Christian Bernhard von Watzdorf

Christian Bernhard von Watzdorf (* December 12, 1804 at Berga Castle ; † September 15, 1870 in Weimar ) was a German judge and ministerial official in the Kingdom of Saxony . From 1867 he sat in the Reichstag (North German Confederation) .

Life

Watzdorf was a Protestant denomination and attended the Friedrichgymnasium (Altenburg) . From 1824 to 1828 he studied law at the University of Leipzig . In 1823 he became a member of the Corps Saxonia Leipzig . After graduating as Dr. jur. In 1828 he became an auditor and in 1830 a senior judge at the upper court in Leipzig . In 1835 he was appointed to the Zwickau Court of Appeal. He was co-editor of the year books for Saxon law . In August 1840 he was appointed to the Dresden Higher Appeal Court , but a few months later he joined the entire Ministry of the Kingdom of Saxony as Ministerialrat. In 1843 von Watzdorf resigned as a real. Go Council and Minister of State join the government of the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach . He took over the departments for foreign affairs and justice. In 1848 he became head of the entire ministry and remained there until his death.

In 1850 he belonged to the Erfurt Union Parliament and was its vice-president. From February 1867 he was a non-attached member of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation for the constituency of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach 3 ( Jena , Neustadt an der Orla ). Shortly before the founding of the German Empire , he died in office at the age of 66.

The city of Weimar made him an honorary citizen .

literature

Fr. Ed .: The first German constitution and the last March Minister . In: The Gazebo . Issue 18, 1866, pp. 284–286 ( full text [ Wikisource ] - with portrait of the minister).
H .: The last March Minister . In: The Gazebo . Issue 50, 1866, pp. 851 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
Otto von Franke: Watzdorf, Christian Bernhard von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, pp. 258-270.
Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867–1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 .
Friedrich Facius : The directing ministers of the Thuringian states 1815-1918. In: Klaus Schwabe (Ed.): The governments of the German medium and small states. 1815–1933 (= German leadership classes in modern times. Volume 14 = Büdinger research on social history. Volume 18). Boldt, Boppard am Rhein 1983, ISBN 3-7646-1830-2 , p. 282.

Web links

from Watzdorf, Christ. Bernh. in the database of members of the Reichstag
Biography of Bernhard von Watzdorf . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)

Individual evidence

↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 154 , 151
^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 274; see also Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867–1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 , photo p. 347, short biography p. 484.

personal data
SURNAME	Watzdorf, Christian Bernhard von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German judge, MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	December 12, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berga Castle
DATE OF DEATH	September 15, 1870
Place of death	Weimar

[1] Kösener corps lists 1910, 154 , 151

[2] Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 274; see also Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867–1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 , photo p. 347, short biography p. 484.