Ernst Philipp von Sensburg

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Ernst Philipp, Freiherr von Sensburg (born July 1, 1752 in Lonnerstadt , † July 3, 1831 in Karlsruhe ) was a Baden ministerial official, minister and diplomat .

family

His parents were Jews and were called Gerst. Sensburg's father was Adam Friedrich Sensburg (also Marx Gerst , see also Sensburg (Mrągowo) ), an important army supplier in the Seven Years' War and like his father Salomon a court factor at the Bamberg court . He converted to Catholicism in 1765 with his children, including Ernst Philipp. His godfather was Ernst Philipp Voit of Salzburg , provost , district president and permanent governor of Bamberg .

Ernst Philipp von Sensburg married Thekla Maria Magdalena Schmitz on July 9, 1783 in Vienna, who was born on March 30, 1761 in Cologne . She was an illegitimate daughter of Damian August Philipp Karl, Count of Limburg-Vehlen-Stirum , Prince-Bishop of Speyer and Maria Johanna Friederica von Thalmüller . Ernst Philipp von Sensburg was the father of five children in Bruchsal .

Act

While he was still studying law , Ernst Philipp von Sensburg was active at the Reichshofrat in Vienna, where he worked on the state lawsuits against the electors and dukes . This gave him the tools for the upcoming negotiations, which he conducted for Baden with numerous states. But it also gave him the necessary foresight that he needed later when he took over the management of the Ministry of Finance - at an inopportune time when Baden's finances were on the floor.

Philipp von Sensburg was appointed a State Councilor in 1810 and a Cabinet System Councilor in 1814 for matters relating to the Ministry of Finance and the Interior . In 1817 von Sensburg was appointed director of the Ministry of the Interior .

In the years before his time as director of the Ministry of the Interior, but also after 1817, Ernst Philipp von Sensburg made numerous proposals for changes to the state organization. In a secret cabinet conference he presented in a lecture entitled Continued Proposals, the subjective reduction of state civil administration with regard to further problems of the state. This lecture was supplemented by the analysis shortly afterwards entitled The future simplification and concentration of state administration .

Ernst Philipp von Sensburg wrote several books on Baden and German finances and civil service. In 1831, the year von Sensburg died, his book Ideas On Some Tax Problems and Some Other Items That Occur .

Congress of Vienna

Von Sensburg was sent to the Congress of Vienna in 1814/1815 to negotiate important territorial issues for Baden . Here he succeeded in refuting the Bavarian demands that everything from Wertheim to the border of Neckargemünd should become Bavarian. This was only possible through skillful negotiations and a correct assessment of the political situation, as the land gain would have meant a great increase in power for Bavaria .

Together with these negotiations, which he conducted with Count von Nesselrode, he also led the discussions about the military food supplies, which he also did so admirably for Baden and Austria that he was awarded the Austrian-Imperial Leopold Order .

Retirement and death

In July 1830 he asked again for the retirement, which Grand Duke Leopold (Baden) finally granted. Ernst Philipp von Sensburg died on July 3, 1831 at the age of 79 in Karlsruhe .

Awards

Ernst Philipp von Sensburg had become a minister in Baden at a very difficult time and had achieved important things for the state through his commitment, which was also evident in the awards he received.

For his outstanding service during the Congress of Vienna, but also for the extensive mediation tasks , Ernst Philipp von Sensburg was raised to the hereditary baron status on August 4, 1815 .

He was Grand Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion , Knight of the Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Ludwig and the Austrian Order of Leopold, and holder of the Russian Order of Saint Anna II. Class in diamonds .

Fonts

  • Practical instructions for the correct accounting of the pure yield and at the same time appreciation of the statistical value of entire rulers, including individual cities, villages and inclines. Karlsruhe 1806.
  • Draft of a community ordinance in relation to class and manorial legal relationships. Karlsruhe 1821. Digitized
  • Draft for a comprehensive and equal determination of the status and manorial legal relationships. With explanations about the individual proposals. Karlsruhe 1821.
  • Separatism and its influence on ecclesiastical and civil life. In: Sophronizon XIII. (1831), 3rd issue, pp. 1-32, Heidelberg 1831 digitized
  • The abolition of tithe for the benefit of those liable to tithe without detriment to those entitled to tithe. In: Sophronizon XIII. (1831), 3rd issue, pp. 33-69, Heidelberg 1831. Digitized
  • Ideas about some tax issues. Heidelberg 1831.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ She died on August 20, 1827 in Karlsruhe.
  2. ↑ * around 1736, † on September 4, 1777
  3. ^ The Bruchsal family book (in preparation), M. Schlitz; shows five children
    born in wedlock who were baptized as Catholics: 1. Theodora SENSBURG * on June 21, 1784 in Bruchsal , † on June 21, 1784 in Bruchsal.
    2. Joseph Wilhelm SENSBURG * on July 22, 1785 in Bruchsal,
    3. Leopold Anton Casimir SENSBURG * on March 3, 1787 in Bruchsal,
    4. Regina Elisabetha Dorothea SENSBURG * on March 25, 1791 in Bruchsal;
    5. Anna Waldburga SENSBURG * on July 11, 1795 in Bruchsal. At the age of almost 24, she married the surgeon Maximilian Joseph von Chelius in Karlsruhe on April 22, 1819.
    Comment: in the following years no further children were born in Bruchsal. (* 1797 is clearly wrong!)
  4. ↑ Cf. Patrick Sensburg , Hierzuland 7 Jg., Issue 14, page 38 ff. (40).
personal data
SURNAME Sensburg, Ernst Philipp von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Baden diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1752
PLACE OF BIRTH Lonnerstadt
DATE OF DEATH July 3, 1831
Place of death Karlsruhe