Christian Friedrich Callisen (Mayor)

Christian Friedrich Callisen (born January 25, 1806 in Schleswig , † April 6, 1863 in Lauenburg ) was a German civil servant, lawyer and mayor of Flensburg .

Live and act

Christian Friedrich Callisen was the son of a theologian of the same name . After attending the Schleswig Cathedral School , he began studying law at the University of Kiel in the winter semester of 1824 . He spent the summer semester of 1826 at the University of Berlin and switched to the University of Göttingen in the following semester . In 1829 he passed the legal examination in Gottorf. He then got a position as a chancellery in the Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg chancellery in Copenhagen. In 1835 Callisen was promoted to real clerk, 1838 to chancellery, 1840 to real judicial council and the following year to clerk. From April to November 1843 he worked as a bailiff, bailiff and police officer. Then he followed a call as a commissioner in the General Customs Chamber and Commerce College in Copenhagen.

In 1845 Callisen submitted his application for the office of mayor of Flensburg. On October 17, he was appointed First and Conducting Mayor, succeeding Hans Rudolph Feddersen. His swearing-in took place for the first time in two languages ​​in German and Danish with corresponding documents of appointment. Because of his hard work, he quickly gained the trust of the Flensburg colleges and the citizens. He organized a quick conduct of business, made decisions, and checked sub-officials. Callisen acted sparingly, held back and refrained from big speeches and representation.

When the dispute over the Schleswig-Holstein question began , Callisen offered himself as a mediator and remained neutral, which specifically meant that he cooperated with all parties to the dispute objectively and willing to compromise in local politics. The historian Holger Hjelholt called him a conservative personality, within the meaning of general government covered and neither to the side of the Eider Danes put nor the Schleswig-Holstein.

During the Schleswig-Holstein uprising , the Provisional Government came into effect in 1848 . In order to maintain public safety and order, Callisen campaigned for them to be recognized. On March 26, the city colleagues agreed with his proposal. With the Provisional Government he tried to ensure that shipping and trade did not have to pay for losses caused by the war. King Friedrich VII approved the trip of a commission headed by Callisen, which led to Rendsburg in mid-April 1848 . Peace negotiations with the government and Eduard von Bonin were supposed to be conducted there. The interlocutors rejected the Commission's plan.

After the Easter battle near Schleswig on April 23, 1848, the mood of the Flensburg population was divided. Callisen therefore wanted to prevent a black, red and gold flag from being hoisted over the town hall, but was unsuccessful. Jürgen Bremer, as a member of the Provisional Government, ordered that Flensburg receive an interim chief president and an extraordinary chief of police for political affairs on May 8th. The college of deputies successfully requested that Callisen be allowed to remain in office. In the subsequent election to the Frankfurt National Assembly , Callisen had to take over the office of election director . Since the Duchy of Schleswig did not belong to the German Confederation , he had expressed concerns about constitutional law and did not want to take over the office.

In the election to the Schleswig-Holstein state assembly in July 1848 Callisen received a mandate. After the Peace of Malmö he was to become an alternate member of the joint government for the two duchies. Since he is said to have taken sides alternately for the German and Danish sides, he was ultimately not nominated. There is an anonymously written letter from 1850 in which he is portrayed as a seducer and hypocrite.

After Flensburg was ruled by Danes again, the rulers suspended Callisen on July 19, 1850. His dismissal without pension entitlement took place on November 7, despite the advocacy of renowned and loyal Flensburg citizens. The reasons for his dismissal were the leadership of the election to the National Assembly and membership in the National Assembly. Callisen then represented the city of Lauenburg in the Lauenburg knights and landscape as an elected member of parliament and as court holder for the goods Dalldorf and Gülzow .

Callisen was awarded the Dannebrogorden in 1846 .

family

On May 31, 1846 Callisen married Emilie Catharina Mommsen (born April 5, 1819 in Flensburg ). She was the daughter of the Flensburg businessman Fedder Mommsen and his wife Helena Maria Görrissen and her first marriage was the Flensburg lawyer Andreas Christiansen Winding (1807-1845). The marriage remained childless.

literature

• Gerd Vaagt: Callisen, Christian Friedrich . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , pages 74-75.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Gerd Vaagt: Callisen, Christian Friedrich . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , page 74.
2. ↑ Gerd Vaagt: Callisen, Christian Friedrich . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , pages 74-75.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Gerd Vaagt: Callisen, Christian Friedrich . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , page 75.