Eduard Trieps

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Eduard Trieps, 1862.

Jakob Peter Eduard Trieps (born March 31, 1811 in Braunschweig ; † June 5, 1884 there ) was a German lawyer and Braunschweig Minister of State from 1874 to 1881.

life and work

Due to his talent, the son of a basket maker found sponsors who enabled him to attend grammar school. From 1829 to 1831 he continued his education at the Brunswick Collegium Carolinum . Trieps then studied law in Jena and Göttingen until 1834 . During his studies he became a member of the Leipzig Burschenschaft and member of the Jena Burschenschaft / Arminia in 1831 . He worked as a notary in Braunschweig. The doctorate to Dr. jur. The second state examination, completed with distinction, followed in 1837. On October 10, 1839, he married Auguste Daubert († 1859), the daughter of his former sponsor. He gave up his legal practice after a few years.

Political career

In 1845 Trieps was elected to the professional assembly. In March 1848 he was elected to the pre-parliament in Frankfurt am Main together with the lawyer August Hollandt . The Brunswick city director Wilhelm Bode intended Trieps to be his successor in 1848, which was prevented by August Hollandt's protest. Trieps was appointed senior judge at the ducal higher regional court in Wolfenbüttel in 1850 . In 1857 he became a deputy of the Brunswick state government in the commission of the German Confederation for the preparation of a general German commercial code in Nuremberg . This was followed by a corresponding commission activity in Hamburg to advise on maritime law . In 1860 he became a senior judge in Hamburg and a representative of the Free and Hanseatic City at the third reading of the General German Commercial Code (ADHGB). After his return to the Duchy of Braunschweig , he became President of the Supreme Court in Wolfenbüttel in 1863. On November 5, 1874, he was appointed to the Real Secret Council for Justice and Culture in the Brunswick State Ministry. Here he participated in the reorganization of the judiciary and campaigned for the preservation of the independence of the Higher Regional Court. He was the author of the Regency Act of February 16, 1879, which was supposed to secure the government after the death of the heirless Duke Wilhelm . In 1881 he submitted his departure as minister after disagreements had arisen with his cabinet colleagues over the question of whether a member of the government was only responsible for his own department.

Trieps died in 1884 and was buried next to his wife in Wolfenbüttel.

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personal data
SURNAME Trieps, Eduard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trieps, Jakob Peter Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1884
Place of death Braunschweig