Christian Philipp Koehler

Christian Philipp Koehler (also: Christian Philipp Köhler ) (born February 1, 1778 in Stettin ; † March 1, 1842 in Berlin ) was a German civil servant. After working in his native city of Stettin, he moved to Berlin in 1809, where he rose to the position of Real Privy Council and member of the State Council .

Life

Christian Philipp Koehler was born the son of a ship's captain.

He initially received private lessons from Professor Sello in Stettin and then from 1791 attended the local academic high school . He finished school in 1794 with the Abitur and began to study law at the University of Halle and, after the first examination on May 26, 1797, became an auscultator with the government in Szczecin.

In December 1797, an investigation against him was suppressed for serving as a second in a duel as a student ; however, the offense was attributed to youthful recklessness.

After the second exam on June 27, 1798, he was promoted to trainee lawyer and in November of the same year asked for admission to the Rigorosum , which he successfully passed on January 25, 1799. On January 30, 1799 he became assessor in the government in Szczecin; later he was also assistant councilor at the Pomeranian War and Domain Chamber . After the death of the Chamber Legal Counsel Wilhelm Friedrich Peters in 1801, he first became an associate professor in the Chamber and was eligible for the next vacant position as Chamber Legal Counsel in Stettin. In 1802 he finally became a war and domain councilor and second chamber legal advisor.

In 1809 he moved as a State Councilor to the Ministry of the Interior in Berlin, where he was promoted to the Real Secret Council .

From 1817 he was head of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin .

literature

• Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740-1806 / 15 . Walter de Gruyter, 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-44130-1 ( google.de [accessed on February 2, 2018]).
• August Ferdinand Ribbeck : Communications from (his) written estate, p. 136 . Plahn, 1848 ( google.de [accessed July 18, 2018]).