Obermedizinalrat
Obermedizinalrat (literally “senior medical counselor”) is a historical and, in some contexts, contemporary public service title used in German-speaking countries for a senior physician within the civil administration. The name is formed from Ober (upper/senior) and Medizinalrat (medical counselor/advisor), a rank that existed in the Prussian state and in the broader German civil service, and later in Austria's public administration.
In the Prussian and Imperial German administrations of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Obermedizinalrat
In modern usage, the term is largely historical in Germany, having been replaced by other hierarchical designations
Overall, the Obermedizinalrat reflects the historic organization of medical services within state administrations in German-speaking regions,