Heinrich Schmückert
Heinrich Schmückert (born November 12, 1790 in Greifenberg , † February 4, 1862 in Berlin ; full name Gottlob Heinrich Schmückert ) was General Post Director of the Kingdom of Prussia .
Life
His parents were the citizen and button maker Ernst Heinrich Jakob Schmückert (1763-1856) and Catharine Dorothee geb. Borcke (1764-1836). His grandfather was a sexton and organist at the Marienkirche in Greifenberg.
From June 10, 1807 Schmückert was employed in the civil service. He worked as a clerk and secretary a. a. with the district administrator Struensee, the father of the later writer Gustav von Struensee .
In 1813, during the Wars of Liberation , he volunteered for the hunters of the Kolberg Infantry Regiment and became an officer. He was wounded near Breda in 1814, which resulted in the amputation of a leg. After retiring from the military, he became postmaster in Bernau near Berlin in 1815 . In August 1816 he got a job under Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler at the Collegium of the General Post Office. On October 1, 1816, he was promoted to the Privy Postal Councilor, and in 1840 Schmückert was Privy Post Councilor. From 1846 he was director of the general post office, from 1849 to 1862 general post director in Berlin. He proposed to King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. In 1849 the establishment of a post office directorate . In 1851, under Schmückert's leadership, the Berlin postal system was reformed. He was a member of the Berlin Freemason Lodge on Secrecy .
Schmückert signed numerous contracts with the postal administrations of other German and European countries. He was a member of the Prussian State Council and the First Chamber , and later the House of Representatives .
Honors
- Iron Cross 2nd class ( Battle of Großbeeren )
- Iron Cross 1st Class ( Battle of Dennewitz )
- Red Eagle Order 1st class with oak leaves and star (2nd class with star on the painting)
- Anhalt House Order of Albrecht the Bear , Grand Cross (with star)
- Russian Order of St. Anne 1st Class (with star)
- Swedish medal for bravery
- Swedish Order of the Sword (Knight's Cross)
- and some more ...
- Honorary citizen of the cities of Greifenberg , Bojanowo and Lissa (Poznan)
- 1874 Monument in the town of Bojanowo in the province of Posen , the work of the sculptor Friedrich August Theodor Dietrich (1817–1903) who was born there . The city of Bojanowo was renamed Schmückert during the German occupation of Poland from 1939 to 1945 .
See also
literature
- Ernst Friedländer : Schmückert, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 63 f.
- K. Schwarz: Heinrich Schmückert. In: Pommersche Lebensbilder , Volume IV. Böhlau: Cologne Graz 1966, pp. 282–291
- Johannes Hinz : Schmückert, Heinrich. In: Johannes Hinz: Pomerania. Dictionary. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-86047-185-6 , p. 281.
Individual evidence
- ↑ P. Bloch, Sibylle Einholz , J. von Simson (Ed.): Ethos & Pathos. The Berlin School of Sculpture 1786-1914. Accompanying volume to the exhibition Berlin 1990. Berlin 1990, p. 438.
- ↑ Entry at www.territorial.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmückert, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmückert, thank God Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German general post director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1790 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greifenberg in Pomerania |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 4, 1862 |
| Place of death | Berlin |