Joint Government (Schleswig-Holstein)
The joint government was the government in Schleswig-Holstein from October 23, 1848 to March 27, 1849.
During the March Revolution in 1848, the Provisional Government was formed as an executive in Schleswig-Holstein. Among other things, this demanded the unification of the two duchies of Schleswig and Holstein and the inclusion of a united Schleswig-Holstein in the German Confederation , which the German Confederation did not comply with.
The conflict over the national right of self-determination of the population of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein , which are in personal union with Denmark , led to the Schleswig-Holstein War in the spring of 1848 . With the Treaty of Malmö of August 26, 1848, an armistice and the replacement of the Provisional Government by a joint German-Danish government was decided. The Joint Government should consist of five members. Two ministers for the Duchy of Schleswig were to be appointed by the Danish king and two for the Duchy of Holstein by the Prussian king. The fifth, who was to become president of the government at the same time, should be named jointly. Prussia and Denmark initially agreed on Karl von Moltke as president. Moltke was a supporter of the Danish state as a whole and stood outside the two national liberal camps. Ernst Heintze, Thomas Prehn, Friedrich Boysen and AFW Preusser were appointed ministers. However, they refused to enter a government under Moltke. The Provisional Government, which should have resigned on August 26, 1848 as a result of the Treaty of Malmö, also opposed the agreement. The National Assembly in Frankfurt also initially rejected the Malmö Treaty on September 5. Parliament only gave its approval on September 16, which subsequently led to the September Revolution in Frankfurt .
The Danish government then appointed two new ministers for Schleswig on September 18, 1848: Friedrich Johannsen and Jørgen Hansen. The Prussian government, on the other hand, wanted Moltke to resign before a new government was to be formed. It was only in October 1848 that the two sides agreed on a new joint government headed by Theodor von Reventlow. Thereupon Wilhelm Beseler announced on October 19 before the state assembly that the Provisional Government would resign on October 22, 1848. The new Joint Government was constituted one day later. However, since the latter continued to apply the laws, ordinances and the constitutional state law of the provisional government, it soon came into conflict with the Danish government, which ultimately held on to the ministers appointed under Moltke as the immediate commission. Both the new Joint Government and the Immediate Commission remained in place until the armistice was terminated in March 1849. The Immediatkommssion actually only administered the island of Alsen, Ærø and a small part of the mainland. On March 27, 1849, the governor appointed by the provisional central authority took over the affairs of state.
Government members
Government members were:
| minister | Department | annotation |
|---|---|---|
| Theodor Graf von Reventlow | president | to Jersbek |
| Paul Johann Friedrich Boysen | Governor in Heide | |
| Josias Friedrich Erdmann von Heintze | Bailiff in Bordesholm | |
| Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm Preusser | Higher Appeal Judge in Kiel | |
| Adolf Bernhard W. Erdmann von Moltke |
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- Finding aid of the holdings Dept. 51 to Dept. 55, publications of the Schleswig-Holstein State Archives, vol. 99, p. IX ff, online (PDF; 1.5 MB)
- Holger Hjeltholt: Om tilblivelsen af fællesregeringen for hertugdømmerne af October 22, 1848 , in: Historisk Tidsskrift, Volume 11, Series 6, 1960–1962
Individual evidence
- ↑ Manfred Jessen-Klingenberg : The Schleswig-Holstein State Assembly and the Basic State Law of September 15, 1848 , in: Göttrik Wewer: Demokratie in Schleswig-Holstein , Opladen 1998, page 93