Carl Georg Schwing

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Carl Georg Schwing (born October 7, 1778 in Stralsund ; † May 8, 1858 ibid) was a German lawyer and mayor of Stralsund.

Life

Carl Georg Schwing was admitted to the High Tribunal in Greifswald as a lawyer in 1804 and was appointed District Court Secretary in Bergen on Rügen . The University of Greifswald appointed him notary and judge. In 1805 he was accepted into the Stralsund city council. His election as mayor followed in 1820. As a member of parliament, he represented Stralsund on the state provincial parliament of the Pomerania province between 1823 and 1843. In 1837 he was eldest of the citizenship.

In 1840 he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle with Ribbon, which was increased to oak leaves in 1855. Schwing was appointed a secret councilor in 1843 . The Swedish King Oskar I awarded him the title of " Hofrat " in 1853 and the Commander's Cross of the Wasa Order in 1855 . On the Stralsund shipyard Spalding in 1855 in his honor a ship on the name "Mayor swing" was baptized .

literature

  • Schwing, Carl Georg . In: Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania? A dictionary of persons . Edition Temmen, Bremen 1995, ISBN 3-86108-282-9 , p. 402.
  • Burkhard Kunkel: The small portrait of Carl Georg Schwing. A previously unknown copy from the Stralsund mayor portrait collection. In: Pomerania. Journal of Culture and History. ISSN 0032-4167. XX. Vol. 3, Munich 2017, pp. 37–39.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Theodor Wengler : The Pomeranian Provincial Association. Directory of the members of the provincial assembly. Publications of the Historical Commission for Pomerania, Series V, Volume 44. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne Weimar Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-20109-8 , pp. 12–32.

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personal data
SURNAME Schwing, Carl Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and mayor of Stralsund
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH Stralsund
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1858
Place of death Stralsund