Carl Sebastian Heller from Hellersberg

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Carl Sebastian Nikolaus Cornelius Heller Reichsedler von Hellersberg (also spelled Karl and von Hellersperg ; born September 14, 1772 in Burghausen ; † July 5, 1818 in Landshut ) was a German legal scholar and statesman .

Life

Heller von Hellersberg came from a Saxon family. His grandfather Anton Ignaz Heller was on August 23, 1745 in Bavaria to the nobles of Hellerberg ennobled , his father was a government secretary. His mother was born von Crenzin. The parents were not very wealthy and had two daughters.

Carl Sebastian Heller von Hellersberg attended elementary and secondary school as well as high school in Burghausen. In autumn 1788 he went to the University of Ingolstadt . In addition to law, he also studied philosophy there . After his studies, he worked from 1792 to 1795 Assessor at the district court of Dachau and the district court Reichenhall . In 1795 his cousin Johann Nepomuk Gottfried von Krenner made him secretary, a position that was favorable for his future career.

In 1797 Heller von Hellersberg was appointed extraordinary professor for constitutional law and imperial history. In this position, he was supposed to represent his cousin at the University of Ingolstadt, because he was too busy elsewhere and could no longer fulfill his university duties. That same year he was also the doctor of Laws ( utr. Dr. iur. ) Graduated and also to Councilor as well as the extraordinary member of the historic class of Chur Bairischen Academy of Sciences appointed in 1803 to tidy their member. In the university staff, critical voices were occasionally heard about the fast career of the only 25-year-old legal scholar, which he subsequently managed to overcome. He was one of the co-founders of the first trade journal at the university. In 1798 he was accepted as a full member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen . From 1799 to 1800 he edited the literary ephemeris together with Franz de Paula von Knie . He withdrew from this magazine due to his transfer to Munich .

Heller von Hellersberg was appointed a member of the General Office in Munich on April 23, 1799. As a general state directorate, he was responsible for the department for internal constitutional law and was thus involved in the implementation of the reforms by Maximilian von Montgelas . Here he campaigned for the clearance of trades and the organization of cities and markets. His efforts for local self-government were incorporated into the Bavarian municipal constitution in 1817. The commitment to self-administration continued during his time as a university lecturer. Here he campaigned for the self-administration of universities. During his time in Munich, he also published the journal “ Latest Landscape Library for Baiern ”. It appeared between 1800 and 1804 in a total of 96 issues.

However, Heller von Hellersberg wanted to return to science. His request was finally granted in 1804 and his representative Johann Georg Feßmaier was appointed as his successor. Heller von Hellersberg became a full professor for history and constitutional law at the University of Landshut , the successor university to the University of Ingolstadt. There he also became university archivist , member of the Senate and from 1805 to 1807 treasurer of the university. In 1815, after the university had recovered its assets, he was elected to the management committee because of his business skills.

Heller von Hellersberg fell seriously ill in 1817 and died about a year later. Hellersberg did not leave any material assets worth mentioning to his wife, daughter of the agrarian reformer Simon Rottmanner and thus from a well-to-do family, and to his five children.

Works (selection)

  • About the resignation of the Bavarian-Munich Duke Sigismund , Montag and Weiß, Regensburg 1797.
  • on the relationship between jurisdiction and scraping in Bavaria , Stein, Nuremberg 1798.
  • Reflections on the so-called revolt of the citizens of Landshut , Storno, Landshut 1818.
  • From the bojohemum of the ancients or from the buoyers in the clear Bohemia , Storno, Landshut 1818.
  • The Bavarian Culture Law , Storno, Landshut 1818.

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personal data
SURNAME Heller von Hellersberg, Carl Sebastian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heller Reichsedler von Hellersberg, Carl Sebastian Nikolaus Cornelius (full name); Heller Reichsedler von Hellersperg, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German legal scholar and statesman
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1772
PLACE OF BIRTH Burghausen
DATE OF DEATH July 5, 1818
Place of death Landshut