Ernst August Rumann

Ernst August Rumann (born July 3, 1746 in Polle ; † July 17, 1827 in Hanover ) was a German lawyer and Minister of Justice of the Kingdom of Hanover from 1816 to 1827.

life and work

Tomb in the garden cemetery

Since 1763 Rumann studied at the University of Goettingen law . He was a member of the student order Ordre de l'Esperance . In 1767 he became an auditor in the Hanoverian law office. The king appointed Rumann court counselor in 1783 and appointed him a member of the higher appeal court in Celle , of which he became vice-president in 1798.

Justice Minister of the Kingdom of Hanover

After the Kingdom of Westphalia was dissolved, Rumann became President of the Law Office and, in 1816, the first Minister of Justice of the newly formed Kingdom of Hanover. He was involved in extensive legislation. Under his leadership, a reform of the criminal process , the exchange regulations of 1822 and the first draft of the penal code of 1825 were created. Rumann was one of the first civil Hanoverian officials in management positions.

Rumann died in Hanover in 1827. His grave is in the garden cemetery there .

family

The Rumann family belonged to the so-called pretty families in the 18th and 19th centuries . The uninterrupted line of tribe begins with Hans Rumann, who, with his brother Thilo, both citizens of Northeim, received a letter of arms from Duke Otto Cocles of Göttingen on January 22nd, 1438 , “for the sake of favor, Woldat and Denstes, de se us dedan and still don like ". Rumann's ancestors were the Göttingen mayor Johann Rumann (1534-1607) and the lawyer and Brunswick court councilor Hildebrand Giseler Rumann (1568-1631). His son, Rumann's great-grandfather Joachim Christoph Rumann (1627–1682) was mayor of Northeim , his grandfather Johann Christoph Rumann (the younger, 1655–1727) first cavalry master in the ducal body regiment , and later mayor of Northeim.

Ernst August Rumann was the son of Johann Levin Christoph Rumann (1705–1774) and his wife Elisabeth Magdalene Antoinette, born to the bailiff von Polle an der Weser and later the chief bailiff zu Calenberg . Westphal (1716–1778), daughter of the bailiff Johann Christoph Westphal (1680–1734) and his wife Anna Philippine geb. Querl († 1729). Rumann had several siblings, u. a .:

• Juliane Magdalene Philippine Rumann (1733–1807) ⚭ 1759 Anton Gottfried Baring (1718–1773), magistrate in Neustadt am Rübenberge , progenitor of the Baring-Rumann branch
• Georg Julius Albrecht Rumann (1744–1810), Councilor of Justice , Senior Magistrate zu Syke ⚭ 1775 Friederica Dorothea Dommes (1759–1834).

Another sister married the Westphalian state councilor and later baron Justus Christoph Leist (1770-1858).

Rumann had been married to the Hanoverian councilor Henrietta Dorothea Strube (1759–1823), with whom he had eight children, since 1776. His son Wilhelm Rumann (1784–1857) became city ​​director of Hanover ; his son August Heinrich Rumann (1788–1873) was chamber director of the domain chamber and Hanover State Councilor .

literature

• Adolf Baring : The Baring family, in particular the Hanoverian line, with 22 illustrations and a coat of arms in: German Roland Book for Gender Studies , published by the "Roland" Association for the Promotion of Stamm-, Wappen- und Siegelkunde EV, 1st volume, Dresden 1918, P. 194ff .: Rumann trunk line.
• Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek , Waldemar R. Röhrbein , Hugo Thielen : Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 304.
• Ferdinand Frensdorff :  Rumann, Ernst August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 29, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 637 f.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Klaus Mlynek : Pretty families. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 310.