Emil August von Dungern

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Emil August Victor Freiherr von Dungern (born October 29, 1802 in Weilburg , † August 3, 1862 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German politician in the Duchy of Nassau .

Life

He was the son of Friedrich Heinrich von Dungern (1765-1858) and his wife Wilhelmine Louise, born in the Palatinate City of Bad Bergzabern , the secret councilor, chief stable master and member of the state parliament . Lesch von Mühlheim .

Dungern attended the Philippinum Weilburg grammar school . After graduating from high school, he studied law at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen . In Heidelberg in 1820 he became a member of the Rhenania III corps team , in which he distinguished himself as a senior . Dungern entered the civil service of the Duchy of Nassau in 1824 and settled in Wiesbaden. Close family relationships with leading officials and officers favored his career. In 1829 he married Charlotte Friederike Freiin Marschall von Bieberstein (1810–1832), daughter of the Nassau State Minister Ernst Marschall von Bieberstein . From this marriage the daughter Henriette Luise Dorothea Auguste von Dungern (1832-1856), the wife of the Hessian diplomat Wilhelm von Leonhardi, emerged. Emil von Dungern was related by marriage to August von Kruse , Friedrich Heinrich von Preen and Joseph von Syberg zu Sümmern . In 1832 Dungern became a ministerial advisor. Adolph (Luxemburg) honored him in 1833 with the title of Duke of Nassau Chamberlain. After the death of his first wife, he married her sister Dorette Freiin Marschall von Bieberstein (1808–1888) in 1834. The son Max von Dungern (1838-1894) emerged from the marriage.

In 1840 the position of director of the ministerial office was newly created for Dungern. In this office he was Deputy Minister of State Carl Wilderich von Walderdorff . In 1842 he was appointed to the Real Secret Council . From December 3, 1843 he was the last Minister of State of the Vormärz in the Duchy of Nassau. In contrast to the policy of his predecessors von Walderdorff and Friedrich Anton Georg Karl von Bock and Hermsdorf , von Dungern was more open to the ideas of liberalism . During his term of office, the schools at Hadamar and Wiesbaden were elevated to full-fledged grammar schools . In education policy, there were conflicts between the Duchy of Nassau and the Catholic Limburg Bishop Peter Joseph Blum, who was appointed to the office in 1842 . As a result, denominational religious instruction was reintroduced in 1844. However, the government prevented the establishment of a Catholic teachers' college. There were changes in military policy during his tenure. For example, the soldiers' training period was extended and the exemptions from military service based on occupation and status were abolished. Further reforms such as the transfer of the state police from the reserve battalion to a special Landjäger corps were prepared, but were no longer implemented due to the March Revolution. This also applied to the planned separation of administration and justice and the introduction of oral procedures. Dungern could not enforce the planned reforms in the area of civil law against the estates of the Duchy of Nassau . They were only passed by the new state parliament after the March Revolution. With the gentleman's bank of the estates, the government opposed the Dungern direct election of the mayor, as demanded by the Chamber of Deputies .

The “Palais von Dungern” in Weilburg, from Dungern's residence 1848–1852

As early as 1846, the confrontation between the conservative and liberal camps came to a head. Bad harvests in the 1840s led to increased criticism of the government. His term of office as head of government ended with the German Revolution of 1848/1849 . At first, Dungern was still able to stay in office, but had to approve the Nassauer's nine demands and initiate their implementation. In April 1848 he was dismissed after several requests and the March government of August Hergenhahn came into office for a few months. Dungern moved to his father's house in Weilburg.

After the suppression of the revolution, von Dungern was a member of the state house of the Erfurt Union Parliament in 1850 and, from 1851, Nassau's envoy to the Bundestag (German Confederation) . In the Bundestag, Dungern was considered a conservative politician who was inclined to Austria. He received numerous medals. When he died at the age of 59, he was buried in the old cemetery in Wiesbaden .

Honors

Grave site of the von Dungern family in Wiesbaden

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Emil August von Dungern  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 119/226
  2. ↑ Jochen Lengemann: The German Parliament (Erfurt Union Parliament) from 1850 , 2000, pp. 123-124
  3. ↑ Duchy of Nassau (ed.): Ordinance sheet of the Duchy of Nassau . Wiesbaden 1862; P. 60
personal data
SURNAME Dungern, Emil August von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dungern, Emil August Victor Freiherr von (full name); Dungern, Emil von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nassau politician and minister of state
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1802
PLACE OF BIRTH Weilburg
DATE OF DEATH August 3, 1862
Place of death Frankfurt am Main