Eduard von Broich

Eduard Christian Arnold Maria Freiherr von Broich (born February 9, 1834 at Schönau Palace in Richterich , today a district of Aachen ; † December 11, 1907 in Honnef ) was a Prussian administrative officer and district administrator .

Life

Origin and education

He belonged to the von Broich family, who lived in the Aachen area . His father, Arnold Carl Maria Freiherr von Broich (1797–1873), was raised to the Prussian baron status in 1834 and married to Sophie de Wyels (* 1805).

After finishing school, Eduard von Broich studied law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . In 1856 he became a member of the Corps Hansea Bonn . After graduating, he entered the Prussian civil service.

Career

He began his career with the Prussian government in Aachen. In 1865 he became a government assessor and successfully applied for the post of district administrator of the Malmedy district , an office which he took up on March 6, 1865. In 1876 he took over temporarily and from December 3, 1877 finally the office of the district administrator in the district of Hersfeld . In 1883 he applied for the post of district administrator of the Hanau district , which had become vacant due to the death of the incumbent, and took it up on January 22, 1884. But the following year he moved to the Prussian State Ministry in Berlin , where he worked as a lecturer until his retirement in 1899 . The retirement is said to have taken place after unsuccessful financial speculation and the alleged brokerage of awards.

family

Eduard Freiherr von Broich married Anna Leydel (* 1841 in Bonn), with whom he had the son Theodor Freiherr von Broich (* 1867 in Malmedy).

Awards

• Appointment to the secret government council and later secret upper government council.
• Since 1885 holder of the Russian Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class.

literature

• Georg-Wilhelm Hanna (edit.): The district of Hanau and its district administrators . Ed .: Kreissparkasse Hanau . Hanau 1989, p. 21.
• Thomas Klein: Senior officials in the general administration in the Prussian province of Hessen-Nassau and in Waldeck 1867–1945 = Sources and research on Hessian history 70. Ed .: Hessische Historische Kommission Darmstadt and Historical Commission for Hessen . Darmstadt / Marburg 1988. ISBN 3-88443-159-5

Web links

• Personal data on territorial.de
• Acta Borussica Volume 8 / II (1890–1900) , p. 502. (PDF file; 2.19 MB).
• Broich, Eduard Christian Arnold Maria Freiherr von. Hessian biography. (As of July 24, 2019). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Remarks

1. ↑ Hanna claims that he had become a “regional court assessor”. Since Broichs is not aware of any activity within the judiciary, this should not be the case.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 22 , 90
2. ^ Hanna: Hanau district ; Malmedy district .
3. ^ Hanna: Hanau district ; District of Hersfeld .
4. ^ Hanna: Hanau district ; Hanau district .
5. ^ Hanna: Hanau district .
6. ↑ ^{a b} Acta Borussica Volume 8 / II (1890–1900), p. 502. Online (PDF file; 2.19 MB)
7. ^ Hanna: Hanau district .