August Bensen

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August Bensen (born May 31, 1825 in Hanover ; † January 9, 1907 there ) was a German railway official.

Life

August Bensen began his career in 1845 as a railway official in the Hanoverian service. After the annexation of the Kingdom of Hanover by Prussia in 1866, he entered the Prussian civil service and was appointed railway director in Saarbrücken by the Prussian government . During the Franco-Prussian War he was active in the transport of troops. He then became chairman of the Royal Railway Commissioner in Berlin. Here he was appointed to the Secret Government Council and later to the Secret Upper Government Council. Until March 31, 1895, the railway commissioner's office in Prussia was the supervisory authority for all private railways, subordinate to the Minister for Public Works. After his fiftieth anniversary in February 1895, he retired. For his services to the state supervision of private railways, August Bensen u. a. In 1890 with the Commander's Cross 1st Class of the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order and the Red Eagle Order II. Class with Oak Leaves and in the following year with the Commander's Cross of the Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig and in 1895 with the Commander's Cross 1st Class of the order Henry the Lion awarded.

He was a member of the Corps Slesvico-Holsatia as well as the Berlin Masonic lodge to the three Seraphim .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Railway law In: Brockhaus' Konversationslexikon , FA Brockhaus in Leipzig, Berlin and Vienna, 14th edition, 1894-1896, Volume 5, p. 878
  2. ^ Railway authorities In: Brockhaus' Konversationslexikon , FA Brockhaus in Leipzig, Berlin and Vienna, 14th edition, 1894-1896, Volume 5, p. 847
  3. ^ Railway authorities In: Brockhaus' Konversationslexikon. FA Brockhaus in Leipzig, Berlin and Vienna, 14th edition, 1894–1896, Volume 17, p. 361.
  4. ↑ Official communications in: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. Volume 10, No. 2 from January 11, 1890, p. 9.
  5. ↑ Official communications in: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. Volume 10, No. 13 of March 29, 1890, p. 125.
  6. ↑ Official communications in: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. Volume 11, No. 39 of September 26, 1891, p. 373.
  7. ↑ Official communications in: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. Volume 15, No. 18 from May 4, 1895, p. 189.
  8. ^ Corps Slesvico-Holsatia, Corpsliste , winter semester 1981/82, p. 13, no. 028
personal data
SURNAME Bensen, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German railway official
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1907
Place of death Hanover