Carl Ernst of Prussia

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Carl Ernst Ludwig Rudolf Freiherr von Preuschen (* 1781 ; † March 17, 1856 in Darmstadt ) was a German judge in Hesse. Most recently he was president of the court in Giessen. In the pre-March period he was a so-called demagogue pursuer.

Life

Prussia's father was Ludwig Conrad von Preuschen (1743–1809), office director in Friedberg, his mother Elisabeth Euphrosine Barabeau (1750–1813); He married on August 1, 1816 in Karlsruhe Wilhelmine Flachsland (* December 13, 1790 Karlsruhe; † November 12, 1838 Gießen) the daughter of Johann Conrad Flachsland (doctor of medicine, Grand Ducal Baden Privy Councilor) and Ernestine Preuschen. His sons were Maximilian Ernst Justus Ludwig Konrad Freiherr von Preuschen (1818–1897, Grand Ducal Hessian Privy Council and Consistorial Councilor), Friedrich Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Freiherr von Preuschen (1823–1897), Grand Ducal Hessian Privy Council, his daughter Anna (1831– 1909) married Hermann von Fransecky in 1859 († July 8, 1888 Wiesbaden, Royal Prussian Lieutenant Colonel z. D.).

He studied law at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen until 1802 and was a member of the Corps Onoldia since 1799 . In 1804 he joined the Hessian judicial service. In the wars of liberation he fought - like Georg Wilhelm Wagner, Christian Buri and Ludwig Hassenpflug - as a captain in the Hessian voluntary hunter corps.

In 1817 he became a judge at the Darmstadt Court of Appeal . After the Karlovy Vary resolutions , he directed a large part of the investigations against "revolutionary activities" in Hesse. Appointed in 1819 as a representative of Kurhessen in the “black” Mainz Central Investigation Commission, he was responsible for monitoring political activity in Berlin and on the Rhine . His tasks also included investigations against the fraternities in Gießen , Tübingen , Marburg , Erlangen , Freiburg im Breisgau and Bonn , and later also in Würzburg , Kiel and Rostock . As the only corps student in the seven-member commission, they certified that he was not one of the agitators. He was considered educated, insightful and considerate of the accused. He examined the facts conscientiously and made sure that the commission respected the limits of its competence.

Since 1833 a judicial member in the new five-person federal central authority , he worked with Heinrich von Prieser . In 1835 he became president of the court in Giessen .

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Prussia, Karl Ernst Ludwig Rudolf von. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 42/44
  3. ↑ a b c E. Weiss, 1988
  4. ^ Call of the Electoral Hessian War College of December 18, 1813
personal data
SURNAME Prussia, Carl Ernst von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prussia, Carl Ernst Ludwig Rudolf Freiherr von (full name); Prussia, Karl Ernst von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German judge in the Electorate of Hesse
DATE OF BIRTH 1781
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 1856
Place of death Darmstadt