Cipriano Francisco Gaedechens

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Black and white illustration of the portrait of Cipriano Francisco Gaedechens by Leo Lehmann , miniature
Black and white illustration of the portrait of Luise Gaedechens by Leo Lehmann, miniature

Cipriano Francisco Gaedechens (born April 1, 1818 in Hamburg ; † January 22, 1901 there ) was a Hamburg officer, politician and local historian.

Life

Gaedchens was a son of the merchant Otto Christian Gaedechens and a Spanish noblewoman. After four years of training at the Hanseatic Military School in Oldenburg , he served as an officer in the Hamburg Contingent of the Federal Army from 1840 to 1850 , most recently in the rank of captain . As part of his military duties, he was repeatedly entrusted with cartographic work, including surveying the fire area after the Hamburg fire of 1842.

After his retirement from the military, Gaedechens, whose wife Luise, a daughter of the Senate Syndicate Jakob Albrecht von Sienen , had brought a considerable fortune into the marriage, lived as a private scholar in Hamburg and held numerous honorary political positions there: he was an adjunct at the Michaeliskirche from 1850 onwards to the "inherited" citizenship and in 1859 changed to the new (elected) Hamburg citizenship , to which he belonged until 1892 with short interruptions. Among other things, he was head of the breeding and spinning house , provisional officer of the orphanage and a member of several deputations (building deputation, finance deputation). As a provisional member of the hospital staff, he was involved in the planning of the " Friedrichsberg lunatic asylum " (opened in 1864), and as head of the St. John's monastery he was involved in the founding of the monastery school that still exists today (1872). From 1874 onwards, as the parish elder of St. Michaelis, he was also a member of the Oberaltenkollegium , which was responsible for the administration of the Heiliggeisthospital, the Maria Magdalenen monastery and the Oberaltenstift .

Parallel to his respective tasks, Gaedechens researched and published the history of the Hamburg military system as well as the development of various charities and foundations. His main work, the Historical Topography of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg , published in 1880 , is still a valuable reference work on the city's history. In 1840 he had already joined the Association for Hamburg History founded by his father and Johann Martin Lappenberg and was there from 1842 secretary of the topographical- statistical section, later second head (1879–1887) and from 1889 honorary member of the association. Between 1857 and 1875 he represented the association in the commission for the Hamburg Antiquities Collection, which later became the Museum of Hamburg History .

In recognition of his services, Gaedechensweg in Hamburg-Eppendorf was named after him in 1902 .

Fonts

  • The Hamburg military until 1811. In: Journal of the Association for Hamburg History . Vol. 8 = New Series Vol. 5, 1889, pp. 421-600 .
  • The Hanseatic Legion. In: Journal of the Association for Hamburg History. Vol. 8 = New Series Vol. 5, 1889, pp. 601–640 , (also published together as a special edition).
  • Historical topography of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and its immediate surroundings from its origins to the present. Mauke, Hamburg 1880, ( digitized version ).
  • Hamburg coins and medals. Section 3: Additions and continuation. Meissner, Hamburg 1876, (continuation of the two volumes published by Otto Christian Gaedechens. Digitized version ).
  • Hamburg's citizen armament. A historical review. Mauke, Hamburg 1872, ( digitized version ).
  • History of the Hamburg town hall. Meißner, Hamburg 1867, (based on preparatory work by Johann Martin Lappenberg . Digitized ).
  • The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg coat of arms, seal, flag and cocarde. Nolte & Köhler, Hamburg 1855, ( digitized ).

Maps from the historical topography

  • Hamburg 1320

  • Hamburg 1880

literature

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SURNAME Gaedechens, Cipriano Francisco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gaedechens, CF; Gaedechens, Cipriano Francisco (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician, Member of the Bundestag and historian
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1901
Place of death Hamburg