August Völcker
August Friedrich David Völcker (born December 17, 1800 in Lich , † July 19, 1883 in Gießen ) was a German lawyer and politician.
origin
Völcker was the son of the rector and pastor Johann Heinrich Völcker and his wife Ernestine, née Zahlz. He was a Protestant denomination and married Theodore Schulz in 1828 (* around 1808/09 in Königsberg, Biedenkopf district; † March 23, 1889 in Gießen), the daughter of the bailiff Ludwig Schulz.
job
Völcker studied law and was appointed assessor at the Gladenbach Regional Court in 1826 , second judge at the Criminal Court in Gießen in 1830 and a regional judge at the Lich Regional Court in 1836 . In 1840 he moved in the same position to the newly established Butzbach Regional Court , whose first judge he was. In 1844 he became a member of the council at the Giessen court , the higher authority for the regional courts of the province of Upper Hesse in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . In 1848 he also became a member of the commission for the revision of forest and field penalties and in the same year he was a public prosecutor at the criminal senate of the court in Giessen. In 1849 he was again councilor at the court in Giessen. In 1850 he was a member of the Volkshaus of the Erfurt Union Parliament , but soon resigned. Carl von Buseck was elected as his successor . He subsequently belonged to the Giessen court and was its director from 1873. In 1877 he retired at his own request.
Awards
- Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Philipps , Knight's Cross 1st Class (25 August 1864)
- Privy Councilor (June 24, 1874)
- Honorary doctorate to Dr. jur. hc from the University of Giessen and
- Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Philipps, Commander's Cross 2nd class, both on January 17, 1875 on the occasion of his 50th anniversary of service
- Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Ludwig , Commander's Cross 2nd Class (February 5, 1877, on the occasion of retirement)
literature
- Jochen Lengemann : The German Parliament (Erfurt Union Parliament) from 1850. A manual: Members, officials, life data, parliamentary groups (= publications of the Historical Commission for Thuringia. Large series, Vol. 6). Urban & Fischer, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-437-31128-X , p. 324.
- Alexander Schneider: 150 years of the district court in Butzbach. 1.7.1840–1.7.1990. In: Wetterauer Geschichtsblätter 39 (1990), pp. 271-284.
Individual evidence
- ^ So: Schneider, p. 274.
- ^ Schneider, p. 273.
- ^ Schneider, p. 273.
- ↑ Schneider, p. 274.
- ↑ Lengemann, p. 324.
- ↑ Schneider, p. 274.
- ↑ Schneider, p. 274.
- ↑ Schneider, p. 274, without specifying the specific date.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Völcker, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Völcker, August Friedrich David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German judge and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th December 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lich |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 19, 1883 |
| Place of death | to water |