists, such as Henriette Heinbostel, who purportedly was a leading female jurist and his lover.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Zeidler & Umbach 1984.
- ^ a b Schimmel 2013.
- ^ "PHANTOME: Neuere Nebelkerzen". Der Spiegel. Vol. 40. 1984-10-01. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
- ^ a b c d e Zankl 2012, p. 192.
- ^ a b c d Görres-Ohde, Nöhre & Paulsen 2007, p. 15.
- ^ Görres-Ohde, Nöhre & Paulsen 2007, p. 23.
- ^ Rudolf 1985.
- ^ Leffers, Jochen (2009-04-09). "Fake-Figuren: Die Welt der Phantome". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
- ^ a b Zankl 2012, p. 192-193.
- ^ Hartmann, Alexander (2009). Unterlassungsansprüche im Internet: Störerhaftung für nutzergenerierte Inhalte (in German). Verlag C.H. Beck. ISBN 9783406596582.
- ^ Umbach 2002, p. 1514.
References
[edit]- Görres-Ohde, Konstanze; Nöhre, Monika; Paulsen, Anne-José, eds. (2007-01-01). Die OLG-Präsidentin: Gedenkschrift für Henriette Heinbostel (in German). BWV Verlag. ISBN 9783830514442.
- Rudolf, Walter (1985). "Zwischen Lust und Leistung - Das wahre Verfassungsrecht im Spiegel einer Gedächtnisschrift". NJW. 1985: 1607–1608.
- Schimmel, Roland (28 September 2013). "Phantomjuristen: Fiktiv und doch sehr lebendig". Legal Tribune Online (in German). Retrieved 2019-07-10.
- Umbach, Dieter C. (2002). Grundgesetz: Mitarbeiterkommentar und Handbuch (in German). C.F. Müller GmbH. ISBN 9783811430952.
- Zankl, Heinrich (2012-03-08). Irrwitziges aus der Wissenschaft: Von Dunkelbirnen und Leuchtkaninchen (in German). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9783527641420.
- Zeidler, Wolfgang; Umbach, Dieter C., eds. (1984). Das Wahre Verfassungsrecht : zwischen Lust und Leistung : [Gedächtnisschrift für F.G. Nagelmann]. Baden-Baden: Nomos. ISBN 3789010642. OCLC 13330000.
Further reading
[edit]- Hella Dubrowsky: Rendezvous der Schatten. Gryphon-Verlag 2004, ISBN 3-935192-83-5.
- Hendrik Hiwi (Ps.): Leichen im Keller des Bundesverfassungsgerichts. Nomos-Verlag 1996.
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