Axel Freiherr von Campenhausen

Axel Freiherr von Campenhausen with a tie and pin of the Order of St. John

Family coat of arms of those of Campenhausen

Axel Freiherr von Campenhausen (born January 23, 1934 in Göttingen ) is a retired German university professor and canon lawyer .

biography

Axel Freiherr von Campenhausen is the son of the theologian Hans Freiherr von Campenhausen and his wife. He studied law , Protestant theology and political science in Heidelberg , Göttingen , Cologne, Bonn, Paris and London and received his doctorate in 1962 at the University of Göttingen . After his habilitation (1967) he was Professor of Canon Law at the University of Munich for ten years , then Professor of Public Law and Canon Law in Göttingen. From 1970 to 2008 he headed the Canon Law Institute of the Evangelical Church in Germany .

The then Prime Minister Ernst Albrecht appointed him from 1976 to 1979 as State Secretary in the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Art. In 1978 he became President of the Hanover Monastery Chamber . During this time he was also a member of the Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hanover . He caused a sensation there in 1986 with his statement that South Africa was "the only free state in sub-Saharan Africa".

From 1993 to 2002 Freiherr von Campenhausen was a member of the board of the Federal Association of German Foundations and from 1996 its chairman; with his departure he was elected an honorary member. From 1991 to 2011 he was Canon of the United Cathedral Donors ; since then he has been the canon of honor.

The Baltic Corporation Fraternitas Dorpatensis to Munich took him in 1988 as honorary Philistines in their connection to. In 2019 he received the W. Rainer Walz Prize awarded by the Institute for Foundation Law and the Law of Non-Profit Organizations at the Bucerius Law School for his life's work .

Axel Freiherr von Campenhausen was co-editor of the weekly newspaper " Rheinischer Merkur " for several years .

Freiherr von Campenhausen is a supporter of the Center against Expulsions .

Publications

Books

• Werner Seifart / Axel Freiherr von Campenhausen (eds.): Handbuch des Stiftungsrechts , CH Beck Verlag, Bonn 1999, ISBN 3-406-42539-9
• Axel Freiherr von Campenhausen: State Church Law . CH Beck Verlag, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09159-8
• Axel Freiherr von Campenhausen: Educational mandate and state school sponsorship: the legal responsibility for the school . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1967 (habilitation paper)

Essays

• in Humboldt Forum Recht (2008): State and Religion according to the Basic Law (pdf, 5 pages)

Web links

Commons : Axel Freiherr von Campenhausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Axel Freiherr von Campenhausen in the catalog of the German National Library
• Article in the Humboldt Forum Recht (2008): State and Religion according to the Basic Law (pdf, 5 pages)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dataset of the dissertation on d-nb.info (last accessed on May 9, 2020).
2. ^ EKD: Change of leadership at the EKD's Canon Law Institute
3. ↑ South Africa the only free state in sub-Saharan Africa . In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, November 28, 1986
4. ^ Cathedral Chapter of the United Cathedral Founders .
5. ↑ ALBUM FRATRUM DORPATENSIUM 1998, reception number 213
6. ^ Verlag Rheinischer Merkur GmbH, Imprint ( Memento from October 27, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ People by our side
8. ↑ Comments on motivation ( Memento from May 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )