Rudolf Poel
[Rudolf Carl Sophus Wilhelm]
* 15. November 1883 in Hamburg
from his injuries on 20 March 1916 in
Landau (Pfalz).
at cemetary St. Jürgen-Friedhof in Lübeck.
Dr. jur. (“cum laude“)
After his graduation in the fall of 1901 he attended the university as a law student.
3 semesters in Freiburg (avtive beim Corps Rhenania),
1 semester in München,
2 semesters in Göttingen.
December 1904 oral exams atHigher Regional Court Celle.
Spring of 1905 Dr. jur. (“cum laude“) in Leipzig
1906 Military Service,
summer 1910 Bar exam,
in spring 1913 elected Gov. Councillor.
Department Chief at the Police Department Hamburg.
Reserve Officer in Field-Artillery Regiment Nr. 80.
Partook in World War I, Western Front.
1stLT In December 1916 seriously injured near Verdun (18pc shrapnel from hand-grenade).
Knight of the Iron Cross EK I and II,,
Hamburg’s Hanseatic Cross and the Order of Zähring’s Lion & Swords
(the latter was awarded for successful defense of the Markirch Pass).
