Ernst von Hammerstein-Loxten
Ernst Georg Freiherr von Hammerstein-Loxten (born October 2, 1827 in Loxten in Artland ; † June 5, 1914 there ) was a German lawyer and politician in the Kingdom of Hanover . After Hanover was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia , he was Prussian Minister of Agriculture from 1894 to 1901 .
Life
The father was Hermann von Hammerstein-Loxten (1801–1876) landlord on Loxten, Dieck and other estates, including the Burgmannshof Loxter Hof in Quakenbrück . The mother was Dorothea geb. v. Rössing (1803-1847). Hammerstein-Loxten studied law at the Georg-August University in Göttingen and became active in the Corps Bremensia in 1849 .
Hanover
After the exams, I was at various courts . In 1862 he passed the state administrative examination and became a consultant in the Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Hanover. As a squire, he was also a member of the Estates Assembly of the Kingdom of Hanover . Although Georg V (Hanover) released the state officials from their oath after the Prussian annexation of Hanover , Hammerstein-Loxten got into a loyalty conflict. The fact that he took part in the protests of the nobility meant that the Prussian government put him up for discussion. Nevertheless, from February to August 1867 he sat in the constituent Reichstag of the North German Confederation , in which he was a member of the federal constitutional association . He did not agree to the constitution of the North German Confederation .
Gradually Hammerstein-Loxten began to come to terms with the annexation. He was a member of the Provincial Parliament of the Province of Hanover and at times chairman of the Provincial Committee. Hammerstein-Loxten managed his estates full-time. He also participated in the representation of interests in agriculture. As an agricultural expert, he was a member of the Prussian State Council and the National Economic Council. He was also a member of the central moor commission and chairman of the German Agriculture Council.
Prussia
In 1884 Hammerstein-Loxten became district administrator of the Bersenbrück district and in 1889 regional director of the province of Hanover. In 1891 he was involved in Wilhelm II's attempts to reconcile with the Guelphs .
Under Prime Minister and Chancellor Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst , the strictly conservative Hammerstein-Loxten took over the Prussian Ministry of Agriculture in 1894 as a proven agricultural expert. He was seen as a shop steward for large agricultural estates. Hammerstein-Loxten, however, refused a course of confrontation against the non-conservative forces up to and including the coup d'état, which Wilhelm II wanted to push through at that time. Even at the beginning of the Bernhard von Bülow era , Hammerstein-Loxten retained his ministerial office. He was one of the leading protagonists of agrarian protectionism , even if he could not fully assert himself against von Bülow. The introduction of the compulsory meat inspection also falls during his term of office . He also tried to land improvement and disease protection.
In relation to the Social Democratic Party of Germany , he supported the overthrow bill . In contrast to the agrarian canal rebels , Hammerstein-Loxten supported the construction of the Mittelland Canal . After the construction failed in 1901 due to the majority in the state parliament, Hammerstein-Loxten resigned as minister.
His grave is in the family cemetery in Loxten .
Honors
Hammerstein-Loxten was made an honorary citizen of the city of Quakenbrück in 1889. The apple variety Minister von Hammerstein was named after him.
literature
- Wolfgang Hofmann: Ernst von Hammerstein-Loxten. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 597 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Ernst von Hammerstein-Loxten in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Hammerstein Castle at Gut Loxten
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 30 , 434
- ^ Hans-Ulrich Wehler: German history of society. Volume 3: From the German double revolution to the beginning of the First World War. 1849-1914. Munich 1995, ISBN 3-406-32490-8 , p. 1006
- ↑ Wilfried Loth: The Empire. Authority and Political Mobilization. Munich 1996, ISBN 3-423-04505-1 , p. 100
- ↑ Wehler p. 660
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hammerstein-Loxten, Ernst von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hammerstein-Loxten, Ernst Georg Freiherr von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician in Hanover and Prussia; Prussian Minister of Agriculture |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1827 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Loxten , Kingdom of Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 5, 1914 |
| Place of death | Loxing |