Karl Gustav Fabricius

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Karl Gustav Fabricius , also Carl Gustav Fabricius (born August 1, 1788 in Stralsund , † January 10, 1864 in Stralsund) was a German politician and mayor of Stralsund. His work on the history of the city and Rügen is of great importance for the local history of the region.

Life

Fabricius, who came from an old Stralsund family who had renamed himself from Schmidt to Fabricius in the 17th century , was the son of Syndicus Adam Fabricius from his first marriage. After private lessons in their early years, he attended the former St. Catherine's Dominican monastery housed gymnasium Stralsund . From 1806 to 1809 he studied law in Helmstedt , Göttingen and Greifswald . In Göttingen he became a member of the Landsmannschaft Ruthenia, in which the Pomeranian and Baltic states had united. After accepting the SC-Comment 1809, he became the first general secretary of the Göttingen Senior Citizens' Convention and as such was consulted by the university in early July 1809 .

From 1809 Fabricius worked as a lawyer in Stralsund. In 1820 he was appointed to the city council and was director of the city court. In 1842 he was elected mayor. He was also a member of the Rügensch-Pomeranian state estates and a member of the Prussian manor house . For his work he was appointed a secret councilor. In 1856 he graduated as Dr. jur.

He researched the archives and the works of Johann Albert Dinnie on the Stralsund constitution and cultural history.

Karl Gustav Fabricius died in 1864 on the Schlagfluss , he was buried in the Stralsund St.-Jürgen-Friedhof . His successor as mayor was Otto Francke .

Works

Fabricius was extremely successful in researching the local history of Stralsund and Rügen until the Rügen princes died out in 1325. He drew the life of the Stralsund residents and researched the names of Stralsund streets , the city layout, the constitution and trade.

  • Essay on the Helsingborg Congress, Berlin 1856
  • Article on the princes of East Pomerania, Berlin 1859
  • Stralsund in the days of the peace in Rostock (June 13, 1253) , from: Sundine , 1845, No. 14ff. ( Digitized in the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Digital Library)
  • Documents on the history of the Principality of Rügen under the indigenous princes, with explanatory texts (4 volumes), 1841 to 1869
    • Volume 1, Stralsund 1841 ( e-copy )
    • Volume 2, Berlin 1859, ( e-copy )
    • Volume 3, Stettin 1853 ( e-copy )
    • Volume 4, Berlin 1859–1869 ( e-copy )
  • Studies on the history of the Wendish Baltic countries . Ferdinand Schneider, Berlin 1856-1859.
    • Volume 1: The Helsingborg Congress . Berlin 1856 ( e-copy )
    • Volume 2: The rule of the Dukes of Pomerania in Danzig and their outcome . 1st part, Berlin 1859 ( e-copy )

family

His nephew Ferdinand Fabricius completed the historical work, which was incomplete due to his sudden death, and added more. His half-brother Karl Ferdinand Fabricius was a lawyer.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Schack-Steffenhagen: The Convente of Curonia at the Universities of Germany 1801-1831. , in: Festschrift der Curonia. Bonn 1958, p. 139
personal data
SURNAME Fabricius, Karl Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fabricius, Carl Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician and local historian; Mayor of Stralsund (1842–1864)
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH Stralsund , Swedish Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1864
Place of death Stralsund , Pomerania Province , Kingdom of Prussia