Friedrich Gerstein

Friedrich Gerstein's house

Friedrich Karl Heinrich Gerstein (born December 7, 1780 in Dortmund , † March 5, 1836 in Dahl ) was a German administrative lawyer and landowner.

Life

Friedrich Gerstein came from a Westphalian civil servant family. His father was the Dortmund lawyer and inheritance councilor Ludwig Gerstein (1747-1822). After attending grammar school in Dortmund, he began studying law in Erlangen in the summer semester of 1799 . In 1801 he joined the Westphalian Landsmannschaft here . After completing his studies, from July 1802 to April 1803, he completed his legal clerkship with the Count's government and justice administration in Rheda. On April 21, 1803 he was appointed government secretary and archivist of the princely Orange-Nassau government in Dortmund. In 1806 he was transferred to Rheda , where he worked as a councilor until 1811, as a grand-ducal Bergischer canton notary from 1811 to 1815 and as a judicial commissioner at the regional and municipal court from 1815 to 1816. At the end of 1816 he moved to the municipal administration of the district office of the Wiedenbrück district , to whose district administrator he was appointed on May 9, 1817. He also headed the Reckenberg office from 1816 to 1822 . In 1820 he acquired the Dahl manor from his uncle Dietrich Gerstein (1745–1829) . On April 25, 1822 he was appointed district administrator of the Hagen district. He held the office until his death.

Gerstein gained great popularity through his dealings with the mayors and the population of the district of Hagen. He expressly refrained from using the salutation Hochwohlgeboren . He was close to the progressive personalities of the district of Hagen. As a thank you, Friedrich Harkort dedicated his book The Railway from Minden to Cologne to him in 1833 . Gerstein was honored with a memorial plaque in the Hall of Fame of the Freiherr von Stein Tower in Hagen.

literature

Ludwig Gerstein: How are we related to each other? , newly published by Rolf Stamm and Hans Joachim Gerstein, Bouvier Verlag, Bonn 2013, ISBN 978-3-416-03400-5

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 40/63

personal data
SURNAME	Gerstein, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gerstein, Friedrich Karl Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer, administrative officer and landowner
DATE OF BIRTH	December 7, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dortmund
DATE OF DEATH	March 5, 1836
Place of death	Dahl (Hagen)

[1] Kösener corps lists 1910, 40/63