Ferdinand Otto Vollrath Lawätz

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Ferdinand Otto Vollrath Lawätz (also: Ferdinand Otto Vollrath Lawaetz ; born May 11, 1751 in Rendsburg , † April 13, 1840 in Burg auf Fehmarn ) was a German-Danish lawyer, landowner, author and civil servant.

Life

Ferdinand Otto Vollrath Lawätz was the youngest son of the Justice Council and provisions commissioner Hinrich Franz Lawätz (* 1715 - † 1762) and his wife Hedwig Christiane (* February 22, 1723 - December 18, 1792 in Altona ), a daughter of the businessman Christian Otte , born. His brothers were Heinrich Wilhelm Lawätz , Johann Daniel Lawätz and Christian Otto Lawätz (1745–1800).

In his childhood he was trained by private tutors and later attended the Christianeum in Altona. He then completed a law degree and, after graduating in 1774, acquired the aristocratic Bramstedt estate from higher court attorney Marcus Nicolaus Holst for 25,000 thalers. One of his first measures was that he released the serfs he found. In 1796 he sold the estate to Professor Friedrich Ludwig Wilhelm Meyer for 40,000 thalers.

In 1799 Ferdinand Otto Vollrath Lawätz was appointed royal Danish judicial advisor and postmaster in Burg on Fehmarn. He was born with Wilhelmine Christine Friedrike (* 1757; † February 21, 1788). Stange, daughter of the mayor of Segeberg Eggert Stange, married, they had four children together:

  • Andreas Hinrich Christian Lawätz (born April 24, 1778 in Bad Bramstedt , † July 22, 1842 in Oldenburg ), postmaster
  • Christiane Johanne Wilhelmine Lawätz (* October 10, 1783; † unknown)
  • Hedwig Johanne Elisabeth Lawätz (* 1786; † unknown)
  • Georg Otto Friedrich Lawätz (* February 14, 1788; † 1878)

Act

He dealt with writing and, as the initiator, made a significant contribution to the fact that serfdom was lifted in Schleswig-Holstein by 1804. He also published articles on this topic in the Schleswig-Holstein Provincial Reports. In 1795 he proposed that serfdom also be abolished for the duchies. Thereupon a commission of knightly and non- knightly landowners met and voted on the proposal. Except for one vote against, the participants voted for the abolition.

Pseudonyms

Ferdinand Otto Vollrath Lawätz published his works under the pseudonyms:

  • Jacob serfs;
  • Theodor Sklavenfeind (also: Theodor Sclavenfeind )

Works

  • Theodor Sklavenfeind: Painting of the slavery and serfdom in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, together with a complete representation of the difficulties that oppose their abolition . Germania, 1797.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New Nekrolog der Deutschen ... BF Voigt, 1842 ( google.de [accessed on January 7, 2018]).
  2. ^ DL Lübker: Lexicon of Schleswig-Holstein, Lauenburg and Eutinian writers from 1796 to 1828 . 1829 ( google.de [accessed on January 7, 2018]).
  3. ^ Genealogy Tiemo Hollmann - descendants of Gossen sen. Clawesen 1530 - Lawaetz, Ferdinand Otto Vollrath. Retrieved January 7, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Schadendorf u. a .: Ferdinand Otto Vollrath Lawätz | alt-bramstedt.de. Accessed January 7, 2018 (German).
  5. ^ Jacobsen: The end of serfdom in Gut Bramstedt / Lawätz | alt-bramstedt.de. Accessed January 7, 2018 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Lawätz, Ferdinand Otto Vollrath
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lawaetz, Ferdinand Otto Vollrath; Theodor slave enemy; Theodor slave enemy; Jacob serfs
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Danish lawyer, landowner, author and civil servant
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1751
PLACE OF BIRTH Rendsburg
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1840
Place of death Castle on Fehmarn