Ehrenbeamter

In Germany, an honorary officer is a person who has been appointed to the office of civil servant for honorary, ie free, performance of sovereign functions. Edit the legal basisQualtext

In principle, the rules applicable to normal officials shall be applied. However, there is no compulsory retirement due to age. The rules on salary and promotion are not applicable to honorary officials. For this, there are, depending on the clerk, regulations on compensation for expenses. The rules on secondary activities apply only to a limited extent. Edit individual ehrenämterQuelltext

Honorary officials are for example Honorarkonsuln. In municipal self-administration, honorary officials play a large role as honorary mayors, city councils, deputies or local presidents. In many municipalities, volunteer firefighters (for example, military commanders or municipal and community brigade inspectors) are called to honorary officials. The members of the local Hessian courts are also honorary officers, and so is the Kreisjagdmeister. Single-level Edit source text Standard data (conceptual definition): GND: 4013677-2 (AKS)

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