Carl Otto Dumreicher

Carl Otto Dumreicher (born May 15, 1799 in Schleswig , † January 7, 1875 in Kiel ) was a German administrative officer and judge.

Live and act

Carl Otto Dumreicher's ancestors lived in Kempten from around 1600 , where they worked as shoemakers, wagmasters, glaziers and merchants. His grandfather moved to Copenhagen in 1735 and worked at the General-Landes-Oeconomie- und Commerz-Collegium there. In 1738 he moved to Husum , where he worked as an administrator and judiciary. He was married to Magdalena, née von Goessel.

Dumreicher's father named Johann Conrad Dumreicher (* 1764; † 1845) was the sole mayor of Schleswig from 1808 to 1834. His mother Anna Catharina, nee Friederici (* 1774; † 1803) was the second of a total of four wives of Johann Conrad Dumreichers. Her father had a pharmacy in Rendsburg .

Dumreicher attended the cathedral school in Schleswig and then studied in Kiel and Heidelberg . On October 13, 1821, he passed the legal state examination in Gottorf . On June 26, 1826, he began as a chancellery in the Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg chancellery in Copenhagen. In 1828 he became head of the secretarial office for the 2nd and 3rd departments, in 1830 a chancellery and a year later a judicial advisor.

From 1835 Dumreicher worked as the 4th deputy, from 1839 as the 3rd deputy, in 1840 as the 2nd deputy and in 1842 as the 1st deputy. A year later he was appointed to the conference council. After an application for dismissal he resigned on March 25, 1848 from the service. In the years 1849/50 he worked as head of the administrative commission for Schleswig. The judiciary, the military, local authorities, churches and schools were his responsibility. From 1851 he was in charge of cabinet matters from Holstein and Lauenburg. On April 1, 1853, he took over the position of bailiff for Reinbek, Trittau and Tremsbüttel and also the position of manager of the Wandsbek and Wellingsbüttel estate.

After Friedrich Christian Schmidt had been dismissed, Dumreicher took over the vacated position on May 16, 1855 as President of the Schleswig-Holstein Higher Regional Court . He remained in office until August 31, 1867 and retired on May 18, 1868. In the same year he was appointed to the Prussian Real Secret Council.

Dumreicher died unmarried in Kiel in early 1875.

Importance as a lawyer

During his time in Copenhagen, Dumreicher was regarded as a hard-working administrative specialist who acted on a state-wide basis. During the announcement of the Provisional Government in 1848, he showed solidarity with the other deputies. At the same time, he was so flexible that he did not lose the trust of other politicians. Fritz Tillisch , who belonged to the Danish Administrative Commission for Schleswig, therefore chose Dumreicher as his first employee. Together they negotiated complicated questions in Flensburg in 1849 .

The following time as President of the Court of Appeal was also problematic for Dumreicher. Responsible for this was his political stance in the years from 1848 to 1850. In addition, there were the unrest associated with the dismissal of the previous President Schmidt. On August 25, 1856, Dumreicher chaired a meeting on an indictment brought against von Scheele by the ministers of the Holstein estates. In doing so, he decided that the court had no jurisdiction, which did not improve his reputation. Nevertheless, it can be assumed that he always acted to the best of his knowledge and belief.

When Dumreichers retired, there were considerable legal disputes between the Prussian Minister of Justice and the Prussian Minister of Finance.

Awards

• Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog (January 1, 1856)

literature

• Sievert Lorenzen: Dumreicher, Carl Otto . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 3. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1974, pp. 87-88