Ashes Burchard Karl Ferdinand von Campe

Asche Burchard Karl Ferdinand von Campe (also Asche von Campe for short ; born October 9, 1803 in Wickensen , † October 14, 1874 in Braunschweig ) was a Brunswick statesman .

Life

Training and judges

Campe was the son of a Brunswick military. He attended high schools in Braunschweig and Holzminden . He then studied at the University of Goettingen law . After a study tour through Germany, he joined the Brunswick civil service on January 1, 1827 as an auditor at the district court in Holzminden. There he was promoted to assessor and voting member on August 26, 1831 . In the same year he became a member of the Braunschweig assembly of estates .

Campe was employed as an assessor at the Wolfenbüttel regional court in 1837 and was appointed court counselor in 1840 . At this court he was promoted to the higher regional judge. On February 4, 1845, he received the position of director at the district court in Braunschweig, which he had to give up on November 17, 1849 due to obligations on the inherited family property in Deensen . However, he was not satisfied there and returned to the civil service as director of the district court in Holzminden on June 24, 1851.

Brunswick statesman

Campe was elected as landowner in the group of the highest taxed after the Land Law came into force in 1851 in the assembly of estates. As a member of the assembly of estates, he took part in the deliberations on changes to the state constitution and the organizational laws based on it with great commitment, thus drawing the attention of the state ministry and the sovereign.

When the Minister of State Wilhelm von Schleinitz died, Campe became a member of the Brunswick State Ministry with the title of Privy Councilor on November 17, 1856 and was assigned the Department of Justice. After the Minister of State August von Geyso passed away, he took over the chairmanship of the State Ministry. As a result, he was also responsible for foreign affairs and support. He also received the duties of chancellor of the Brunswick order of Henry the Lion. In 1862 he was finally appointed Minister of State and received the title of excellence .

In 1867 Campe received the office of authorized representative of the Duchy of Braunschweig at the Federal Council . He also remained active as Minister of State until his death. A liberal electoral law drafted by him was recognized by the population, but was not passed. He ultimately died in office after a brief illness. He was married and had no children.

literature

• Campe, Asche Burchard Karl Ferdinand von . In: Walther Killy (Ed.): Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie (DBE) . 1st edition. tape 2 : Bohacz – Ebhardt . KG Saur, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-598-23162-8 , p. 270 .
• Christof Römer : Campe, Asche Burckhart [sic!] Karl Ferdinand von. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 117 .
• Ferdinand Spehr :  Campe, Asche Burchhard Karl Ferdinand von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 731 f.

Web links

• Campe, Asche Burchard Karl Ferdinand von in the German biography