August Georg von Brandenstein

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August Georg Freiherr von Brandenstein (born May 27, 1755 in Wolfenbüttel , † April 12, 1836 in Schwerin ) was the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg-Schwerin's Privy Council President and Minister.

origin

August Georg von Brandenstein came from the old Thuringian von Brandenstein family . His parents were Major General and Commandant of Wolfenbüttel Ludwig Heinrich von Brandenstein (* October 31, 1718 - April 14, 1789) and his first wife Christiane Henriette Eleonore, née von Laßberg (* July 14, 1725 - August 11, 1762) .

Life

As early as 1774 he became court junker with Duke Friedrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin . From 1775 he studied at the University of Göttingen and in 1777 became a chamberlain . This was followed by promotions in 1778 to auditor at the Schwerin law office, in 1780 to the chancellery cum voto and in 1782 to the third councilor of justice. Already admitted to the ducal table and still appointed chamberlain by Duke Friedrich , he was promoted to the Real Government Council by the new Duke Friedrich Franz I on the recommendation of the then President of the Privy Council, Stephan Werner von Dewitz . As a result, he was admitted to the government college from 1788. The following year he left the law office.

In 1792 he became a privy councilor and second minister as well as commissioner for making the Elde navigable . The Duke sent him as envoy among others to Dresden and asked him to represent him as the second commissioner on the provincial estates parliament in Sternberg . The recognition that he acquired from the unified estates led to his reception by the Mecklenburg knighthood in 1800, after the Duke's approval .

After the unexpected death of the Chamber President von Dorne , he became a member of the reluctance commission that administered the sovereign debts in 1806. After further diplomatic missions, including a posting to Paris as a companion of the Hereditary Prince, which lasted from October 1807 to May 1808, he was finally appointed as his successor after the resignation of the incumbent Privy Council President Bernhard Friedrich Graf von Bassewitz . In the critical political situation of 1813, when Prussian and Russian troops pushed the French back from Mecklenburg, Brandenstein advised the duke to break away from the "hated" Rhine Confederation in order to join the Allied powers. This advice, followed by the Duke, turned out to be risky after the French had managed to win back not only Hamburg, but Schwerin and Wismar as well. As a result, the Duke, accompanied by Brandenstein, was forced to flee first to Rostock and later, after the situation had worsened, to Stralsund .

After the peace treaty, Brandenstein's primary goal was to revitalize the Mecklenburg economy and to initiate various laws and institutions together with the stands. After a serious illness, however, he had to leave many of the resulting tasks to the younger Minister Leopold von Plessen .

His efforts to gain a foothold in Mecklenburg through estates failed. The Raguth, Döbbersen , Ganzow and Frauenmark estates , which he had acquired, he had to sell again for economic reasons. However, he owned a house in Schwerin that continues to exist as the Brandensteinsches Palais (today Puschkinstrasse 13 , seat of the municipal adult education center). He was the bearer of the Russian Order of Saint Anne .

family

On June 5, 1786, he married Caroline von Bassewitz (* December 25, 1865 - June 4, 1827) from the Hohen-Luckow house , with whom he had four sons and three daughters, including:

  • Joachim Gottfried (1790–1857) ⚭ Countess Friederike Hedwig Luise von Bernstorff (* May 17, 1802; † April 28, 1859)
  • Werner Friedrich Hartwig (January 1, 1792 - December 2, 1864) ⚭ 1822 Charlotte Frederike Henriette Eva von Rieben (January 15, 1793 - November 7, 1871)
  • Friedrich Christian Barthold (* May 27, 1796; † May 15, 1872) ⚭ 1833 Charlotte Wamboldt zu Umstadt (* August 17, 1793; † March 19, 1870), widow of Friedrich Waldbott von Bassenheim
  • Sophie Luise Magarethe Dorothee (* May 27, 1796; † February 1876) ⚭ 1819 Ludwig von Lützow (* July 25, 1793; † May 13, 1872), Minister of State
  • Bernhardine Ernestine Wilhelmine (* May 29, 1799 - † October 1868) ⚭ 1821 Leopold Bernhard Adolf Ulrich Anton von Plessen (* July 30, 1790 - † August 16, 1871)
  • Hans Otto Friedrich (born September 29, 1805 - † December 22, 1884), court marshal in Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Publications (selection)

  • Something else about making the Elde navigable: Dedicated to Mecklenburg's true patriots and submitted for impartial examination. Bärensprung, Schwerin 1792 ( [1] ).
  • Statutes of the Güstrow insurance companies for Mecklenburg-Schwerin rural residents confirmed by the state. Ebert, Güstrow 1831 (legal regulation).
  • Order for the city of Bruel with the highest certificate of confirmation from June 29th 1835. Zimmermann, Parchim 1835 (regulation).

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maltzan: Some good Mecklenburg men. P. 109.
  2. ↑ Maltzan: Some good Mecklenburg men. P. 110.
  3. ↑ Maltzan: Some good Mecklenburg men. P. 112.
  4. ↑ Maltzan: Some good Mecklenburg men. P. 113.
personal data
SURNAME Brandenstein, August Georg von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brandenstein, August Georg Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mecklenburg-Schwerin Privy Council President
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1755
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfenbüttel
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1836
Place of death Schwerin