Bernhard Franz Josef von Gerolt

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Bernhard Franz Josef von Gerolt (born September 15, 1747 in Bonn , † January 30, 1828 ibid) was a German lawyer, politician , member of parliament (deputy) and landowner at Sternenburg near Poppelsdorf .

Sternenburg near Poppelsdorf, 1908 before demolition

family

Was Gerolt the son of the Electoral Cologne Hofratsexpeditor Baron Ferdinand Franz Stephan v. Gerolt and his wife Helena Johanna Theresia Merzenich and descended from the Gerolt family , who were awarded the coat of arms in Prague on January 3, 1558 and who were ennobled by Emperor Matthias on April 16, 1614 in Linz Castle in Austria .

He married Anna Katharina Josepha Karoline v. Bouget, daughter of Clement August Bernhard v. Bouget, Kurkölnischer Hofkammerrat and textile manufacturer in Odenkirchen , and his wife Anna Katharina Lindemann, who came from the highly respected Bouget family from Aachen and Odenkirchen and with whom he had ten children.

Out of these ten children, the Cologne Appellate Judge Karl Ferdinand von Gerolt, initiator and member of the Cathedral Building Association, the District Deputy and later Mayor of Linz Rudolf Jakob von Gerolt, and the Royal Prussian Really Secret Councilor Friedrich Joseph Karl Freiherr von Gerolt , King Friedrich William III. in 1830 enfeoffed together with his brothers with the Rittergut zur Leyen, who was Chargé d'affaires in Mexico in 1837 and became Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America in Washington, DC in 1846 . In 1858 he was raised to the Prussian baron status.

Life path

First Gerolt studied both law in Bonn and Cologne and then stayed in Italy for study purposes. In 1770 he worked as a lawyer at the courts of the Electorate of Cologne, in 1779 he became the Electoral Council Secretary- Adjunct , 1780 member of the electoral Cologne government and 1789 Councilor. From 1781 to 1785 he was a member of the Illuminati Order and in 1787 co-founder of the Reading and Recreation Society in Bonn, of which he was chairman from 1790 to 1793. On September 10, 1790 he was entrusted by the elector with the censorship of the "reading". In the years 1789 and 1807 the Duke of Nassau enfeoffed him with the Burg zur Leyen near Linz on the Rhine . In 1793 he became a privy councilor and member of the highest appellate court and finally a senior clerk.

At the time the areas on the left bank of the Rhine were annexed to France , Augustin Lucie de Frécine appointed Gerolt President of the Administration of the Arrondissement of Bonn on December 21, 1794 , and became President of the District Administration of Bonn in 1796. Due to his relationship with Johannes Jakobus Bouget , he was released on September 30, 1797 at his own request. On June 6, 1797 he became a member of the renewed court council and on December 3, 1797 he swore the oath of allegiance to the French Republic, took part in the Cisrhenan procession on September 22, 1797 and became a member of the Patriotic Society in December 1797 . At the end of 1797 Gerolt was a member of the upper tribunal Bonn, was a member of the cantonal assembly for Bonnland from 1801 to 1813 and was elected president of the cantonal assembly in Bonn in 1803. On February 4, 1803 he was government commissioner at the court of first instance in Bonn and on 17/18. April 1805 elected by the electoral college with 64 votes out of 90 as a candidate for the Corps législatif (legislative body). On September 24, 1805 Gerolt was appointed a member of the Corps législatif of the French government and was state procurator (Procureur impérial) at the tribunal from February 1806 to 1811 with a monthly salary of about 275 francs. In 1807 Gerolt became a member of the district council and president of the city canton of Bonn. In January 1811 he lost the election as a candidate for the Corps législatif, which was declared invalid in April and he was reappointed as a member in May.

On February 14, 1811 Gerolt was re-elected to the arrondissement council and from May 5, 1811 to 1816 was again state procurator (Procureur impérial) at the newly appointed district court of Bonn and deputy in Paris. On February 3, 1814, he received an assessment from the mayor as a legislator in Paris: “Was formerly a secret council, and is known as an active, skilled businessman, as well as in the scholarly field as a court expert. As a deputy, he was a member of the French Parliament until the fall of the Empire on June 8, 1814. In 1827 Gerolt was a member of the Prussian state parliament. "

literature

  • Joseph Hansen: Sources on the history of the Rhineland in the age of the French Revolution
  • Justus Hashagen : The Rhineland and French rule . Bonn 1908
  • Herbert Weffer: Old Bonn families . In: From the history and folklore of the city and area of ​​Bonn

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personal data
SURNAME Gerolt, Bernhard Franz Josef von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician and member of parliament (Bonn)
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1747
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1828
Place of death Bonn