Carl Wilhelm August Balck
Carl Wilhelm August Balck , more rarely Karl Wilhelm August Balck , occasionally Carl Balck (born March 19, 1831 in Grevesmühlen , † November 29, 1920 in Schwerin ) was a German administrative lawyer and historian in Mecklenburg-Schwerin .
Life
Carl Wilhelm August Balck came from a family that had served the dukes of Mecklenburg as administrative experts for several centuries. His father Gottfried Christian Karl Balck (1798–1878) was the governor of the Domanialamt Grevesmühlen-Plüschow and later rose to the position of Privy Councilor. Balck attended the Friedrich-Franz-Gymnasium (Parchim) and, after graduating from high school, studied law at the Georg-August University of Göttingen and the University of Rostock . He became active in the Corps Hannovera Göttingen in 1852 . He fought 30 courses in seven semesters .
Balck passed the administrative examination in 1858 and joined the Mecklenburg Domanial administration . In 1860 he became an administrator in Schwaan and in 1868 an official in Schwerin. In 1869 he founded the Mecklenburg Domanialkapitalfonds and became its chairman. In the same year he became a member of the newly created Mecklenburg Grand Ducal Trade Commission , of which he became conductor in 1886. From 1885 to 1901 he was a director of the Schweriner Sparkasse . In 1887 he was a member of the commission that drafted the amendment to the law on health insurance for the German Empire . In 1908 he retired as a secret finance councilor.
As an author, Balck left behind numerous publications on the domain and financial administration of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Throughout his life he was particularly interested in the history of Mecklenburg . In 1904 he became chairman of the commission for the publication of the Mecklenburg record book .
The Drost Robert Balck was a cousin.
Honors
- Secret Upper Finance Council (1908)
- Honorary member of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology
- Dr. iur. hc from the Law Faculty of the University of Rostock
- Grand Commander of the House Order of the Wendish Crown .
literature
- Heinrich F. Curschmann: Blue Book of the Corps Hannovera zu Göttingen, Volume 1: 1809-1899 Göttingen 2002, p. 180, No. 554.
- Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 422 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Carl Wilhelm August Balck in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature on Carl Wilhelm August Balck in the state bibliography MV
- Works by Carl Wilhelm August Balck in the state bibliography MV
Individual evidence
- ↑ Such is the main form of name authorized by him on most of the title pages of his works.
- ^ Enrollment of Carl Wilhelm August Balck in the Rostock matriculation portal
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 42 , 528.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Balck, Carl Wilhelm August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Balck, Karl Wilhelm August; Balck, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German administrative lawyer and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grevesmühlen |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1920 |
| Place of death | Schwerin |