Friedrich Krug von Nidda and von Falkenstein

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Friedrich Krug von Nidda and von Falkenstein (born July 2, 1860 in Dresden , † December 10, 1934 in Frohburg ) was a German administrative lawyer and politician ( DNVP ) in Saxony .

Life

Coat of arms of the Krug von Nidda family

Friedrich Krug von Nidda was the youngest son of the royal Saxon lieutenant general and adjutant general Karl Krug von Nidda (1820-1880) and his wife Linna, born Freiin von Falkenstein from the house of Frohburg. His maternal grandfather was the Saxon minister of education Johann Paul von Falkenstein (1801–1882), his older brother the later general of the cavalry Hans Krug von Nidda (1857–1922). On September 24, 1892 he married Elisabeth von Thümmel, daughter of the Saxon Finance Minister Hans von Thümmel (1824–1895). The marriage resulted in five children: the sons Hans-Carl (* 1893) and Ernst-Christoph (* 1902) and the daughters Anna-Gela (* 1895), Renata (* 1897) and Brigitta (* 1900).

After graduating from Vitzthum-Gymnasium Dresden , Krug von Nidda studied law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , the Kaiser-Wilhelms-Universität Strasbourg and the University of Leipzig . He completed his legal clerkship from 1886 in Löbau and Dresden, passed the second state examination in law and subsequently worked as a council assessor in Oschatz and Zittau . He also made numerous study tours and in 1887 received his doctorate he attended the University of Leipzig to the doctor of law . On October 16, 1888 he was granted the royal Saxon license to use the name "von Falkenstein". This was hereditary to the respective owners of the Fideikommisse Frohburg and Kleineschefeld.

Krug von Nidda and von Falkenstein received promotion to the government council in 1896 and became an unskilled worker in the Royal Saxon Ministry of the Interior . He worked from 1898 to 1902 as governor in Schwarzenberg , then moved to the Saxon Ministry of the Interior and was appointed lecturer and secret council there in 1909. From October 1, 1913 until his retirement on July 1, 1923, he was district chief in Dresden . In addition, he held the function of a secretary at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden .

In the Weimar Republic , Krug von Nidda and von Falkenstein were close to the national conservative forces, so that he joined the DNVP in 1919. On July 1, 1927, he was appointed Minister of Economics to the government of the Free State of Saxony led by Prime Minister Max Heldt . At the same time, he took on the role of Deputy Prime Minister and, since 1929, was also a member of the government headed by Prime Minister Wilhelm Bünger . After a motion of censure by the NSDAP , supported by DNVP, KPD and SPD , the entire government resigned on February 18, 1930.

Frohburg Castle

In addition to his professional and political activities, Krug von Nidda and von Falkenstein did genealogical research. He was chairman of the Saxon Foundation for Family Research and received on March 1, 1924 a coat of arms association with that of the barons of Falkenstein and an entry in the foundation's book of nobility. He died on December 10, 1934 at his ancestral home at Schloss Frohburg near Leipzig.

Honors

The sculptor Georg Wrba was won over for the extensive redesign of the interior of the cathedral in 1931/32 . He created a cycle of late Expressionist sculptures made of cast bronze , which still dominate the interior of the cathedral to this day, including the bronze pulpit : the heads of the apostles at the base of the pulpit cage bear the facial features of the canons of the time - including those of Friedrich Krug von Nidda and von Falkenstein.

See also

literature

  • Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1914. Eighth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1913, pp. 574–575.
  • Herrmann AL Degener : Who is it? , Volume 9/1928, Leipzig 1928, p. 879.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beginning with the pulpit stairs: Ludwig Ihmels as Matthias, Johannes Wiede as Simon Zelotes, Richard Weidauer as Matthäus, Börries von Münchhausen as Thomas, Paul Herfurth as Andreas, Gotthard von Pentz as Jakobus, at the lectern above Friedrich Krug von Nidda and von Falkenstein as Paulus, Hermann Ilgen as Petrus, Hans Wrba (son of the artist Georg Wrba) as Johannes, Alfred Ackermann as Philippus, Friedrich Seetzen as Bartholomäus, Paul Geipel as Thaddäus, Georg Wrba as Jakobus Alphäus
personal data
SURNAME Krug von Nidda and von Falkenstein, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krug von Nidda and von Falkenstein, Friedrich Ludwig Albrecht (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative lawyer and politician (DNVP)
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1934
Place of death Frohburg