Gottfried Philipp von Bülow

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Gottfried Philipp von Bülow (born September 29, 1770 in Braunschweig ; † December 26, 1850 there ) was a German statesman and historian .

Life

Bülow was the son of a head forester . He grew up in Zellerfeld and on his father's Beienrode estate and received private lessons there. In 1783 he came to the court of the Dukes of Braunschweig as a page and rose there to become the personal page of Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand . In 1787 he moved to the Collegium Carolinum , before he moved to the University of Helmstedt to study law in 1789 , where he was involved in the student unrest at the University of Helmstedt in February 1791 .

Bülow became an assessor in the judicial service in Wolfenbüttel and rose to the position of chancellery and councilor in 1799 . In 1812 he was appointed president of the civil tribunal in Blankenburg and in 1817 a member of the Wolfenbüttel Higher Appeal Court . In addition, he came to the feudal and border authorities in 1817. In 1819 he finally left the legal career and became director of the ducal chamber college in Braunschweig, provost of the Lorenz monastery near Schöningen and a member of the landscape .

On October 17, 1826, Bülow was appointed head of the Brunswick Ministry by Duke Karl while retaining his office as director , although he did not receive the title of minister. In the course of the unrest of 1830 he lost his position and subsequently lived as a pensioner and private scholar.

Works (selection)

  • Explanatory remarks on the procedure in criminal matters under Westphalian law. A commentary on the three penal procedures of the Kingdom of Westphalia. 3 volumes, Vieweg, Braunschweig 1811.
  • Treatises on individual matters of Roman civil law , 3 volumes, Vieweg, Braunschweig 1817–1819.
  • Contributions to the history of the Braunschweig-Lüneburgschen Lande , Vieweg, Braunschweig 1829.
  • Contributions to modern Braunschweig history , Vieweg, Braunschweig 1833.
  • Averages to explain Braunschweig history and legislation , Vieweg, Braunschweig 1839.
  • Review of my life , Fleckeisen, Helmstedt 1844.

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Individual evidence

  1. Review of my life , p. 37 f.