Carl Gotthelf Praetorius

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Carl Gotthelf Praetorius (born February 10, 1763 in Thorn , Polish Prussia , † September 9, 1832 in Thorn, Province of West Prussia , Kingdom of Prussia ) was Council President of Thorn and regional historian.

Life

The father Nathanael Praetorius was mayor of Thorn, the mother Katharina Geret a sister of the scholar Samuel Luther Geret . Carl Gotthelf Praetorius was council secretary in Thorn from 1787. In 1790 he received his doctorate in philology in Wittenberg .

He later became head of the law firm in Thorn. In 1803 Praetorius was elected a member of the city council, but was not confirmed by the new Prussian authorities. Not until March 1807 was he appointed a member of the magistrate by the French authorities. In October of that year he became Council President (President of the City Council). During this time he had to deal with the considerable economic and financial burdens on the city from the French occupation situation. On January 1, 1809, he was replaced.

Praetorius was a member of the Municipal Council and was a member ( Deputirter ) of the circle for the Reichstag in 1809, 1811 and 1812. Even after the Prussian reconquest of the city in 1815 remained Praetorius City Council to the 1820th

Fonts

Carl Gotthelf Praetorius wrote several works on the history of Thorn and other regional and legal historical topics

  • Dubia, quaedam circa argumenti ex arithmetica politica petiti contra polygamiam adhibiti fidem continens , Thoruni 1790, probably dissertation Wittenberg
  • Attempt to answer the Royal. Societät der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen ... the question asked: Is it more advantageous to have the beer brewed in their houses by the servants accepted by the authorities in public breweries ... or by individual brewers, just as the bread baking is left to the bakers , Berlin, 1791.
  • Attempt on taxation , Königsberg 1802
  • Topographical-historical-statistical description of the city of Thorn and its area. , ed. by Julius Wernicke . Thorn 1832. Digitized
  • Thorner temple of honor or directory of the mayors and town councilors of the city of Thorn , ed. v. Wilhelm Theodor Lohde . Berlin 1832. Online , digitized
  • Attempts at the Culmische Handfeste, the oldest constitutional law in Prussia , Thorn 1842

literature

  • Karl Gotthelf Prätorius: Thorner Ehrentempel or directory of the mayors and town councilors of the city of Thorn , ed. v. Wilhelm Theodor Lohde . Berlin 1832. pp. 68–70 (four mentions)
  • Jerzy Serczyk: Praetorius Karl Gotthelf (1763-1827), prezydent Torunia, historyk. In: Toruński słownik biograficzny. T. 1, pod red. Krzysztofa Mikulskiego. Towarzystwo Miłośników Torunia, 1998. pp. 204f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Gotthelf Praetorius: Topographical-historical-statistical description of the city of Thorn and its area. Edited by Julius Wernicke. Thorn 1832. p. 30 note *
  2. ^ Karl Gotthelf Praetorius: Thorner Ehrentempel or directory of the mayors and town councilors of the city of Thorn. Edited by Wilhelm Theodor Lohde. Berlin 1832. p. 69
  3. ↑ Toruń Thorn 1793-1920 . Exhibition catalog of the district museum in Thorn. City Museum Göttingen 1998. p. 10f. ( PDF )
personal data
SURNAME Praetorius, Carl Gotthelf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Praetorius, Karl Gotthelf (later spelling); Praetorius, Karl Gotthelf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Council President von Thorn and regional historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1763
PLACE OF BIRTH Thorn , Polish Prussia
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1832
Place of death Thorn, West Prussia Province , Kingdom of Prussia