Carl Gottfried Theodor Chladenius

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Carl Gottfried Theodor Chladenius (also Karl Gottfried Theodor Chladni) (* July 22, 1759 in Großenhain ; † May 25, 1837 there ) was a German lawyer and mayor.

Life

Carl Gottfried Theodor Chladenius was born as the son of Theodor Chladenius, official and rural physician in Großenhain. He came from a Saxon family of scholars. His ancestor, the Lutheran clergyman Georg Chladny (1637–1692) was school director and deacon in Herrengrund and later pastor in Kremnitz in what was then Hungary. In 1673/1674 he was chased away during the persecution of religion and first went to Görlitz with his family and later became pastor in Hauswalde . His grandfather was Martin Chladni and his uncle was the history theorist Johann Martin Chladni .

Carl Gottfried Theodor Chladenius attended the city school in Großenhain, then the Fürstenschule Sankt Afra in Meißen and then studied law at the University of Leipzig .

He was employed as an accessist in the royal offices of Weißenfels and Nossen and later became an actuary there . In 1782 he started his law firm in Grossenhain and in 1784 he was employed as a royal general tax inspector . After the death of the mayor Kießling on May 27, 1789, he was elected a council member in the Großenhain city council and was later appointed mayor there. In 1821 he gave up the office of mayor again, but remained in the council meetings until his death; as a member of the council he also took part in the state assembly more often.

In 1831 he gave up his post as General Acczis inspector and retired with a pension.

Carl Gottfried Theodor Chladenius was married and had a daughter, Caroline Louise (* unknown; † January 15, 1825), who married the pulpit speaker and archdeacon Johann Friedrich Ernst Geudtner (1776-1845) in Hayn . Both his wife and daughter died long before him.

Act

He dealt with the elaboration of several writings on legal matters and urban administrative relationships and tried to make these practically understandable to the uninformed council members, village judges and lay judges by partially reading the writings Instructions for village judges and scooping, cautious citizens in town and craft matters and cautious inheritance takers in multiple editions, published. He also made several scientific and legal articles in magazines.

He dealt with the ruins of the Altzella monastery in Nossen and collected historical news about Grossenhain, although many materials were destroyed in the city and church archives on June 8, 1744 during the city fire. He published his findings in 1788 in the materials for the Großenhainer Stadtchronik , he continued these publications in the years 1823–1826 in the Großenhayner entertainment and intelligence paper , whose first publication as the Großen-Hayner Wochen-Blatt in 1806 was established by him.

Honors

  • The Chladeniusstrasse in Großenhain was named after him.

Fonts (selection)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leipziger Zeitung . P. 192, 1825 ( google.de [accessed on November 26, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Chladenius, Carl Gottfried Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chladenius, Karl Gothofredus Theodor; Chladenius, Karl Gottfried Theodor; Chladenius, Carl G .; Chladenius, Karl G .; Chladenius, CGT; Chladenius, Carolus Gothofredus Theodorus; Chladni, Karl Gottfried Theodor; Chladni, Carl Gottfried Theodor; Chladny, Karl Gottfried Theodor; Chladny, Carl Gottfried Theodor; Chladni, Karl GC; Chladen, Carl Gottfried Theodor; Chladen, Karl Gottfried Theodor; Chladen, Carl G.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and mayor
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1759
PLACE OF BIRTH Grossenhain
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1837
Place of death Grossenhain