Bodo von Hodenberg (politician)

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Carl Iwan Bodo Freiherr von Hodenberg (born September 8, 1826 in Lilienthal , † October 20, 1907 in Hudemühlen ) was a German diplomat and politician . As a writer he worked under the pseudonym Theophilus .

origin

His parents were Wilhelm von Hodenberg (1786–1861) and his wife Luise von Zesterfleth (1794–1827), a daughter of the president of the Verdenschen knighthood in Stade Christian Arnold von Zesterfleth (1750–1820). His father was, Dr. iur. et phil., landscape director of the Principality of Lüneburg and historian.

Life

Hodenberg studied at the universities of Heidelberg , Berlin and Göttingen . In 1849 he became a state official in the Kingdom of Hanover . From 1855 he worked in the diplomatic service of the Kingdom of Hanover and in 1857 became chargé d' affaires at the Hanseatic cities in Hamburg , and in 1860 Minister-Resident at the court of King Wilhelm III. in The Hague , where he replaced Carl Alexander Wilhelm von Linsingen (1822–1872). In 1865 Hodenberg moved from The Hague back to Hanover , where he took over the office of Minister of Education.

In his short term of office until the annexation of the Kingdom of Hanover on September 20, 1866 by the Kingdom of Prussia , a new synodal constitution was introduced. Hodenberg initially followed King George V into exile in Paris and then returned to his property in Hudemühlen (near Hodenhagen ), from where he started writing. During his tenure in the Netherlands, he was already connected to the revival movement and addressed the renewal of the churches in his writings. He took the stand of denominational Lutheranism and was particularly connected to the Marburg theology professor August Vilmar .

Politically, he was heavily involved in the German-Hanover party and was a founder of the " Deutsche Volkszeitung " published by the DHP .

family

He married Countess Cécile Alexandrine van Rechteren in The Hague on February 5, 1862 (* October 18, 1836 - June 22, 1864), a daughter of Count Jan Derk van Rechteren and the Baron Civile Susanne van Hardenbroeck . The couple had a son:

  • Hermann (born January 27, 1862 - † February 24, 1946), manor owner and member of the German Reichstag

After the early death of his first wife, he married Therese von Arnswaldt (* July 1, 1836 - May 10, 1873), a daughter of the writer August von Arnswaldt, on August 27, 1868 in Dresden . The couple had two sons:

  • Georg Marquard (born April 18, 1870)
  • Werner-Thomas Friedrich Hans Achaz (born December 21, 1871)

Fonts (selection)

  • Luther's Philosophy, Vol. 1: The Logic . Carl Meyer Publishing House, Hanover 1870
  • Rocholl's "History of the Protestant Church in Germany" . Wolff & Hohorst, Hanover 1897.
  • Erlangen theology . Frank and Seeberg . Wolff & Hohorst, Hanover 1899.
  • Luther's material principle for illuminating the question asked for the next Lutheran conference "Is the holy script the only source or only the only norm of faith?" : Hanover 1893.
  • Activities of the Guelphs . Jacob, Hanover 1887 (reprint of the Deutsche Volkszeitung ).
  • Who is the false teacher? Pastor Harms in Hermannsburg or his superintendent? Answer to the sermon given in the Hanoverian Sunday paper by Superintendent Münchmeyer in Bavaria . 5th edition Hanover 1878.
  • "The Banquet of Socrates". A painting by Feuerbach as a reflection of the theology of rhetoric in the church movement of our time (Der Kunstbrief; Vol. 16). Mann Verlag, Berlin 1946 (reprint of Edgar Bauer, Altona 1873).
  • Voltaire and Friedrich II. , Du Bois Raymond and Droysen . Not a contradiction, but progress . Bauer, Altona 1871.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "1857: Accreditation of the interim chargeable officer Bodo von Hodenberg" from the State Archives of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg , Senate, No. 111-1. Vol. 4, p. 458
  2. ^ Court and State Handbook for the Kingdom of Hanover . Berenberg, Hannover 1859, p. 151
  3. ^ Rudolf Keller: August Vilmar and his students . In: Reiner Braun (ed.): Yearbook of the Hessian Church History Association . tape 58/2007 . Publishing house of the Hessian Church History Association, Darmstadt / Kassel 2008, p. 41 .
  4. ↑ Only the first volume was published.
predecessor Office successor
Charles Hanbury Hannoverscher chargé d'affaires with the Hanseatic cities
1857-1859 		Gustav Zimmermann
Carl Alexander Wilhelm von Linsingen Hanoverian envoy to the Netherlands
1860–1865 		Bodo von Steinberg
Carl Lichtenberg Hanover Minister of Education
1865–1866 		Office dissolved
personal data
SURNAME Hodenberg, Bodo from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hodenberg, Carl Iwan Bodo Freiherr von (full name); Theophilus (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat and politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Lilienthal
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1907
Place of death Hudemühlen