Conrad Abée
Conrad Abée (born April 23, 1806 in Wolfhagen ; † November 8, 1873 in Marburg an der Lahn ) was a Hessian politician and minister .
origin
He comes from a surgeon family of non- Huguenot descent and was related to Ernst Abbe . His parents were the official surgeon Johann Christoph Wilhelm Abée (1765–1819) and his wife Anna Catharina born. Corner.
Life
Abée grew up in poor conditions. While he was still in school, he began working as an official clerk . After graduating from high school in Fulda in 1830, he studied law and philosophy at the University of Marburg . There he joined the "old fraternity Alemannia". In 1833 he became a trainee lawyer in the Ministry of Justice of the Electorate of Hesse-Kassel in Kassel . There he became secretary in 1835, lecturing councilor in 1843 and cabinet counselor in 1846.
In 1848 he was transferred to Rinteln as a senior judge. In 1853 he became president of the Hessian Higher Appeal Court. In 1858, Elector Friedrich Wilhelm sent him to the German Bundestag as representative of the Electorate of Hesse .
In 1860 he was appointed Minister of Justice , later also Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Electoral House. After the annexation of Kurhessen by Prussia in 1866, he retired to Marburg, where he died in 1873.
family
He married Freiin Sophie von Wrede in Kassel in 1837 and had 12 children with her, including:
- Emilie ∞ Eduard Vilmar (December 4, 1832 - March 30, 1872), Protestant theologian and orientalist
- Carl Heinrich August Ernst (born September 16, 1843), Dr. med
literature
- Kurt Dülfer: Abée, Conrad. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 6 ( digitized version ).
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I Politicians, Part 1: A – E. Heidelberg 1996, p. 1. (with picture)
- Allgemeine Zeitung Munich: 1873, p.4852
- Abée, Conrad. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Konrad Abée's estate in the Hessian State Archives in Marburg
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Abée, Conrad |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abée Konrad |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Elector of Hesse politician and minister |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1806 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolfhagen |
DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1873 |
Place of death | Marburg on the Lahn |