Eduard von Faber

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Eduard Caspar von Faber , (born December 30, 1822 in Altenstadt near Geislingen , † January 18, 1907 in Stuttgart ) was Minister of Justice and member of the Privy Council in the Kingdom of Württemberg .

ancestry

Faber was born as the son of the Protestant dean and later prelate Karl August von Faber . The mother Charlotte was the daughter of the Haug law firm from Stuttgart. Faber had two older sisters and two younger brothers.

Career

Faber attended high school in Stuttgart and was a classmate of Crown Prince Karl , to whose group of fellow educators and students he belonged. At the University of Tübingen , Faber first studied philosophy and theology for three semesters before switching to law studies in line with his inclination . During his studies in 1840 he became a member of the fraternity Patrioten- und Nordland Tübingen . After studying and doing his doctorate, he joined the Württemberg judicial service. From 1857 to 1865 he was a lecturer in the Ministry of Justice. During the negotiations at the German Lawyers' Conference, Faber gave several seminal lectures. In 1861 and 1863 Faber drafted drafts of a court constitution law in Württemberg . On August 13, 1865, the Württemberg commercial court order prepared by Faber came out. On July 26, 1870, Faber was appointed to the real Privy Council . Since 1874 he was a member of the Protestant regional synod .

Minister of Justice

On December 21, 1878 Faber took over the management of the Department of Justice in the Midnight Government . On June 15, 1883 he was appointed Minister of State for Justice. His most important activities as minister included aligning the Württemberg judiciary with the Reich laws, collaborating on the civil code and setting the course for the preparatory work for the implementation law for the civil code. Faber placed particular emphasis on the further development of the penal system and the prison system.

In the fall of 1896, Faber resigned from office after almost 18 years at the head of the Department of Justice, due to increasing visual impairment.

family

Faber married Emma Charlotte Sophie née Ergenzinger (* 1832) in 1854, the daughter of the court chamber president Ludwig Eduard von Ergenzinger († 1877). The marriage had three children.

Honors

Publications

  • Together with A. Schloßberger: The preliminary work for the Württemberg land rights from June 1, 1610. Verlag Weise, Stuttgart 1859

Notes and evidence

  1. ↑ It is not clear from the publications named in the literature list when the doctorate took place. However, his name is given with a doctorate.
  2. ^ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1901, page 76
  3. ↑ Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1894, page 29

literature

  • Schwäbische Kronik , No. 30, January 18, 1907, p. 5
  • Eberhard von Georgii-Georgenau: Biographisch-Genealogische Blätter from and about Swabia . Emil Müller Verlag, Stuttgart 1878, p. 194
  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 2: F-H. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0809-X , pp. 1-2.
personal data
SURNAME Faber, Eduard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faber, Eduard Caspar von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Württemberg Minister of Justice
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Altenstadt near Geislingen
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 1907
Place of death Stuttgart