Friedrich Christian Schmidt (judge)

Friedrich Christian Schmidt (born July 12, 1776 in Steinbergkirche , † December 10, 1862 in Kiel ) was a German judge.

Live and act

Friedrich Christian Schmidt can be traced back to Johann Schmidt (1622–1691), who worked as praetor, city judge and escort in Löbejün . He had a son named Gottfried Schmidt (1663-1716), who worked as a postmaster in Copenhagen at the end of his life . It is known that many Protestant clergymen were to be found among his mother's ancestors, who moved in the male line via Mattheus König from Spiš to Husum .

Friedrich Christian Schmidt's father was Johann August Schmidt (1734–1778), who was a pastor in Steinbergkirche and rector in Schleswig . His mother Dorothea Elisabeth, née König, lived from 1742 to 1823. Friedrich Christian Schmidt visited the Christianeum in Altona from April 13, 1795 to April 7, 1797 . He studied law and practiced as a lawyer after graduating. From 1801 to around 1819 he then worked as a notary in Tönning , then probably for a short time in Schleswig. From 1820 to 1834 he was a councilor at the Holstein Higher Regional Court in Glückstadt . He then moved to the new Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg Higher Appeal Court with its seat in Kiel.

In 1840 Schmidt became a conference councilor and Dr. phil. hc from the University of Kiel . In November 1847 he took over the presidency of the authority as successor to Johann Paul Höpp . On April 28, 1855, the Danish minister for Holstein and Lauenburg, Ludwig Nicolaus von Scheele , dismissed Friedrich Christian Schmidt and the higher appeal judges Heinrich Rudolph Brinkmann and Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm Preusser “in grace”. On December 24th, the University of Gießen appointed Schmidt Dr. iur. hc

Schmidt had married Caroline Bong (1782-1820) for the first time on October 5, 1805. In his second marriage, he married her sister Amalie Charlotte Bong (1790-1834) in 1828.

Importance as a judge

Friedrich Christian Schmidt did not deal with day-to-day political matters, but concentrated entirely on judicial activities. His entry into the office of president calmed politics. According to Lüders, Schmidt conducted his office "with dignity and skill".

Schmidt's dismissal, as well as that of the judges Brinkmann and Preusser, was viewed as arbitrary by the police state and triggered major political unrest. The Holstein estates filed complaints under Section 17 of the constitution; its President Carl von Scheel-Plessen filed an indictment against Minister von Scheele for violating the ordinance of June 11, 1854, concerning the constitution of the Duchy of Holstein in accordance with Section 14 of the Constitution. On August 25, 1856, the Higher Appeal Court dealt with the matter in the first public hearing in its history. On September 1, 1856, the court, chaired by President Carl Otto Dumreicher , declared that it did not have jurisdiction, which led to new unrest.

literature

Sievert Lorenzen: Schmidt, Friedrich Christian . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 1. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1970, pp. 238-239

Individual evidence

^ So SHBL (lit.), according to his Christianeum register entry: 1777 , The register of the Christianeum in Altona. 1738-1850. Edited by Bernd Elsner. Verlag Verein für Hamburgische Geschichte , Hamburg 1998. p. 129 (No. 592)

personal data
SURNAME	Schmidt, Friedrich Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German judge
DATE OF BIRTH	July 12, 1776
PLACE OF BIRTH	Steinberg Church
DATE OF DEATH	December 10, 1862
Place of death	Kiel

[1] So SHBL (lit.), according to his Christianeum register entry: 1777 , The register of the Christianeum in Altona. 1738-1850. Edited by Bernd Elsner. Verlag Verein für Hamburgische Geschichte , Hamburg 1998. p. 129 (No. 592)