Georg Lempfert

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Carl Georg Heinrich Lempfert (born October 9, 1793 in Meldorf ; † November 9, 1871 in Preetz ) was a governor in Süderdithmarschen .

Life

Georg Lempfert was a son of Jakob Hinrich Lempfert (* July 4, 1753 in Meldorf; † January 30, 1828 there) and his second wife Margarethe Friederike Stuhr (* 1770; † January 13, 1835 in Preetz). His father was the parish bailiff of the Meldorfer Nordervogtei.

Lempfert joined the Danish army at a young age. He fought as a second lieutenant in the Queen's body regiment and was seriously injured during the battle of Sehestedt . In July 1813 he received the Dannebrogorden for this. In 1817 his time in the military ended as prime lieutenant in Copenhagen . From the summer semester of 1817 he studied law at the University of Kiel. In 1819 he passed the state examination in law with the first character at the Glückstadt Higher Court. He then worked as a trainee in the Schleswig-Holsteinisch-Lauenburg law firm in Copenhagen. In 1823 he moved to Altona , where he opened a law firm. His brother Johann Michael Friedrich worked here as a senior court attorney. In the following year he was appointed senator and learned councilor of Altona, and at the end of 1830 he was appointed governor of Süderdithmarschen and inspector of the Crown Prince Kooge . From the beginning of 1831 to 1858 he took over these offices.

On June 16, 1835, Lempfert married Ina Louise Baronesse von Hammerstein, with whom he had no children.

Act

During his studies, Lempfert received a prison sentence due to an unfriendly letter to the rector of Kiel University. Since then, he has been considered a headstrong and argumentative personality. The conflict probably played a part in his moving to Altona after finishing his studies. As Meldorfer Landvogt, he campaigned for the idea of ​​the state as a whole. He acted loyally in the interests of the king and consciously represented the central power and its officials against the self-government of the region. During his activity, the valleys of the Miele and Süderau could be drained. In 1845 the Christianskoog was diked, for which Lempfert was appointed Dannebrogsmann. From 1853 to 1855 the Dieksand was also diked .

Lempfert promoted reform tendencies of the national assembly regarding the right to vote, which emerged in the context of the constitutional movement. He supported the suggestion that parish bailiffs and representatives should be elected according to a uniform scheme. This should be done in a similar way to the decree issued by the King in 1834 on elections for the Assembly of Estates. The right to vote in the region should therefore be modernized. In 1838 he spoke out in favor of removing the eligibility for life. The right to self-completion could not be removed in 1848, because the Schleswig-Holsteinisch-Lauenburg chancellery no longer confirmed this before the Schleswig-Holstein survey .

During the uprising and revolution in Germany, Lempfert showed little personal commitment. Together with Jakob Guido Theodor Gülich , he represented the Schleswig Assembly of Estates in the pre-parliament and then exchanged letters with Karl Philipp Francke .

Lempfert wanted to run for the 1st Holstein electoral district (Dithmarschen and Wilstermarsch) for the Constituent National Assembly. On this occasion he wrote about “The Constitution of Germany. A draft presented to the constituent assembly in Frankfurt ”. In it he proposed to create a democratic federal state, which a king elected for ten years should lead. The state should be composed of duchies. The Duchy of Holstein was to consist of Schleswig, Lauenburg and the two Hanseatic cities alongside Holstein, with Hamburg as its capital. Prussia and Austria were to be dissolved and divided into smaller territories. He added Kautelen to the closing remarks of his writing .

It is difficult to judge whether Lempfert really meant his absolutely unrealistic plan seriously. The central election committee in Neumünster rejected his candidacy and decided on Hans Reimer Claussen . Lempfert later won the mandate for the 6th electoral district (Meldorf). The constituent state assembly met on August 15, 1848 in Kiel. At the second meeting, it passed the constitution of the state for the duchies.

Lempfert did not take on any prominent positions in the state assembly and was moderate. His main focus was on legislative initiatives that should lead to land reform, but failed. He realized that he had little influence and quickly gave up. After the end of the survey, he was confirmed in office in June 1852, probably because he had shown himself loyal to the kingdom. A little later he took the oath of allegiance.

In 1855 Lempfert was appointed conference councilor, in 1858 he was promoted to commander of the Dannebrog order. In the same year he resigned from the civil service due to health problems. He spent his retirement in Preetz, where he worked on regional history and topographical studies, some of which were published.

Carl Friedrich Hermann Klenze , with whom Lempfert had enjoyed a relaxed friendship since studying together, wrote in his memoir that he was an excellent civil servant who, as bailiff, did not get the recognition he deserved.

literature

  • Dietrich Korth, Hartwig Molzow: Lempfert, Georg . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , pages 202-204.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dietrich Korth, Hartwig Molzow: Lempfert, Georg . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , page 202.
  2. ↑ Dietrich Korth, Hartwig Molzow: Lempfert, Georg . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , page 202.
  3. ↑ Dietrich Korth, Hartwig Molzow: Lempfert, Georg . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , page 202.
  4. ↑ Dietrich Korth, Hartwig Molzow: Lempfert, Georg . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , page 202.
  5. ↑ Dietrich Korth, Hartwig Molzow: Lempfert, Georg . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , page 202.
  6. ↑ Dietrich Korth, Hartwig Molzow: Lempfert, Georg . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , pages 202-203.
  7. ↑ Dietrich Korth, Hartwig Molzow: Lempfert, Georg . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , page 203.
  8. ↑ Dietrich Korth, Hartwig Molzow: Lempfert, Georg . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , page 203.
  9. ↑ Dietrich Korth, Hartwig Molzow: Lempfert, Georg . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , page 203.
  10. ↑ Dietrich Korth, Hartwig Molzow: Lempfert, Georg . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , page 203.
  11. ↑ Dietrich Korth, Hartwig Molzow: Lempfert, Georg . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , page 203.
personal data
SURNAME Lempfert, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lempfert, Carl Georg Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Governor in Süderdithmarschen
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1793
PLACE OF BIRTH Meldorf
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1871
Place of death Preetz