Arnold Friedrich von Mieg

Arnold Friedrich Mieg , from 1792 von Mieg , from 1812 Ritter von Mieg , (born January 21, 1778 in Heidelberg , † January 7, 1842 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German politician.

Life

Arnold Friedrich von Mieg was raised as the son of Benedikt Friedrich Albert von Mieg (1755–1829), administrative councilor and in 1792 into the imperial nobility, and his wife Carolina, née. Mercenary, born. His two sisters were:

Antonie (1783–1856), married to the Bavarian privy councilor and government director Karl von Günther (1771–1855);
Josefine (1793–1828), married to the later provisional Bavarian interior minister from 1847, Johann Baptist von Zenetti .

In 1806 he married Elise (1784–1845), daughter of Joseph Anton Segalla von Kornfeld, landowner in Roveredo , and Therese Nicolo della Casa Bianca in Vienna . They had two daughters together, including Caroline Therese Magdalene (1807–1888), married to Friedrich August Stüler (1800–1865), architect.

Arnold Friedrich von Mieg studied philosophy and law at the University of Heidelberg and after completing his studies he began as an assistant to the Palatinate-Zweibrücken comitial envoy at the Rastatt congress , Aloys Graf von Rechberg . When the Duke of Pfalz-Zweibrücken Maximilian I Joseph took over government in Munich in 1799 , Arnold Friedrich von Mieg initially served as legation secretary at the Bavarian embassy in Vienna . In 1806 he moved to the newly established General Commissariat of the Innkreis as Gubernialrat , where he was promoted to office director. In 1810 he moved to Salzburg as the office director .

In 1816 he became government director of the royal government of Lower Franconia in Würzburg . In 1823 he returned to Munich as a ministerial advisor at the Ministry of the Interior , where he continued to campaign for the interests of Würzburg and was made an honorary citizen in 1824 .

In 1826 he took over the position of government councilor and regional president of the Rezatkreis in Ansbach . At the beginning of 1832 he was appointed administrator of the Ministry of Finance as the successor to Joseph Ludwig Graf von Armansperg .

In February 1833 Arnold Friedrich von Mieg traveled to Berlin on behalf of the Kingdoms of Bavaria and Württemberg to negotiate the merger of the southern German and Prussian-Hessian customs union. Among other things, his negotiation in March 1833 made it possible to celebrate the quick and successful conclusion of the contract for the German Customs Union . Since he exceeded his competence with some promises, tensions arose with King Ludwig I of Bavaria . Arnold Friedrich von Mieg then resigned from the ministerial office in April 1833 and was transferred to Frankfurt am Main as Bavarian envoy to the Bundestag . He held this position until his death, with further diplomatic missions added, so he was also authorized envoy to the German Federal Assembly. In January 1834 he was sent to the Vienna Ministerial Conference as Bavarian representative , where he successfully opposed Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich's plans to establish a federal court and the establishment of the principle that federal law comes before state law.

Memberships

From 1820 to 1823 Arnold Friedrich von Mieg was chairman of the Harmony Society.

Honors

In 1812 the Bavarian nobility was confirmed.
On the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone for the constitutional column in Gaibach , Arnold Friedrich von Mieg gave the speech in the presence of Crown Prince Ludwig.

In 1824 he became an honorary citizen of Würzburg and in 1828 of Nuremberg .

He was made an Excellency .

He received the following honors and awards:
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown
- Grand Cross of the Royal Saxon Order of Civil Merit

He was an honorary member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences

Fonts (selection)

Salutation on May 26th 1821 when the foundation stone was laid for the column of thought near Gaibach . Wuerzburg, 1821.
Beate Kann: Würzburg's honorary citizen 1819 to 1837: Johann Michael von Seuffert , Georg Josef Seuffert, Johann Adam von Seuffert, Wilhelm Joseph Behr, Rudolf Graf von Rechteren-Limpurg, Arnold Friedrich Ritter von Mieg, Dr. Johann Lukas Schönlein, Georg Thomas Haaf; an exhibition by the Würzburg City Archives; Temporary exhibitions December 1993 to May 1994. Würzburg: Würzburg City Archives, 1993.

Individual evidence

^ Arnold Friedrich Ritter von Mieg - WürzburgWiki. Retrieved March 29, 2018 .
^ German biography: Mieg, Arnold Ritter von (since 1812) - German biography. Retrieved March 29, 2018 .
^ German biography: Mieg - German biography. Retrieved March 29, 2018 .
↑ Neue Speyerer Zeitung No. 7 v. January 16, 1827. Retrieved March 29, 2018 .
^ Nuremberg - Franconia Wiki. Retrieved March 29, 2018 .
↑ Baierscher Eilbote: 1842,1 / 6 . Wild, 1842 ( google.de [accessed January 18, 2020]).

personal data
SURNAME	Mieg, Arnold Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mieg, Arnold Friedrich Ritter von (full name); Mieg, Arnold von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 21, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH	Heidelberg
DATE OF DEATH	January 7, 1842
Place of death	Frankfurt am Main

[1] Arnold Friedrich Ritter von Mieg - WürzburgWiki. Retrieved March 29, 2018 .

[2] German biography: Mieg, Arnold Ritter von (since 1812) - German biography. Retrieved March 29, 2018 .

[3] German biography: Mieg - German biography. Retrieved March 29, 2018 .

[4] Neue Speyerer Zeitung No. 7 v. January 16, 1827. Retrieved March 29, 2018 .

[5] Nuremberg - Franconia Wiki. Retrieved March 29, 2018 .

[6] Baierscher Eilbote: 1842,1 / 6 . Wild, 1842 ( google.de [accessed January 18, 2020]).