Eduard Rentzel

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Eduard Rentzel, JUDr. and Senator, drawn by Friedrich Carl Gröger

Eduard Rentzel (born November 16, 1772 in Hamburg ; † June 16, 1832 there ) was a German lawyer , senior senior secretary and councilor in Hamburg.

Life

"Eduard Rentzel", Ohlsdorf cemetery

Born in Hamburg, Rentzel attended the Johanneum School of Academics and studied law at the University of Jena and the University of Göttingen . At the last university he completed his studies on August 20, 1796 as a doctor of law and then went to the Reich Chamber of Commerce in Wetzlar . He later returned to Hamburg and settled here as a lawyer . He was head of the general poorhouse and on 4 May 1807 to the Secretary for Oberaltenburg, Ratssyndicus elect Vincent Oldenburg chosen. He lost this position during the French period in Hamburg , but received it again after the liberation of Hamburg in 1814. After the French era, Rentzel campaigned for the old constitution to be retained and, as senior senior secretary, pushed ahead with the establishment of a commercial court in Hamburg. He was elected on January 5, 1816 as the first president of this newly established commercial court. On May 23, 1821, he was finally elected councilor and as such was a member of the Hamburg Higher Court, which until the constitution of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in 1860 consisted of a juridical mayor as president and 10 councilors. Rentzel, as councilor, was also the administrator of the praetur . Despite his diverse official activities , he also worked as an asset manager and guardian . Rentzel died on June 16, 1832 at the age of 59 in Hamburg.

In the Ohlsdorf cemetery , Senators (II) of the Althamburg Memorial Cemetery commemorates Eduard Rentzel, among others.

family

Rentzel was the son of the licentiate Garlieb Rentzel (1727–1796) and his wife Anna Margaretha Sillem (1732–1788), daughter of councilor Joachim Sillem (1691–1737). The preacher at Hamburg's Sankt Jacobi Church , Hermann Rentzel (1764–1827), was his brother. In 1805 Rentzel had married Maria Therese Rücker (1785–1821), daughter of Oberold Siegmund Diedrich Rücker (1744–1834). From this marriage a son and three daughters were born. However, the son died at the age of five and so Eduard Rentzel was the last bearer of the name of this old and respected Hamburg family.

Works (selection)

  • Theses inaugorales de quaestione, quando jure Hamburgensi in caussis mercatoriis aditus ad suprema Imperii tribunalia pateat . Johann Georg Rosenbusch, Göttingen 1796 ( digitized from Google Books).
  • Preface . In: Archives for Commercial Law. A collection of practically important legal cases negotiated before the Hamburg Commercial Court . tape 1 . Perthes & Besser, Hamburg 1818, p. III – VI ( digitized on the pages of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek).
  • Dedicated to the memory of his unforgettable friend Mr. Peter August Widow, Doctoris und Senatoris . Meissner, Hamburg 1821 ( online at Google Books).

literature

Web links

Commons : Eduard Rentzel  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Drexelius u. Renatus Weber: The Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg of June 6, 1952. Commentary together with Senate Act, Act on Administrative Authorities, Relationship Act, Police Administration Act, Judge Election Act, Citizenship Election Act . Walter de Gruyter, Hamburg 1953, ISBN 3-11-172504-9 , p. 57 ( digitized from Google Books).
predecessor Office successor
Vincent Oldenburg Senior Secretary to Hamburg
1807–1816 		Ferdinand Beneke
personal data
SURNAME Rentzel, Eduard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rentzel, Eduardus; Renzel, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, senior secretary and councilor in Hamburg
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1772
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1832
Place of death Hamburg