Bernhard Friedrich von Türckheim

Bernhard Friedrich von Türckheim (* 3. November 1752 in Strasbourg ; † 10. July 1831 ibid , French Bernard Frederic de Turckheim ) was a Strasbourg banker and Alsatian - French politicians , who from 1809 to 1810 Finance Minister of Baden Grand Duchy was.

Origin and family

Bernhard Friedrich von Türckheim was the second son of Johann von Türckheim (1707–1793), who in 1782 was elevated to the status of baron by Emperor Joseph II in recognition of his services to the German Empire. The mother was Maria Magdalene nee Henneberg (1720–1793), the daughter of the merchant and merchant in Strasbourg, banker and archivist of the city of Strasbourg, Johann Bernhard Henneberg and Margarete Salome nee Bischoff. One of his brothers was the diplomat Johann von Türckheim .

In 1778 he married Lili Schönemann , Goethe's former fiancée , with whom he had five children:

The four sons of Bernhard Friedrich von Türckheim

Elise Lili (1779–1865) ∞ Adrien Brunck de Freundeck
Frédéric (1780-1850)
Charles (1783-1862)
Guillaume (1785-1831)
Henri (1789-1849)

The actress Charlotte de Turckheim descends from the youngest son, Henri .

Life

Türckheim completed his apprenticeship at the Schönemann & Heyder bank in Frankfurt am Main around 1770, where he met his future wife Lili.

Bernhard was elected Mayor of Strasbourg on December 6, 1793. He only held this office for a short time, however, since he was removed from office on January 18, 1794 by Philippe Rühl by the Revolutionary Security Committee of the National Convention .

He feared the same fate as his predecessor Friedrich von Dietrich and wanted to retire to his Lorraine possessions near Postroff . When he learned that an arrest warrant had been issued against him, he fled via Saarbrücken to Heidelberg and finally to Erlangen . His wife came there with the four children disguised as a farmer's wife.

After the end of the reign of terror in the French Revolution , Bernhard returned to Alsace in 1795 and bought the Krautergersheim estate in 1800 . From 1802 to 1809 he was a member of the board of directors in Strasbourg. In 1805 he financed the Napoleonic army with a larger sum, which was supposed to ensure the payment of wages. In 1809, with the consent of Napoleon Bonaparte and on the initiative of Sigismund von Reitzenstein, he was appointed finance minister of the Grand Duchy of Baden and performed this task until he and Reitzenstein were relieved of his office on December 11, 1810. Shortly before - on November 22nd - he had been awarded the Grand Cross of the Baden House Order of Loyalty .

He returned to France and was elected a member of the Bas-Rhin department during the Restoration on August 22, 1815 . He had a seat in the second chamber of parliament, the so-called Chambre introuvable , which was dissolved on September 5, 1816. The chamber was dominated by ultra-monarchists (350 of the 400 seats). Türckheim belonged to the minority group of moderate monarchists. From September 11, 1819 to May 9, 1823, Türckheim once again moved into the Chamber of Deputies as a representative of his department . Türckheim was also chairman of the departmental council and the electoral college in Strasbourg. From 1826 to 1831 he took over the presidency of the Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine . On October 28, 1828, he became a member of the Legion of Honor with the degree of officer.

He died on July 10, 1831 and was buried in the chapel of his estate in Krautergersheim.

The Freemason

Bernhard Friedrich von Türckheim and his brother Johann von Türckheim zu Altdorf were considered the center of Freemasonry in Alsace. He belonged to the Strasbourg lodge La Candeur and to the obedience of the Strict Observance . In 1782 he took part in the Wilhelmsbad convent .

literature

Jules Keller: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne , vol. 37, p. 3923
Jules Keller: Bernard-Frédéric de Turckheim (1752–1831): épisodes de la Révolution française et de l'Empire en Alsace vus à travers les écrits inédits du fonds de Turckheim , Ed. Hirlé, Strasbourg, 2007, ISBN 978-2-914729-65-9
Antoine Faivre: Une collection maçonnique inédite: le fonds Bernard-Frédéric de Turckheim. In: Revue de l'histoire des religions, year 1969, volume 175, no. 1, pp. 47-67 digitized

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Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Türckheim, Bernhard Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Turckheim, Bernard-Frédéric de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Alsatian-French politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 3, 1752
PLACE OF BIRTH	Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH	July 10, 1831
Place of death	Strasbourg

[1] s. Karl Stiefel: Bathing. 1648-1952 , Volume I, Karlsruhe 1979, p. 525

[2] Entry on gw.geneanet.org

[3] Türckheim, Anna Elisabeth (called Lili) Baroness von. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[4] Antoine Faivre: Une collection maçonnique inédite: le fonds Bernard-Frédéric de Turckheim. In: Revue de l'histoire des religions, year 1969, volume 175, no. 1, p. 50

[5] Antoine Faivre: Une collection maçonnique inédite: le fonds Bernard-Frédéric de Turckheim. In: Revue de l'histoire des religions, year 1969, volume 175, no. 1, pp. 50–51

[6] Grand Ducal Baden Government Gazette No. XXXXV. 4 November 1809, p. 382

[7] Großherzoglich Baden Government Gazette No. L. of December 11, 1810, p. 376

[8] Grand Ducal Baden Government Gazette No. XLIX. 4 December 1810, pp. 372-373

[9] see biography in the database of the French Assemblée nationale

[10] Reinhard Markner, Monika Neugebauer-Wölk, Hermann Schüttler (editor): The correspondence of the Illuminati Order. Volume II. January 1782 - June 1783 , p. 209