Eugen von Maucler

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baron Eugen von Maucler, President of the Privy Council, 1832
Bookplate from 1839, Basel University Library

Paul Friedrich Theodor Eugen Baron von Maucler (born May 30, 1783 in Étupes in the county of Mömpelgard , today the Doubs department ; † January 28, 1859 in Ludwigsburg ) was a Württemberg politician and bibliophile .

resume

After studying law in Tübingen , Gießen and Wetzlar in 1799 , he entered the Württemberg civil service in 1803. He held a number of high-ranking offices in the state administration. First he began as an assessor at the regional government in Ellwangen and was appointed to the council of the government in 1804. In 1806 he entered the higher judicial college. In 1808 he was appointed district chief in Ludwigsburg. In 1809, as general commissioner, he took possession of the territory around Mergentheim, which had previously belonged to the Teutonic Order, for the Kingdom of Württemberg . While carrying out this mission, he fell into the hands of insurgent farmers, but was eventually released unscathed from captivity. In 1810 Maucler became councilor of the upper tribunal in Tübingen and in 1811 he was bailiff in Calw . In 1812 he moved to Esslingen as chief director of the criminal tribunal . Maucler belonged to the assemblies of the estates convened by King Friedrich in 1815, where he acted as a representative of those entitled to vote in 1817. Maucler represented the Count of Görlitz there from March to June 1817 and, from May 1817, also the Count of Neipperg and the Barons of Welden. Maucler ensured that the New Württemberg MPs were granted the same rights as the Old Württemberg MPs . On June 2, 1817, he voted for the adoption of the royal draft constitution, but was in the minority. In 1816 he was appointed president of the court chamber and manager of the court. In 1817 he was the Privy Council, 1818-1831 Minister of Justice and 1831-1848 President of the Privy Council . In 1848 the conservative politician, who was particularly concerned with the organization of the country's territory, which had grown considerably after secularization , retired. From 1819 until his death, Maucler was a lifelong member of the Chamber of Jurors of the Württemberg Landtag .

Private library

In the 1839 acquired Castle overlord Lingen (municipality Blaustein in Ulm ) was Maucler a significant library together, which now scattered throughout the world books by a coat of arms - Poster stamp are marked with his initials EM and the year 1839th Exquisite collections of incunabula , which Maucler acquired from the previous possession of the Frankfurt bibliophile Georg Kloß , were sold before 1926, and further books from the Oberherrlinger library were offered in 1967 by the Erasmus House in Basel .

family

Eugen von Maucler was the son of the imperial baron Friedrich von Maucler (* 1735, † 1796), who was the chief steward of the governor Friedrich Eugen of the dignified county of Mömpelgard . Eugen von Maucler married Sofie (* 1787; † 1852) born Countess of Beroldingen in 1808. The marriage resulted in five children, including the son Friedrich Wilhelm Paul Emil Reichsfreiherr von Maucler (* 1809, † 1870), who was the cabinet chief of the King of Württemberg. Eugen von Maucler's sister married Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin .

Honors

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Historical and genealogical book of the nobility of the Kingdom of Württemberg, p. 445 ( digitized version )

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Maucler, Eugen von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maucler, Paul Friedrich Theodor Eugen Reichsfreiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1783
PLACE OF BIRTH Étupes , County Mömpelgard
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1859
Place of death Ludwigsburg