Christian von Eggers

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Christian Ulrich Detlev von Eggers , from 1806 Freiherr von Eggers (born May 11, 1758 in Itzehoe ; † November 21, 1813 in Kiel ), was a politician and statesman, camerawoman , Danish - Holstein civil servant and chief president of the city of Kiel.

family

He came from a Hamburg family, the direct line of which begins with the glazier Henning Eggers , since 1619 a citizen of Hamburg. Christian's father Hinrich Friedrich Eggers , royal Danish conference councilor and Vice Chancellor of Glücksburg (Baltic Sea) , was raised to the imperial nobility on January 3, 1790 in Vienna . He married Joh. Ernestine (1773–97) in Copenhagen in 1790. Her father was Balthasar Münter and her sister Friederike Brun . After the death of his wife he married Antoinette Frieder in 1799 in Copenhagen. de Bang (1774-1851).

On April 21, 1806, Christian von Eggers was elevated to the status of imperial baron as royal Danish state councilor and chief procurator at the German chancellery in Vienna .

Life

Eggers studied law and political science at the universities of Kiel , Leipzig , Halle and Göttingen from 1776 to 1783 and then entered the Danish civil service in Copenhagen . In 1785 he was appointed professor of camera science and in 1788 professor of law. In addition, he was called upon to work in financial commissions and represented Denmark as Legation Councilor at the Rastatt Congress from 1797–1798 .

Eggers writes about this:

“From December 9, 1797 to April 23, 1799, a peace congress was held here in accordance with the Peace of Campo Formio to order German imperial affairs and to compensate the imperial princes who lost their territories to the left of the Rhine. The whole fruitless negotiation presented the pitiful spectacle of German discord alongside French arrogance. Austria, which in the meantime had formed a new coalition against France with Russia and England, finally dissolved the Congress. "

Eggers was favored by Minister Andreas Peter von Bernstorff , whose views he shared and to whom he paid deep admiration. In his spirit, he worked for humane reforms and, in particular, promoted the abolition of serfdom in Schleswig-Holstein, of which he was appointed chief procurator in 1801.

He also made an outstanding contribution to the criminal legislation and penal institutions in the duchies. Because of his efforts to reform Austrian legislation in 1806, he was raised to the baron status and in 1813, a few months before his death, was appointed President of the City of Kiel.

Works (selection)

  • Touchstone for real Freemasons . Copenhagen 1786, 2 vols.
  • Sketch and fragments of a human history . Copenhagen 1803-1804, 3 vols.
  • Description of Iceland . Copenhagen 1786
  • French Revolution Memories . Copenhagen 1794-1807, 6 vols.
  • Memoirs on Danish Finances . Hamburg 1800–1801, 2 vols.
  • Remarks on a trip through southern Germany, Alsace and Switzerland in 1798 and 1799 . Copenhagen 1801-1806, 6 vols.

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Christian Ulrich Detlev von Eggers  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Eggers anonymous publication: Geheime Geschichte der Rastatter Friedensverhandlungen , Germanien 1799.
  2. ↑ See his work Memories from the Life of the Royal Danish Minister of State AP Grafen von Bernstorff , Copenhagen 1800.
personal data
SURNAME Eggers, Christian von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eggers, Christian Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and statesman
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1758
PLACE OF BIRTH Itzehoe
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1813
Place of death Kiel