Friedrich Henneberg

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Friedrich Christian Ludwig Henneberg (born August 11, 1748 in Braunschweig ; † April 26, 1812 there ) was a Brunswick statesman and from 1808 until his death in 1812 the first of only two prefects of the Oker department .

life and work

Henneberg, who came from a Braunschweig postmaster family, his grandfather was Heinrich Georg Henneberg , first attended the Collegium Carolinum and then studied law at the universities of Helmstedt , Leipzig and Jena from 1766 to 1771 .

In the service of Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Braunschweig

On July 1, 1774, Henneberg was appointed secretary to the Privy Council by Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand , on February 14, 1781, he was appointed Legation Councilor, and on October 30, 1790, he was appointed secretary. In April 1801 he was appointed as a secret legation councilor in the ducal privy council college, where he was entrusted several times with diplomatic tasks. Since September 24, 1796, Henneberg was already canon of the Braunschweiger Domstiftes , and in 1805 he was appointed cathedral dean , making him a member of the city's assembly of estates and the treasury at the same time .

Prefect of the Oker department

Henneberg promised the Duke, who was seriously wounded in October 1806, not to leave the country. After his death, he was appointed on January 6, 1808 by King Jérôme Bonaparte as prefect of the Oker department within the newly formed Kingdom of Westphalia .

He stood up for the interests of Brunswick by trying to reduce the exploitation by the Westphalian government. He secured the existence of the large orphanage BMV , one of the most important social institutions in the country. He was able to prevent the sacking of the city by Dutch troops under General Gratien .

Savior of the Brunswick Lion

The Brunswick lion

When, in 1812, before the Napoleonic campaign in Russia began , the Westphalian government intended to melt down the Brunswick lion , the symbol of the city and country of Brunswick, and cast it into cannons, Henneberg announced that he would let the storm ring , which would bring the lion to face this fate could preserve and save for posterity.

At the beginning of 1812, Henneberg was appointed State Councilor and called to Kassel , but died before taking up the position on April 26th of that year. His successor in office in Braunschweig was August von Reiman .

The Hennebergstrasse in Braunschweig is not named after the prefect, but after his granddaughter Wilhelmine Henneberg .

literature

  • Britta Berg: Henneberg, Friedrich Ludwig Christian in: Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon, published on behalf of the city of Braunschweig by Luitgard Camerer, Manfred RW Garzmann and Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf with special assistance from Norman-Mathias Pingel, page 104, Braunschweig, 1992, ISBN 3- 926701-14-5
  • Jürgen Hodemacher: Braunschweig's streets - their names and their stories, Volume 2: Okergraben and Stadtring , Cremlingen 1996
  • Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 19th and 20th centuries , page 262, Hannover, 1996
  • Theodor Müller: City Director Wilhelm Bode. Life and work. , in: Braunschweiger Werkstücke, Volume 29, Braunschweig 1963
personal data
SURNAME Henneberg, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henneberg, Friedrich Christian Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brunswick statesman and prefect of the Oker department (1808–1812)
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1748
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1812
Place of death Braunschweig