Benedict von Olfers
Johannes Benediktus Franz Theodor Olfers , from 1803 von Olfers (born September 12, 1800 in Münster , † September 18, 1876 in Koblenz ) was a lawyer and politician.
Life
Benedikt von Olfers was the son of the prince-bishop of Münsteran court counselor and banker Franz Theodor Olfers (from 1803 von Olfers) (1755-1828), later royal Prussian secret legation councilor , and Marie Elisabeth von Lindenkampf (1763-1848). Johann Heinrich von Olfers (1791–1855) and Ignaz von Olfers (1793–1871) were his brothers. He married on September 8, 1840 in Ahrweiler Caroline Elisabeth von Gaertner (born April 28, 1817 in Neuwied, † July 28, 1901 in Niedelahnstein), the daughter of the district administrator in the Ahrweiler district of Carl von Gaertner . The marriage remained childless.
From 1818 Olfers studied law in Heidelberg and Göttingen. In 1822 he became an ausculator in Münster, in 1823 an auditor and in 1823 a trainee lawyer in Münster. From 1827 he was assessor at the Rheinischer Appellationshof in Cologne and was transferred to the Koblenz district court in the same year. In 1828 he became state procurator at the Langeicht Koblenz and in 1831 state procurator and in 1832 senior state procurator at the Appellationshof Cologne. In 1843 he became President of the Koblenz Regional Court and captain of the Landwehr company there. In 1851 he was released from military service as a major and retired as a judge in 1874. Since 1855 he had the title of Privy Chief Justice. He was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle (4th class in 1838; 3rd class in 1842; most recently 2nd class with a star).
From 1849 to 1850 he was a member of the First Prussian Chamber . In 1850 he became a member of the State House of the Erfurt Union Parliament .
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 , pp. 229-230.
- Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses, 1907, p. 603
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Olfers, Benedikt von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Olfers, Johannes Benediktus Franz Theodor von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian lawyer and member of parliament |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muenster |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 18, 1876 |
| Place of death | Koblenz |