Aloys Franz Bernhard van Langenberg

Aloysius Franziskus Bernardus van Langenberg (born October 6, 1769 in Bocholt ; † August 26, 1843 in Münster ) was a legal scholar and councilor of the Principality of Salm , Imperial French public prosecutor under Napoleon I and a secret councilor in Münster.

Former Langenberg School: listed mural

From 1788 to 1790 he studied in Münster Roman law , history and German heads of state and feudal law , 1790/91 German in Göttingen law and history . In 1792 van Langenberg obtained his lic. jur. utr. and passed his advanced state examination. In addition to Andreas Stündeck (approx. 1750-1810) and Hans von Bostel, he administered the affairs of the state government of the Principality of Salms. When this country had to be annexed to the French Empire, the imperial commissioner Théobald Baron von Bacher immediately reinstated him and von Bostel as the "KK provisional government". He then became a French public prosecutor, and in 1815 he switched to the services of the Kingdom of Prussia. As an honorary member of the Münster government council, he received in 1841 through Friedrich Wilhelm III. awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class (previously holder of the Order of the Eagle, 3rd class).

Aloys van Langenberg remained connected to his hometown Bocholt for a lifetime, and in his will he named the Bocholt poor as his heirs. The “Langenbergsche Armenfonds” was administered as a special foundation by the city of Bocholt until 1970 . Langenbergstrasse, Langenbergpark and the former Langenbergschule are named after him. The Westmünsterland advanced training college is now located in the building of the old Langenberg School . A listed mural in the school stairwell shows Langenberg's commitment to the city of Bocholt.

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• Entry in the Bocholter Stadtlexikon