Ferdinand von Schau

Ferdinand Anton Bartholomäus von Schau (born August 26, 1768 in Korbsdorf near Wormditt ; † May 2, 1840 in Mohrungen ) was a German civil servant.

Life

Ferdinand von Schau came from an old Scottish noble family who had fled from Scotland to East Prussia due to religious persecution. He was a son of Justus von Schau, a captain in the Polish service, and his wife Albertine, née von Hosius.

He received his first lessons from private tutors and came to the Kadettenanstalt in Kulm, founded in 1776, on June 6, 1780 and, two years later, in 1782, to the Kadettenhaus in Berlin . Two years later he was promoted to NCO . On March 10, 1786, he and other cadets were presented to King Friedrich II in Potsdam , who had him transferred to the infantry regiment of General Friedrich Bogislav von Tauentzien in Breslau .

In the local infantry regiment he was promoted to ensign in 1787 and on August 28, 1789 to secondary lieutenant and adjutant . It proved itself in the major fire on 25/26. May 1791, which devastated the sand and cathedral island in Breslau and in which 29 houses and the Jakobskloster went up in flames. He also proved himself in the uprising of the journeymen in 1793 in Breslau, which is counted among the most important uprisings of the revolutionary decade in the Holy Roman Empire. An angry crowd wanted to lynch the privy councilor and police director Carl Friedrich Werner, who was considered corrupt. With the help of 100 riders from Diedrich Goswin von Bockum-Dolff's cuirassier regiment , the police director could be removed from the city in a carriage. 53 civilians were killed during the confrontation with the military. In 1794 the regiment took part in the Kościuszko uprising initiated by Generals Tadeusz Kościuszko and Madaliński , Schau came to Warsaw with his regiment after the city surrendered on November 5, 1794 as a result of the Battle of Praga .

Due to family developments, he said goodbye in 1796 in order to be able to continue to run his father's manor in Korbsdorf.

In 1797 he was appointed deputy to the district administrator of the Braunsberg district. In 1805 he was elected district administrator of the district of Mohrungen . In 1805 Prussia incorporated itself into the Napoleonic alliance system after the Treaty of Schönbrunn and Ferdinand von Schau managed the affairs of the district administrator in Mohrungen in 1806 and 1807, under French rule. General Anton Wilhelm von L'Estocq wrote to him: “... I must honestly confess that Ew. To unite very well born through this uninterrupted activity, but at the same time make me a great debtor; it would be extremely pleasant for me to be able to show how much I appreciate such a patriot! "

When the war between France and Russia broke out in 1812, he was appointed catering director for the Heilsberg district. On February 5, 1813, the representatives of the estates decided to found a Landwehr . Ferdinand von Schau was elected to the general commission , in which Count Friedrich Ferdinand Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten was the general landscape director of East Prussia . The province was divided into 5 districts up to the Vistula and Schau was elected President of the 4th district in Heilsberg. On March 17, 1813, the Landsturm was organized and Ferdinand von Schau was appointed supreme commander of the Braunsberg district. By cabinet order of May 30, 1814, the king awarded him the Iron Cross, 2nd class on white ribbon.

In 1816 the Königsberg administrative district was divided into 20 district administrators and Ferdinand von Schau was elected district administrator of the Braunsberg district and confirmed in this office by cabinet order of December 6, 1817. In 1823 he was also elected land director of the Mohrungen department and was confirmed in his office in the subsequent election.

On June 5, 1823, the provincial estates came into effect according to the law and, after the district selected him, he took part in the state parliaments in Königsberg and Danzig as a deputy .

In 1828, the Kommerzienrat Johann August Eduard Östreich (1750–1830) withdrew from his post at the Braunsberg grammar school as curator localis (together with the director responsible for external affairs) for health reasons ; Ferdinand von Schau was appointed as his successor by the Ministry of Clergy, Education and Medical Affairs .

On March 10, 1836, his fiftieth service anniversary was celebrated in Braunsberg. The privy councilor and chief president Theodor von Schön handed him the from King Friedrich Wilhelm III. Red Eagle Order II. Class awarded by cabinet order of February 27, 1836 .

Ferdinand von Schau died during a business trip in Mohrungen.

Individual evidence

1. ^ New necrology of the Germans . Voigt, 1842 ( google.de [accessed January 17, 2018]).
2. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: New general German nobility lexicon . Georg Olms Verlag, 1973, ISBN 978-3-487-40325-0 ( google.de [accessed on January 18, 2018]).