Friedrich Litten

Friedrich Julius Litten (22 February 1873 – February 1940) was a German jurist and a university college teacher. His father was Joseph Litten, the president of the Jewish community in Königsberg from 1899–1906 but he converted to Lutheranism in order to further his career as a law professor. He married Irmgard Litten from an established Lutheran family in Swabia, the daughter of Albert Wüst, a professor at the University of Halle-Wittenberg. He taught at Königsberg's law school as professor of Roman and civil law, he was briefly dean of Königsberg's law school, later becoming acting rector of that institution. He was also an adviser to the Prussian government. Litten and his wife, Irmgard, were the parents of Hans Litten.