Friedrich von Bärensprung

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Friedrich von Baerensprung

Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold von Baerensprung (born August 20, 1779 in Berlin , †  July 4, 1841 ibid) was a German administrative lawyer in Prussia. 1832–1834 he was Lord Mayor of Berlin.

Life

Baerensprung came from a magistral family mentioned in Leipzig at the beginning of the 15th century . He was the son of Johann George Baerensprung (1741–1803) from Salzwedel , landlord on Reichenberg (Märkische Höhe) , who was the royal Prussian secret finance councilor, chief forester and head of the forest department in the general-chief-finance-war and domain directors on January 14, 1790 in Prussia's hereditary nobility was raised, and Juliana Mauve (1750-1833).

Early years

After graduating from high school, Baerensprung studied law at the Friedrich-Alexander University and the Georg August University of Göttingen . Since April 30, 1800 he was a member of the Berlin Society (Erlangen) . After completing his studies, he entered the Prussian judicial service and later switched to administrative service. Among other things, he was active in the General Catering Commission and the War Debt Commission as well as in the area of ​​trade tax. In 1812 there was a dispute with Christian Friedrich Scharnweber . After a duel between the opponents, Baerensprung was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. One of Friedrich Wilhelm III. Instead , he declined the proposed transfer to Gumbinnen as a councilor.

Mayor in Berlin

After serving his sentence, Baerensprung was elected mayor by the Berlin city council in 1814, despite disputes over his person . For eighteen years he was the deputy of the mayor Johann Büsching . During this time, Baerensprung has initiated some important municipal developments. This includes the agreement with the surrounding districts of Teltow and Niederbarnim on the restructuring of the judiciary and the trade school established in 1824. This became a model for the later Prussian high schools.

After the resignation of Mayor Büsching in 1831, there were numerous applicants for the successor, including Baerensprung. Only in a second ballot he was elected by the city council with 67 votes against 21 against. His short term in office was overshadowed by the dispute over his understanding of office. While the previous mayors in the magistrate of Berlin viewed themselves as primus inter pares , Baerensprung insisted on being able to give instructions to the magistrate members. If necessary, these were also enforced with the help of disciplinary authority. An open dispute arose when an internal document on the poor relief situation circulated hundreds of times in the city without the approval of the mayor, and Baerensprung tried in vain to determine who was responsible. After he had dismissed the town councilor responsible for the management of the poor, there was an open dispute over competence between the magistrate and the mayor. Both sides turned to the Prussian Minister of the Interior. This confirmed the legal opinion of the magistrate, but at the same time called for the issue to be clarified in new rules of procedure. Baerensprung continued its conflict strategy regardless of the ministerial vote. In a renewed dispute over questions of billeting of soldiers in 1833, Baerensprung saw his right to give instructions threatened and decided on his own. The magistrate then deposed Baerensprung as chairman of the responsible billing commission. After hard arguments, the king gave the magistrate the right, but at the same time it was ordered that the mayor's right to issue instructions should be laid down in new rules of procedure. However, even the royal intervention could not bring about an agreement between the parties to the dispute.

Finally Baerensprung saw his untenable position and stepped back. After that, he withdrew from political life and only commented anonymously on questions of community development. Otherwise he devoted himself to maintaining social relationships. Among other things, he had been a member of the Lawless Society in Berlin since 1814 .

tomb

He is buried in the cemetery of the Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder communities in Berlin-Mitte.

family

Baerensprung married Friederike Magdalene von Hagemann on February 14, 1816 in Berlin (born April 11, 1795 in Oranienburg ; † July 9, 1872 in Berlin). From this marriage came:

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Edmund (born December 2, 1816 - December 9, 1868), police chief of Posen
  • Frederike Wilhelmine Sophie (born January 5, 1818 - † September 23, 1883) ∞ 1844 Dr. med. Moritz Nagel († February 24, 1871)
  • Frederike Wilhelmine Marianna (born March 29, 1819 - † May 12, 1893) ∞ 1844 Dr. phil. Richard Felix Marchand (born August 25, 1813 - † August 2, 1850), professor of chemistry
  • Frederike Wilhelmine Luise (1820–1825)
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Felix , dermatologist ∞ 1850 Maria Bluhme (* September 25, 1826; † April 1, 1907)
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Albert (born November 24, 1823 - † December 22, 1903). ∞ 1875 Johanna Charlotte Auguste Elise von Keudel (* September 9, 1846; † December 22, 1880)

literature

  • Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses, 1918, twelfth year, p.18

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Vol. I, p. 181, Vol. 53 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1972
  2. ^ E. Meyer-Camberg: The Berlin or Märkische Gesellschaft in Erlangen [1796-1805] . Einst und Jetzt, Vol. 25 (1980), pp. 129–140 (Stammbuch Preuschen), here p. 135
  3. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Areligen Häuser, Part B (1933), p. 22, Justes Perthes Verlag, Gotha 1933.
personal data
SURNAME Bärensprung, Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baerensprung, Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lord Mayor of Berlin
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1779
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 4th July 1841
Place of death Berlin