Anton von Bodungen

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Anton Christoph Ludwig Wilhelm Adolf von Bodungen (born March 20, 1761 in Lengröden , † April 3, 1850 in Heiligenstadt ) was a German landowner, district administrator and member of the Bodungen noble family .

Bodungen was a son of the Electoral Mainz Chamberlain Karl Christian Wilhelm von Bodungen (1722–1788) and his wife Philippine Ernestine Henriette nee. von Hagen from the house of Rüdigershagen († 1773). He was of Protestant denomination and married Karoline Johanne Eleonore von Hagen on July 15, 1787 in Kassel (* October 16, 1764; † April 16, 1825)

Anton von Bodungen was Herr zu Martinfeld. The Martinfeld Castle was the manor house where the family since 1611th He initially embarked on a military career and was last electoral Hessian Rittmeister of the Gardes du Corps.

From 1799 he was district administrator in Eichsfeld . District administrator was here an honorary post. With the mediation of Kurmainz, the Eichsfeld came to Prussia as the Principality of Eichsfeld in 1802 . Prussia divided the Eichsfeld administratively into two districts. In 1802, Anton von Bodungen became district administrators for the upper district and Friedrich von Motz for the lower district. Bodungen initially took this office as a provisional. On April 26, 1803 he was elected by the district estates, with an order of May 14, 1803 the definitive confirmation took place. A Lutheran state consistory in Heiligenstadt was created for Protestant religious affairs, responsible for Eichsfeld and the areas of Nordhausen, Mühlhausen and Erfurt, with a newly appointed general superintendent at the helm. 1802–1806 Anton von Bodungen belonged to this state consistory. In 1806 the Prussian rule ended and the Eichfeld became part of the Kingdom of Westphalia

Anton von Bodungen was from 1808 to 1813 a member of the district council of the Heiligenstadt district and from 1808 to 1813 prefectural council in the department of the Harz . From 1808 to 1813 he was there also a member of the department electoral college and from June 2, 1808 to October 26, 1813 a member of the imperial estates of the Kingdom of Westphalia for the Harz department and the electoral group of landowners.

In 1816 he was first royal Prussian district administrator in the district of Mühlhausen i. Th. And then from 1816 to 1841 of the district of Heiligenstadt . He was a legal knight of the Order of St. John .

literature

  • Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 80.
  • Jochen Lengemann: Parliaments in Hesse 1808–1813. Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-458-16185-6 , p. 122.
  • Rolf Straubel: Biographical Handbook of the Prussian Administrative and Justice Officials 1740-1806 / 15, 2009, ISBN 9783598441301 , p. 97, digitized

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 .
  2. ↑ Lutheran Consistory in Heiligenstadt in the State Archives, Saxony-Anhalt
personal data
SURNAME Bodungen, Anton von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bodungen, Anton Christoph Ludwig Wilhelm Adolf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German landowner and member of parliament
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Lengroden
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 1850
Place of death Heiligenstadt