Carl Oetker

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Carl Oetker, 1863.

Carl Friedrich Oetker (also Karl ; born September 22, 1822 in Rehren ; † August 24, 1891 in Berlin ) was a German lawyer, liberal politician and parliamentarian.

education and profession

Oetker came from a rural family. His father Christian Oetker (1775–1847) was a farmer, cooper and owner of a mill. Carl was the brother of Friedrich Oetker . After graduating from high school in Rinteln , he studied law in Marburg from 1842 . He graduated with very good results. Because of the well-known liberal attitude of his brother Friedrich, he could not enter the legal preparatory service in Kurhessen . He therefore embarked on an academic career and received his doctorate in 1847 and habilitated in Göttingen that same year . There he also worked as a private lecturer at the law faculty.

The hiring obstacle was removed with the March Revolution . Since Oetker was engaged to Klementine Heusinger von Waldegg and wanted to start a family, he gave up teaching and became a higher court attorney in Kassel . At first he ran a law firm with his brother. After being put under severe psychological stress by the defense in a murder trial in the 1850s, he focused on civil law and matters of voluntary justice.

Constitutional conflict in the state of Hesse

After Ludwig Hassenpflug's ministry broke the constitution of the Electorate of Hesse , Friedrich Oetker became the central figure in the opposition. His brother Carl Oetker supported him as legal advisor and opposed the government with legal means. Together with Heinrich von Sybel and Adam Pfaff , he successfully defended the brother before the Kassel jury court. After the government declared a state of war in autumn 1850, the printing works in which the Neue Hessische Zeitung , edited by Friedrich Oetker, was printed, was occupied by the military. Carl Oetker obtained a verdict that resulted in the withdrawal of the soldiers and the ban on any further obstruction of the newspaper. As a result, he also reached a verdict that included the release of the brother arrested by the military . However, the military refused to obey. After he was later released and emigrated, Carl Oetker took over his brother's share in the joint office. After the end of the state of war in 1854, Oetker obtained the suspension of criminal proceedings against his brother, which allowed him to return.

In the years that followed, Oetker made a name for himself, among other things, by representing the creditors affected by the collapse of the Kurhessische Leih- and Commerzbank .

Member of the Hessian Estates Assembly

With the beginning of the new era in Prussia, the political leeway in Kurhessen improved again. Friedrich Oetker returned to Kassel and together with his brother Carl began to agitate for the restoration of the constitution of 1831. After founding the German National Association , Oetker joined it. He actively supported the goals of a federal unification on a small German basis.

After the constitution was restored in Kurhessen in 1862, Oetker was elected to the assembly of estates . He was a member of the committee until it was dissolved. He soon made a name for himself in this. This included the application, successfully brought in with his brother in 1866, to introduce ministerial charges. As a lawyer, he also had successes in the fight against laws of the Hassenpflug government, for example he enforced the freedom of hunting in a lawsuit.

Extra-parliamentary engagement

With the occupation of Kurhessen by Prussia, Oetker's parliamentary role came to an end for the first time. As a speaker or reviewer, however, he remained closely connected to political life. Oetker was a board member of the national liberal party , but also tried to represent Hessian interests. He gave legal support to the House of Electors in a legal dispute against the Prussian government without accepting a formal mandate. Oetker was chairman of the board of directors of the Lutheran congregation in Kassel. In doing so, he primarily supported church welfare institutions. As a member of the extraordinary synods of 1869/70 and 1884, Oetker was involved in the new version of the Hessian state church law. In addition, he participated in professional self-administration. For a long time he was chairman of the Kassel Bar Association. He was also represented several times in local committees.

Prussian House of Representatives and Reichstag

After the death of his brother, Oetker returned to political life in the narrower sense and in 1881 took over his constituency in the Prussian House of Representatives in Rinteln. He belonged to the house until his death. In 1884 and 1887 he was also elected to the Reichstag . In both parliaments he belonged to the national liberal parliamentary group. For health reasons, she was rarely able to speak in plenary, but worked actively in the committees and parliamentary groups.

The Würzburg criminal law teacher Friedrich August Heinrich Oetker was his son.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mann, Bernhard (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne . Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 288 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3); for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 638-640.

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SURNAME Oetker, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oetker, Carl Friedrich; Oetker, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and politician (NLP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Rehren
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1891
Place of death Berlin