Ernst Ludwig Herrfurth

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Ernst Ludwig Herrfurth

Ernst Ludwig Herrfurth (born March 6, 1830 in Oberthau , † February 14, 1900 in Berlin ) was a Prussian statesman.

Life

He was the youngest son of the manor owner of the same name Ernst Ludwig Herrfurth on Oberthau and Krumpa and Henriette nee. Stephan. Herrfurth studied law and camera science in Jena and Berlin , during which time he became a member of the Germania Jena fraternity in 1848 . From 1857 he was employed by the government in Arnsberg . From 1867 he was promoted to the government council and in 1873 appointed to the Ministry of the Interior in Berlin . There he worked primarily in the areas of insurance, community finance and statistics. From 1882 he was Undersecretary of State . After Emperor Friedrich III. In 1888, when the conservative Robert Viktor von Puttkamer was replaced as Minister of the Interior in Prussia, Herrfurth was his successor. The appointment led to considerable disputes among the political greats of his time. He held this office until 1892.

In contrast to the Prussian Prime Minister Bismarck  , Herrfurth attempted to improve the previously inadequate municipal law with the draft of a rural community order for the six eastern provinces of Prussia. Since he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives from 1888 , he finally succeeded on April 24, 1891 in having his community constitution confirmed by parliament. Until his resignation in 1892, Herrfurth campaigned for some Berlin suburbs to be incorporated into the capital. Furthermore, together with Emma Ihr, on May 10, 1890 , he enforced that meetings convened by women for women were no longer prohibited.

Grave of Herrfurth in Berlin-Schöneberg

He lived at Unter den Linden  73 in 1892 .

Ernst Ludwig Herrfurth died just three weeks before his 70th birthday in Berlin in mid-February 1900. His grave is in the old churchyard of the Twelve Apostles congregation in Berlin-Schöneberg . The sandstone wall tomb shows a central aedicule with a triangular gable, pilasters and black inscription plaque. The grave field is bordered by a grid.

Honors

Streets and Squares:

  • Herrfurthstrasse, in Neukölln , named for his 63rd birthday on March 6, 1893 (between Hermannstrasse and today's Tempelhofer Feld )
  • Herrfurthplatz on Herrfurthstrasse and Schillerpromenade in Neukölln, named like Herrfurthstrasse since March 6, 1893
  • Herrfurthstrasse in Steglitz , name since July 17, 1906
  • Herrfurthstraße in Zehlendorf (from May 2, 1905 to June 1, 1961, today Von-Laue-Straße)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ B. Mann (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918. Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne . Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 177 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties, vol. 3); for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 196-198.
  2. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 752.

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SURNAME Herrfurth, Ernst Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian statesman
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberthau
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1900
Place of death Berlin