Ernst von Bodelschwingh the Elder
Ernst Albert Karl Wilhelm Ludwig von Bodelschwingh (born November 26, 1794 at Haus Velmede near Weddinghofen , † May 18, 1854 in Medebach , Sauerland ) was a German administrative lawyer and Minister of State in the Kingdom of Prussia .
origin
He comes from the Westphalian noble family Bodelschwingh . His parents were Franz von Bodelschwingh and Friederike geb. from Plettenberg to Heyde . His brother Carl von Bodelschwingh was Prussian Minister of Finance from 1862 to 1866.
Life
After graduating from high school in Hammonense , Ernst attended the ducal Nassau forest academy in Dillenburg . He then studied political science and law at the new Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin .
In 1813 he took part in the wars of liberation under the pseudonym "von Boden" . As a member of the Leibregiment he fought in the Battle of Großgörschen , the Battle of Lützen , the Battle of Bautzen and the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig . He received both Iron Crosses . Wounded with a shot through the lung in the fighting near Freyburg , he was saved by Friedrich Georg von Stein and took eight months to recover. However, his health remained poor from this injury. He continued his studies in 1814 at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and became a member of the Corps Guestphalia II. When the war broke out in 1815 he was appointed officer and ended the war as a major . As a member of the Landwehr he was promoted to colonel in 1842 . After completing his studies, v. Bodelschwingh trainee lawyer and assessor at the governments of the Münster , Kleve and Arnsberg governments and for a short time at the Ministry of Finance in Berlin .
In 1822 he was appointed district administrator of the Tecklenburg district and remained in this position until 1831. He then became senior councilor in Cologne and just six months later he was the district president in Trier .
In the summer of 1834 v. Bodelschwingh from King Friedrich Wilhelm III. appointed High President of the Rhine Province in Koblenz . At 39, he was one of the youngest senior presidents in Prussia . This career remained unique in Prussian administrative history. But von Bodelschwingh's ascent did not end there. In 1842 the king appointed him finance minister , after which he left the Rhine province and moved to Berlin with his family. After Count Alvensleben left , von Bodelschwingh became cabinet minister in 1844. In 1845 he took over the office of Minister of the Interior . This made him the highest ranking minister in Prussia. In 1852 von Bodelschwingh was appointed district president in the Arnsberg district. At the age of 59, he succumbed to lung disease on a business trip.
politics
From 1830 to 1833 he was a member of the Provincial Parliament of the Province of Westphalia for the constituency of Mark . After the United Landtag was convened , v. Bodelschwingh, as royal commissioner, was responsible for the preparation and implementation. When he could no longer come to terms with royal politics and the March Revolution took place in 1848 , he withdrew from politics. He and his family returned to Westphalia to their parents' estate Haus Velmede in Weddinghofen , now part of the city of Bergkamen . In September 1849 von Bodelschwingh returned to politics. He ran in the constituency of Soest - Hamm as a member of the second chamber of the Prussian state parliament . He belonged to the right-wing liberal center group (not to be confused with the German Center Party ). After the German Revolution he sat in the Volkshaus of the Erfurt Union Parliament . He was a member of the 4th electoral district of Berlin and chairman of the constitutional committee. Until March 1850 he was President of the Board of Directors of the Union.
family
Ernst von Bodelschwingh married Charlotte von Diest on July 27, 1822 (* November 27, 1793; † May 27, 1869), a daughter of the Tribunal President Friedrich von Diest and Maria von Oven. The marriage had two daughters and five sons, including:
- Friederike Julie Eleonore Charlotte (born February 25, 1826)
- Franz Karl August Ludwig , District Administrator of the Hamm district (born November 9, 1827 - April 3, 1890) ⚭ Clara von Hymmen (born April 11, 1832)
- Friedrich , pastor, Protestant theologian and founder of the Von Bodelschwingh Foundation Bethel (* March 6, 1831) ⚭ Ida von Bodelschwingh (* April 15, 1835 - † December 5, 1894)
- Ernst Friedrich Eugen August (born October 31, 1834 - † May 8, 1863), Premier-Lieutenant ⚭ 1860 Elise von Stein (born September 13, 1832 - † December 10, 1892)
Works
- E [rnst] von Bodelschwingh: Life of the Ober-President Freiherr von Vincke: edited from his diaries . Berlin 1853.
literature
- Hans-Joachim Schoeps (ed.): Correspondence between Ernst von Bodelschwingh and Friedrich Wilhelm IV . Berlin 1968.
- Siegfried Bahne: Ernst von Bodelschwingh - a Prussian statesman and politician from Westphalia in the time of restoration, revolution and reaction . Paderborn 1996 (special print from Westfälische Zeitschrift, 146/1996).
- Clemens Müller: Ernst von Bodelschwingh . Yearbook Hochsauerlandkreis 1992, pp. 49–51.
- von Bodelschwingh: Bodelschwingh, Ernst von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, pp. 3-5.
- Walter Bussmann: Bodelschwingh, Ernst von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 350 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Jochen Lengemann : The German Parliament (Erfurt Union Parliament) from 1850. 2000, pp. 86–87.
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses 1904. Fifth volume, p. 114f.
- Alfred Bruns (Ed.), Josef Häming (compilation): The Members of the Westphalia Parliament 1826–1978 (= Westphalian source and archive directories, Volume 2). Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Münster 1978, p. 193.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst von Bodelschwingh the Elder in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ernst von Bodelschwingh the Elder in the Saarland biographies
- Ernst von Bodelschwingh in gedbas.genealogy.net
- Bodelschwingh, Ernst Albert Karl Wilhelm von. Hessian biography. (As of November 26, 2019). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Entry on Ernst von Bodelschwingh the Elder in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 69 , 76
Daniel Heinrich Delius (1816–1825) | Franz Edmund Josef von Schmitz-Grollenburg (1825–1831) | Ernst von Bodelschwingh the Elder (1831–1834) | Adalbert von Ladenberg (1834–1837) | Eduard von Schaper (1839–1842) | Rudolf von Auerswald (1842–1848) | Johann Baptist Birck (1848–1849) | Wilhelm Sebaldt (1849–1863) | Julius von Schleinitz (1863–1865) | Konstantin von Gaertner (1866–1870) | Adolf Ernst von Ernsthausen (1870–1872) | Arthur von Wolff (1872–1881) | Berthold von Nasse (1881–1888) | Albert von Pommer Esche (1888–1890) | Adolf von Heppe (1890–1899) | Eduard zur Nedden (1899–1903) | Alfred von Bake (1903–1908) | Constanz von Baltz (1908–1918) | Wilhelm Momm (1918–1920) | Johannes Fuchs (1920–1922) | Konrad Saaßen (1922–1936) | Rudolf Klein (1936) | Adolf Varain (1936–1939) | Heinrich Christian Siekmeier (1939–1945) | Wilhelm Steinlein (1945–1958) | Josef Schulte (1958–1964) | Konrad Schubach (1964–1973) | Julius Saxler (1973–1981) | Gerhard Schwetje (1982–1991) | Walter Blankenburg (1991–1997) | Heinrich Studentkowski (1997–1999)
Karl von Ingersleben (1822–1831) | Philipp von Pestel (1831–1834) | Ernst von Bodelschwingh the Elder (1834–1842) | Eduard von Schaper (1842–1845) | Franz August Eichmann (1845–1850) | Eduard von Moeller (1848 substitute) | Rudolf von Auerswald (1850–1851) | Hans Hugo von Kleist-Retzow (1851–1858) | Adolf von Pommer Esche (1858–1871) | Moritz von Bardeleben (1871–1889) | Hans Hermann von Berlepsch (1889–1890) | Berthold von Nasse (1890–1905) | Clemens Freiherr von Schorlemer-Lieser (1905–1910) | Georg von Rheinbaben (1910–1918) | Rudolf von Groote (1918–1922) | Johannes Fuchs (1922–1933) | Hermann von Lüninck (1933–1935) | Josef Terboven (1935-1945)
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Bülow | Klewiz | Motz | Dimensions | Alvensleben | E. Bodelschwingh | Flottwell | Duesberg | Hansemann | Bonin | Raven | C. Bodelschwingh | Patow | Heydt | C. Bodelschwingh | Heydt | Camphausen | Hobrecht | Bitter | Scholz | Miquel | Rheinbaben | Lentze | Hergt | Südekum | Hugo Simon | Südekum | Lüdemann | Saemisch | Judge | Brown | Höpker-Aschoff | Scribe | Klepper | Schleusener (Reich Commissioner) | Popitz (Reich Commissioner)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Carl von Bodelschwingh |
District President of the Arnsberg District 1851–1854 |
Friedrich von Spankeren |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bodelschwingh, Ernst von the Elder |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bodelschwingh, Ernst Albert Karl Wilhelm Ludwig von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Minister of State |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1794 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | House Velmede near Unna |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1854 |
| Place of death | Medebach |