Editing Josef Terboven (section)

==Early life==
Terboven was born in [[Essen]], the son of minor [[landed gentry]] of [[Dutch people|Dutch]] descent. The family name comes from the [[Low German]] ''daar boven'' ("up there"), referring to a farmstead on a hill.<ref>[https://www.namenforschung.net/dfd/woerterbuch/liste/?tx_dfd_names%5Bname%5D=35703&tx_dfd_names%5BcurrentSelectedFacets%5D=&tx_dfd_names%5Bquery%5D=Terboven&tx_dfd_names%5Boffset%5D=&tx_dfd_names%5Baction%5D=show&tx_dfd_names%5Bcontroller%5D=Names&cHash=a986ffc387d96c6ac815e43b745846ef Terboven] in Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands</ref> Josef Terboven attended ''Volksschule'' and ''Realschule'' in Essen until 1915 and then volunteered for military service in the [[First World War]]. He served with ''Feldartillerie Regiment'' 9 and then with the nascent [[Luftstreitkräfte|air force]]. He was awarded the [[Iron Cross]], 1st and 2nd class, and attained the rank of ''[[Leutnant]]'' before being discharged on 22 December 1918. He studied law and political science at the [[University of Munich]] and the [[University of Freiburg]], where he first got involved in politics. He dropped out of the university in 1922 without earning a degree and trained as a bank official in Essen, working as a bank clerk through June 1925.{{sfn|Miller|Schulz|2021|pp=437-438}}