Alexander Köhler (politician)

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Alexander Wilhelm Köhler (born February 5, 1756 in Freiberg ; † December 23, 1832 there ) was a German mining lawyer and mayor of the city of Freiberg.

Life

Freiberg, Waisenhausstrasse 7

Köhler was born on February 5, 1756 as the son of the royal Polish and electoral Saxon miner of Freiberg, Johann Samuel Köhler, and his wife Christiane Elisabeth, née. Bormann, born in Freiberg. None other than the electoral Saxon chief miner Curt Alexander von Schönberg and the electoral Saxon miner Friedrich Wilhelm von Oppel acted as godparents on February 7, 1756 in the church of St. Petri zu Freiberg . He probably grew up in what is now Waisenhausstrasse 7. After (presumably) received private tuition, Köhler attended the Freiberg grammar school from 1767 to 1773 and then studied mining art and mathematics at the Bergakademie Freiberg .

In 1775 he went to the University of Leipzig to u. a. To study law and philosophy, in 1778 he returned to Freiberg. From 1779 Köhler worked as an auditor and recorder in the Oberhüttenamt. On March 25, 1780 he became a travel agent at the Oberbergamt and in 1784 secretary of the Oberbergamt.

On May 8, 1786, Elector Friedrich August III. the introduction of lessons in mining law at the Bergakademie by rescript , and Köhler was hired as a teacher - initially "to try" for two years. In a rescript dated July 28, 1788, the elector named Köhler a "permanent" teacher of mining rights, and he was also given a practical college on the German style . A year earlier, in 1787, Köhler had been accepted as an honorary member of the Leipzig Economic Society .

In addition to his teaching activities, Alexander Wilhelm Köhler worked as an author and editor. The work attempt at a guide to the rights and the constitution in mining in Chursachsen and associated countries ... served for a long time as the basis for his lectures on mining law. From 1788 to 1794 Köhler published the Bergmännische Journal in the Craz'schen Buchhandlung Freiberg , from 1792 he was supported by his son-in-law Christian August Siegfried Hoffmann . In 1795 they continued the series under the title Neues Bergmännisches Journal , the last volumes (3/1802 and 4/1816) were handled by Hoffmann alone. In 1790 and 1791, Koehler's Mining Calendar was published - also by Craz . His speech at Christlieb Ehregott Gellert's grave was also put to print.

In 1800 Köhler became a member of the Freiberg city council. From 1821 to 1830, Köhler held the office of governing or associate mayor of the city of Freiberg, alternating annually with Peter Gotthelf Stockmann . In this function he was also in charge of the Freiberg Bergschöppenstuhl, the highest judicial authority in the Kingdom of Saxony in matters of mining law.

On the occasion of his 50th anniversary of service on March 26, 1830, Köhler received the certificate of appointment of the sovereign to the Mining Commission Council from the then chief miner Siegmund August Wolfgang Freiherr von Herder .

Koehler was a Freemason and belonged to the lodge To the Three Mountains . He later served as the Chair's Master for nine years before resigning and resigning.

For over 50 years he was with the pastor's daughter Beate Katharine, born in Reipzig (near Frankfurt / Oder). Weinspach, with whom he had several children, married.

Publications

As an author

  • Attempt to provide guidance on the rights and constitution in mining in Chursachsen and the associated lands: the basis for lectures . Freyberg, 1786 ( digitized version )
  • Stand speech at the coffin of the immortalized Mr. Christlieb Ehregott Gellert's electoral Saxon Bergrath and chief smelter, also teacher of metallurgical chemistry at the electoral. Bergakademie here . Freyberg, 1795 ( digitized version )
  • Instructions on the rights and constitution in mining in the Kingdom of Saxony as the basis for lectures . Freyberg, 1824 ( digitized version )

As editor

  • Bergmännisches Journal (1788–1794), digitized
  • Neues Bergmännisches Journal (1 / 1795–2 / 1799), digitized
  • Mining calendar (1790–1791), digitized

Honors

  • 1787 honorary member of the Leipzig Economic Society
  • 1797 honorary member of the Mineralogical Society in Jena

literature

  • Hansjoachim Schönherr: The development of the chair for law at the Bergakademie Freiberg . In: Mining and mining law . Akademie-Verlag Berlin, 1957, pp. 11–39. (= Freiberg research books ; D 22)
  • Werner Kroker:  Köhler, Alexander. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 304 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Roland Ladwig, Manfred Mücke: The foundation of the teaching tradition in mining law at the Bergakademie Freiberg by AW Köhler (1756 to 1832) . In: New mining technology . 13/1983/2, pp. 92-95
  • Herbert Kaden : The work of the Freiberg teacher for mining law Alexander Wilhelm Köhler: 1756-1832; Secretary of the Oberbergamt, teacher for mining law and German style at the Bergakademie and governing mayor of the city of Freiberg . TU Bergakademie Freiberg, 2008. (= historical publication series of the Freiberg University Archives ; 3)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rescript of Elector Friedrich August dated May 8, 1786, In: UAF, OBA 246 , Bl. 155–157.
  2. ^ Rescript of Elector Friedrich August from July 28, 1788, In: UAF, OBA 25 , Bl. 134 f.
  3. ↑ CAS Hoffmann (ed.): New mining journal . Third volume. Crazische Buchhandlung, Freyberg 1802 ( online in the Google book search).
  4. ^ The ruling mayor of the city of Freiberg . In: Mittheilungen des Freiberg Alterthumsverein . 1886 / H. 5, pp. 453-454
  5. ^ Friedrich August Schmid (Ed.): New Nekrolog der Deutschen . 10th year 1834, second part. Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Ilmenau 1834, p. 830–837, here 834 ( online in the Google book search).
personal data
SURNAME Koehler, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Koehler, Alexander Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher for mining law
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1756
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiberg
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1832
Place of death Freiberg