Friedrich von Preen

Friedrich Adolf Philipp Karl von Preen (born June 15, 1823 in Karlsruhe ; † May 5, 1894 there ; Protestant) was a lawyer and district chief who had been in the Baden state service since 1850 , comparable to a current district president .

family

Friedrich Freiherr von Preen was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Johann Friedrich Freiherr von Preen from the Baden line of the noble family von Preen and the Karoline née Fesenbeck. His first marriage was in 1851, Klara nee Giulini († 1852 in Mannheim ), daughter of the manufacturer Paul Giulini in Mannheim. Since December 16, 1861, he was married to Elisabeth, born Freiin von Reischach (born August 6, 1839 in Karlsruhe). The son Paul (born July 10, 1852 in Mannheim), later court squire and bailiff, comes from his first marriage . There are three children from the second marriage: Karl Wolfgang (born February 3, 1863 in Lörrach ), later court squire and high school council secretary, Fanny Elisabeth (born November 23, 1865 in Lörrach), later lady-in-waiting , and Johann Alfred (born November 13, 1871 in Bruchsal ), later second lieutenant in the 1st Baden Field Artillery Regiment No. 14 .

education

After graduating from the Lyzeum Mannheim in 1841 , Friedrich von Preen studied law at the University of Heidelberg from the summer semester of 1841 , interrupted by a winter semester at the University of Berlin 1842/43. In 1844 he completed his studies at Heidelberg University and became a legal intern on June 14, 1845. On July 2, 1846, he became an actuary at the Weinheim district office and then, from December 1, 1846, a trainee in the criminal investigation department of the Mannheim City Office . From October 1, 1847, he was a trainee at the lawyer Küchler in Heidelberg.

career

• September 1848 first official at the Buchen District Office
• October 1848 in the administration of the higher office in Heidelberg
• June 15, 1849 second official at the Weinheim district office
• November 26th, 1850 Police assessor at the Mannheim City Office and from July 1st, 1855 official there
• April 14, 1859 bailiff and head of the district office of Lörrach and promoted to senior bailiff there on April 23, 1861
• October 27, 1869 City Director at the Bruchsal District Office
• May 23, 1874 City Director at the Karlsruhe District Office and as an administrative board member in personal union as District Chief of the Karlsruhe District
• Appointed Chamberlain on December 26, 1876
• Appointed to the Secret Government Council on April 24, 1887 and promoted to the Secret Upper Government Council on April 24, 1892

Correspondence

Friedrich von Preen was best known for his correspondence with his friend Jacob Burckhardt , whose letters to Preen were published in 1922.

Awards

• 1868 Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Zähringer Lion Order
• Badisches commemorative symbol for 1870/71
• 1872 Prussian Crown Order with a red cross on a white field on the commemorative ribbon 4th class
• 1877 Prussian Red Eagle Order 3rd class
• 1881 Commander's Cross 2nd Class of the Zähringer Lion Order
• 1881 Commander's Cross 2nd Class of the Swedish Wasa Order
• 1885 Prussian Crown Order, 2nd class
• 1893 Prussian Red Eagle Order, 2nd class

Works

• Via district insurance companies , Karlsruhe 1870

literature

• Wolfram Angerbauer (Red.): The heads of the upper offices, district offices and district offices in Baden-Württemberg from 1810 to 1972 . Published by the working group of the district archives at the Baden-Württemberg district assembly. Theiss, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-8062-1213-9 , pp. 446 .
• Friedrich von Preen. In: Badische Biographien, V. Teil (1891–1901), Heidelberg 1906, pp. 597–599 digitized version of BLB Karlsruhe
• Jacob Burckhardt's letters to his friend Friedrich von Preen, 1864-1893. Stuttgart: German publishing company 1922

Digitized copy of the University of Toronto in the Internet Archive

• Bernd Breitkopf: The old districts and their heads of office. The emergence of the districts and offices in what is today the district of Karlsruhe. Biographies of the senior officials and district administrators from 1803 to 1997 . Regional culture publisher, Ubstadt-Weiher 1997, ISBN 3-929366-48-7 , pp. 163-164.
• René Teuteberg : Friedrich von Preen, his circle of friends and Jacob Burckhardt. Sketch of a biography. In: Yearbook Swiss. Society for family studies. 1987, pp. 155-168. Digitized at e-periodica

Web links

• Regional information system for Baden-Württemberg (LeoBW): Preen Friedrich; von - Brief biographical information