Friedrich Krafft (politician, 1777)

Friedrich Krafft also Friedrich von Krafft (born May 6, 1777 in Kassel , † June 19, 1857 in Meiningen ) was a German politician .

Life

family

Friedrich Krafft was married to Margarete Wolff (born February 29, 1784 in Kassel, † January 7, 1852 in Meiningen); they had three sons together:

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Siegmund (born May 23, 1813 in Kassel; † March 26, 1876 in Meiningen), Prussian major , married to Wilhelmine Karoline (born June 10, 1821 in Altenburg near Alsfeld ; † May 12, 1902 in Eisenach ), daughter from Carl Ludwig Johann Hermann Riedesel zu Eisenbach ;
August Friedrich (born March 16, 1817 in Meiningen), first lieutenant in Hussar Regiment No. 12;
Georg (born May 13, 1819 in Kassel; † March 18, 1885 in Römhild), stable master , married to Elise Seidler (born September 16, 1856 in Römhild; † February 11, 1883 ibid).

Career

In 1799 Friedrich Krafft became an assessor without a vote in the government of Wilhelm IX. von Hessen-Kassel in Hanau , until he became assessor with a vote in the government in Kassel in 1801.

In 1805 he was appointed judicial councilor in Kassel. In 1807 he was accepted into the judicial service of the Kingdom of Westphalia and was a judge at the district tribunal . In 1814 he was appointed to the Hessian government council, on August 25, 1820 to the higher appeal councilor and on April 13, 1821 to the ministerial councilor in the Department of the Interior. He was commissioned to draft an organizational edict for the reform of civil administration for Elector Wilhelm II , combining Prussian models with French and Westphalian administrative principles; This resulted not only in the intended reorganization of the previous constitution , but also in a radical upheaval of all conditions. The edict came into effect on June 29, 1821.

In 1826 he was appointed chief court director in Marburg .

In 1827 he took his leave and went to the government of the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen as Privy Councilor and District President . There he was appointed by Duke Bernhard Freund in an organizational commission that was supposed to work out an administrative reform.

He succeeded Georg Karl Wilhelm Philipp von Donop on January 21, 1829 , who began to withdraw more and more from 1827 and went into retirement in 1829, in the Secret Ministry.

He was appointed Minister on April 25, 1831 and remained in this position until 1840 and from 1843 to 1847.

From 1843 to 1847 he was a real secret councilor and board member of the State Ministry of Saxony-Meiningen.

honors and awards

In 1818 Friedrich Krafft became a knight, in 1821 commander 2nd class and in 1824 commander 1st class of the House Order of the Golden Lion .
On August 11, 1834, Friedrich Krafft was ennobled .
He received the title of excellence .

Individual evidence

^ Winfried Speitkamp: Prince, bureaucracy and estates in Kurhessen 1813-1830. (PDF; 8.6MB) In: Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies . Accessed March 21, 2020 (location on p. 150 ).
↑ Christian Hilmes: Pastor history of Niederzwehren: Elaborated from sources . BoD - Books on Demand, 2019, ISBN 978-3-7504-2656-6 ( google.de [accessed on March 13, 2020]).
↑ Hennebergischer Altertumsforschender Verein: Chronicle of the city of Meiningen from 1676 to 1834 . F. Keyssner, 1835 ( google.de [accessed on March 14, 2020]).
^ EJ Kulenkamp: Contributions to the history of the Electoral Higher Appeal Court in Cassel, along with biographical and literary news from the people employed by this court since its establishment . Th. Fischer, 1847 ( google.de [accessed on March 13, 2020]).
^ Collection of the sovereign ordinances in the Duchy of Saxony Meiningen . Gadow, 1831 ( google.de [accessed March 14, 2020]).
^ German biography: Bernhard II. - German biography. Retrieved March 14, 2020 .
↑ Tobias C. Bringmann: Handbuch der Diplomatie 1815-1963: Foreign Heads of Mission in Germany and German Heads of Mission abroad from Metternich to Adenauer . Walter de Gruyter, 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-095684-9 ( google.de [accessed on March 14, 2020]).
↑ Klaus Schwabe: The governments of the German medium and small states 1815-1933 . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2019, ISBN 978-3-486-81774-4 ( google.de [accessed on March 13, 2020]).
↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the letter aristocratic houses. In: Heinrich Heine University, digital collections . 1919, Retrieved March 21, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Krafft, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Krafft, Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 6, 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH	kassel
DATE OF DEATH	June 19, 1857
Place of death	Meiningen

[1] Winfried Speitkamp: Prince, bureaucracy and estates in Kurhessen 1813-1830. (PDF; 8.6MB) In: Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies . Accessed March 21, 2020 (location on p. 150 ).

[2] Christian Hilmes: Pastor history of Niederzwehren: Elaborated from sources . BoD - Books on Demand, 2019, ISBN 978-3-7504-2656-6 ( google.de [accessed on March 13, 2020]).

[3] Hennebergischer Altertumsforschender Verein: Chronicle of the city of Meiningen from 1676 to 1834 . F. Keyssner, 1835 ( google.de [accessed on March 14, 2020]).

[4] EJ Kulenkamp: Contributions to the history of the Electoral Higher Appeal Court in Cassel, along with biographical and literary news from the people employed by this court since its establishment . Th. Fischer, 1847 ( google.de [accessed on March 13, 2020]).

[5] Collection of the sovereign ordinances in the Duchy of Saxony Meiningen . Gadow, 1831 ( google.de [accessed March 14, 2020]).

[6] German biography: Bernhard II. - German biography. Retrieved March 14, 2020 .

[7] Tobias C. Bringmann: Handbuch der Diplomatie 1815-1963: Foreign Heads of Mission in Germany and German Heads of Mission abroad from Metternich to Adenauer . Walter de Gruyter, 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-095684-9 ( google.de [accessed on March 14, 2020]).

[8] Klaus Schwabe: The governments of the German medium and small states 1815-1933 . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2019, ISBN 978-3-486-81774-4 ( google.de [accessed on March 13, 2020]).

[9] Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the letter aristocratic houses. In: Heinrich Heine University, digital collections . 1919, Retrieved March 21, 2020 .