Friedrich von Coelln

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Friedrich von Coelln (* 1766 in the county of Lippe-Detmold ; † May 31, 1820 in Berlin ) was a German administrative lawyer and economist.

Life

Friedrich von Coelln studied at the Philipps University of Marburg , the Friedrichs University of Halle and the University of Jena . After graduating, he began a career in the Prussian civil service in 1790. In Minden he worked as a trainee lawyer , auscultator and assessor . In 1793 he was appointed as a councilor in Poznan . In South Prussia , he administered the Pollagewo and Oborniki areas for six years from 1797 . He became a tax councilor in Lower Silesia (1803) and a war and domain councilor in Berlin (1805). After the battle of Jena and Auerstedt , he tried in vain to defend the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III. to propose a defense plan against the French. During the time of the French occupation, he worked on the successful six-volume work Familiar Letters on the internal conditions at the Prussian court since the death of Frederick II on the requirements for defeat.

Because of his frank publications he came into conflict with the French and Prussians several times and was arrested twice. He finally fled to Austria-Hungary , where State Chancellor Karl August von Hardenberg stood up for him. He also processed these experiences in a book.

At the Wartburg Festival of 1817, several works were v. Coellns symbolically burned.

Works

  • Record-based justification of the council of war. Leipzig 1811
  • Contribution to the history of the war in Prussia, Silesia and Pohlen in 1806 and 1807.
  • Historical archive of the Prussian Provincial Constitutions , 1819 - 1820 (7 parts)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Coelln, Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coelln, Georg Friedrich Willibald Ferdinand von (full name); Loclen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative lawyer and economist
DATE OF BIRTH 1766
PLACE OF BIRTH County of Lippe-Detmold
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1820
Place of death Berlin