Clemens Mersmann (administrative officer, 1788)
Clemens Godefridus Antonius Franciscus Mersmann (born March 30, 1788 in Dülmen , † September 29, 1867 in Coesfeld ) was a German administrative lawyer and politician.
Life
origin
Clemens Mersmann was born as the son of the married couple Clemens August Mersmann and Sophia Mersmann née Engeler and grew up with seven siblings in Dülmen.
Career
He initially studied at the University of Münster and continued his studies at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . In 1808 he became a member of the Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg . On October 4, 1810, he passed his exam at the Recklinghausen Court of Appeal with the remark "very well passed". Three days later he was appointed advocate for the Duchy of Arenberg . At the beginning of 1811 Mersmann was appointed deputy to the French justice of the peace in Dülmen; in April he became a lawyer at the French tribunal in Munster. In 1813 Mersmann was mayor of Dülmen and in the summer of 1816, thanks to the king, he became a government assessor for the government in Münster and then the district commissioner of the newly formed Prussian district of Ahaus . In 1823 he moved to the district of Coesfeld as district administrator , where he held the office for more than four decades until his death in 1867.
family
In August 1819 he married Anna Pauline Antonette von Schlebrügge, daughter of Johann David Paul von Schlebrügge , district administrator of the Lüdinghausen district. From this marriage 10 children were born. Her son Clemens Mersmann , who was born in Ahaus , also became district administrator in the Rhine Province .
Orders and awards
- Order of the Red Eagle 3rd class
- Appointment to the secret government council
Web links
- District Administrator Clemens Mersmann on www.duelmen.de (with picture)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kösener corps lists 1910, 112 , 30
- ^ Coesfeld district administrative history and district administrators on the website territorial.de (Rolf Jehke)
- ^ Borken district archive: From the development and work of the Westmünsterland district of Borken , p. 324
Clemens Mersmann (1816–1823) | Ernst von Westhoven (1823–1833) | Theodor von Heyden (1833-1856) | Julius von Hülst (1856-1859) | Jakob von Hilgers (1859–1860) | Maximilian von Kerckerinck zur Borg (1860–1874) | Walther Herwig (1874–1878) | Wilhelm Scheffer (1878–1881) | Wilhelm Riedesel zu Eisenbach (1881–1882) | Gustav Gärtner (1882–1895) | Friedrich von Schorlemer-Alst (1895–1920) | Felix Sümmermann (1920–1944) | Bruno Vagedes (1946–1968) | Franz Skorzak (1968–1974)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mersmann, Clemens |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mersmann, Clemens Godefridus Antonius Franciscus (= full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian administrative officer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1788 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dülmen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1867 |
| Place of death | Coesfeld |