Ludwig Stenglein
German judge (1869-1936)
Georg Ludwig Richard Stenglein (27 December 1869 – 12 November 1936) was a German jurist. He served as the lead prosecutor in the 1924 Hitler trial.
Early life and career
Stenglein was the son of auditing commissioner Johann Georg Stenglein and his wife Luise, née Stiegler. He had been a member of the Corps Palatia Munich since 1891.
He began his legal career as a third-level public prosecutor (Staatsanwalt) in Landshut in 1898. He was promoted to second-level public prosecutor in Passau in 1901. In 1905, he became a judge (Landgerichtsrat) at the regional court in Ansbach. By 1913, he had advanced to the position of senior district judge (Oberamtsrichter) in Nuremberg, where he became a local court judge (Amtsgerichtsrat) in 1919.
Judicial career in Munich
In 1923, Stenglein was appointed as the supervising senior public prosecutor (dienstaufsichtsführender erster Staatsanwalt) in Munich. He moved to Bamberg in 1926 to serve as president of the regional court (Landgerichtspräsident).
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