Friedrich von Thünen

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Friedrich von Thünen (born November 27, 1785 in Canarienhausen , Wangerland , † March 31, 1865 in Oldenburg (Oldb) ) was a German farmer and politician in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg .

Life

Friedrich von Thünen was born the son of the landowner Edo Christian von Thünen (1760–1786) and his wife Anna Margaretha Catharina Trendtel (* 1765), the daughter of a bookseller from Jever . He was intended as the court heir to his father's estate Canarienhausen. The important economist and economic geographer Johann Heinrich von Thünen was his older brother. After the early death of the father, the mother married the merchant Christian Diedrich von Buttel (1766–1810) in 1789. He first grew up in Hooksiel , attended the Mariengymnasium Jever from 1798 to 1802 and then did a three-year internship on a farm near Wüppels . Then Thünen completed an agricultural training from 1805 to 1807. a. with Lucas Andreas Staudinger in Groß Flottbek near Hamburg and, at the end of his training, spent a year at Albrecht Daniel Thaer's sample estate in Möglin .

In 1808 he took over the inherited property Canarienhausen. In 1813 he married Adelheid Henriette Kruckenberg geb. Folkers (1791-1866). The couple had one daughter who died unmarried.

Thüne tried to make his estate business more profitable through rationalization and expansion, but constantly had to struggle with economic difficulties. He was in constant exchange of experience with his older brother, occupied himself with his research areas and carried out series of soil measurements for years, which Johann Heinrich von Thünen used in his work The Isolated State in relation to agriculture and national economy . In this context, Thünen also carried out his own research on the formation of the marshland and published some essays in which he turned against the theory of coastal subsidence of the local researcher Heinrich Schütte . He was one of the first members of the Oldenburg Agricultural Society , founded in 1818 , in whose organ, the Oldenburgischen Blätter , he published articles about new cultivation methods and the processing industry , which is important for the marshes .

Economically independent, Thünen was able to devote himself to extensive activities in various areas of public life. From 1835 onwards, he participated in the drafting of a new dyke regulation, which came into force in 1846 and essentially repealed the obsolete exemptions from dyke loads . After the July Revolution of 1830 , he played a leading role in the petition movement for the introduction of a state constitution and for a more independent position of the Jeverland within the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. He wanted to avoid revolutionary efforts as much as possible and, by responding to the demands of the population, bring about the necessary changes in a legal and peaceful way.

When the revolution broke out in March 1848 , Thünen was involved in the small leadership group of the movement in Jeverland and in April 1848 was a member of the assembly of the 34 pre-parliament in Oldenburg. From 1848 to 1851 he was a member of the state parliament, where he belonged to the moderate liberals , but also joined the left on certain issues.

In 1849 he was also elected to the Oldenburg General Synod, participated in the drafting of a new church constitution and was a secular member of the Upper Church Council from 1849 to 1850 . In order to cope with these activities, Thünen leased his farm during this time and moved to Oldenburg in 1849, where he became a member of the literary-sociable association. After the resignation of the government of his stepbrother Christian Diedrich von Buttel (1801-1878) and the onset of restorative development, he withdrew from political life.

In May 1850 he became appraisal director at his own request at the newly established cadastral directorate and replacement authority. He held this position until April 22, 1864.

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  • Estate of the Thünen family in the NLA - State Archives Oldenburg Erw 110 (2)

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SURNAME Thünen, Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German farmer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1785
PLACE OF BIRTH Canary house
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1865
Place of death Oldenburg (Oldb)