Adolph Friedrich von Scheve

Adolph Friedrich von Scheve , also: Adolf Friedrich von Scheve , originally (until 1759): Adol (ph / f) Friedrich Scheve (born May 27, 1752 in Neustrelitz ; † February 22, 1837 in Berlin ) was a German lawyer.

Life

Adolph Friedrich (von) Scheve was the eldest son of Johann Christoph (von) Scheve (* May 27, 1714 - October 6, 1782), Chamber President and Privy Councilor in Mecklenburg-Strelitz and heir to Canzow near Woldegk , and his wife Charlotta Sophia (April 24, 1724 - July 22, 1799), b. from Fischer. When Scheve was almost eight years old, his father received the hereditary imperial nobility with “von” for himself and his descendants from Vienna. His brother Adolph Ludwig Karl (von) Scheve (1758–1831) was later President of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Neustrelitz.

After attending a secondary school, von Scheve began studying law on April 4, 1769 at the University of Greifswald and continued this in May 1771 at the University of Leipzig and in April 1773 at the University of Göttingen . He passed his exams in Berlin on November 27, 1774 in order to enter the Prussian civil service. He then came to Cöslin as a trainee lawyer , the following year to Küstrin and was then transferred to Stettin . He applied on August 11, 1777 to be admitted to the Grand Examination, and was, after passing it on January 31, 1778, intended for the Council career; on February 3, 1778 he was trainee lawyer cum voto in Stettin. On December 15, 1780 he was transferred as an assistant councilor to the regional government in Breslau , and in 1782 he became an assistant councilor at the higher regional court in Strehlen. In 1783 he was appointed to the Oberamtsrat and at the Oberamtsregierung in Breslau he was promoted to the first class council on August 12, 1784.

On July 9, 1786, he went to Berlin as the successor to Georg Wilhelm Jacob Friese (1740–1786) as a judge of the appellate court and in March 1797 became president of the senior consistory and the high school board as well as the directorate of the poor.

In 1807 the Friedrichstift, an institution for the feeding and education of poor, abandoned children, was founded and he became director of this foundation of the Berlin Chamber Court . When all the authorities were reformed in 1815, the royal institution of the poor directorate became the Kurmärkischen Puppillenkollegium , which was also responsible for questions of guardianship. Adolf Friedrich von Scheve was appointed its president; he held this office until his death.

He received 1,000 Reichstaler from Minister of State Christian Rother to distribute as desired, of which he gave 500 Reichstaler to the Kurmärkischen Puppillenkollegium to fund the education of poor orphans and 500 Reichstaler to the Friedrichstift. The Chamber Court and Puppil College had a marble bust of Adolf Friedrich von Scheve made by Professor Ludwig Wilhelm Wichmann in memory , the Friedrichstift had an iron plaque attached to their building in his honor.

In August 1785 he married Friederike Wilhelmine (* unknown; † September 28, 1849), the daughter of the wing adjutant Friedrich the Great , Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm von Lekow. The marriage remained childless.

Honors

• In 1815 he received the Iron Cross on Ribbon.
• On the occasion of his fiftieth anniversary of service he received from King Friedrich Wilhelm III. on January 12, 1825, the Order of the Red Eagle 2nd class with oak leaves.

literature

• Adolf Friedrich von Scheve. In: New Nekrolog der Deutschen , 15th year, 1837, 1st part. P. 289 f. Weimar 1839. ( digitized version )

• Nekrolog Adolf Friedrich von Scheve. In: Freimüthiges Abendblatt. Vol. 21. Sandmeyer, Schwerin 1839, No. 1055, Beil., Pp. 237–238 ( digitized version )

• Adolf Friedrich von Scheve. In: Biographical handbook of the Prussian administrative and justice officials 1740–1806 / 15. 1st chapter. Munich 2009, p. 863. ( digitized version )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Von Scheve only since his father was ennobled (Vienna, February 16, 1759).
2. ↑ The place of birth follows the necrology from 1839, which corrects older sources. The different indication of the place of birth "Strelitz" in other sources apparently does not mean the Mecklenburg country town Strelitz but is a typical short form of the place name Neustrelitz or regional name of the sub-duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz .
3. ^ The President of the Privy Council was until 1753 Hermann Scheve , a brother of his father, who in 1715 had acquired the Canzow manor for the family. His successor in office at the head of the Privy Council of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was Johann Christian von Zesterfleth (1694 / 1695–1769) from 1753 .
4. ↑ The Nekrolog of 1839 speaks of a "high school course" , that is, not of a longer school attendance. It is possible that Scheve had been given home tuition and, as an extraneus (stranger), had only undergone an Abitur examination at an educational institution, which determined his university entrance qualification. Higher schools existed in the south-east Mecklenburg heartland of Mecklenburg-Strelitz only in Friedland (Mecklenburg) and in Neubrandenburg . Student lists for the period in question are only very sketchy for both institutions. Scheve cannot be identified either as a student or as a high school graduate.
5. ^ Yearbooks for Prussian Legislation, Jurisprudence and Legal Administration . 1825, p. 157 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

• Literature about Adolf Friedrich von Scheve in the state bibliography MV