Heinrich Friedrich Karl Steinacker
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Heinrich Friedrich Karl Steinacker (born August 15, 1801 in Altendorf , † April 2, 1847 in Holzminden ) was a German lawyer and political writer. He led the liberal opposition in the Braunschweig Landtag , of which he was president from 1842 to 1846.
family
Heinrich Friedrich Karl Steinacker came from the middle-class Steinacker family, which has been documented in Quedlinburg since the beginning of the 16th century . The uninterrupted line-up begins with Hans Steinacker, who was councilor and treasurer of the city of Quedlinburg in 1530 . His grandson was Philipp Steinacker (around 1565–1613), a lawyer and Princely Saxon councilor and court judge at Coburg . Steinacker's great-grandfather was Christof Wilhelm Steinacker (1717–1768), royal Prussian saltworks and mining inspector in Halle (Saale) , his grandfather Christof Heinrich Steinacker (1741–1793) was a pastor in the then Duchy of Braunschweig .
Steinacker was the son of the merchant and co-owner of a bleaching and chicory factory in Altendorf, Hieronymus Karl Steinacker (1775–1813) and his wife Julie Dorothea nee. Alberti. His father later became the estate administrator of Count Wrisberg and, due to his good knowledge of the French language, worked as a mayor in Holzminden during the time of the Kingdom of Westphalia , especially during the retreat of Napoleon's army from Russia . After his time as mayor , his father was city treasurer in Holzminden and ducal district secretary.
Steinacker was with Agathe Friederike Ernestine Viktoria geb. Child married. Their son Eduard Steinacker (1839–1893) was a teacher, their grandson Karl Steinacker (1872–1944) was an art historian and museum director in Braunschweig .
Life
Steinacker attended the Holzminden high school from 1809 . He studied from 1818 to Easter 1821 at the University of Goettingen jurisprudence . During his studies he was influenced by fraternities , he became a member of the Old Göttingen Burschenschaft / Association for German History in 1818 . After successfully passing his state examination in the autumn of 1821, he worked as an independent lawyer in Holzminden. He received the notary's office in 1825. In 1828 he married a pastor's daughter from Halle on the Weser . In addition to his job, Steinacker was interested in public affairs in his homeland. In 1837 he published a paper about his studies on employment relationships in the Weser district.
Political and journalistic activity
The Brunswick Revolution of 1830 culminated in the expulsion of the reigning Duke Charles II and the fire in the residential palace . As a result, in the duchy town of Holzminden, with the participation of Steinacker, a civil guard was founded to maintain public order. He was also involved in the creation of a "Patriotic Association". He began his journalistic activity in 1831 with the publication of two brochures "Desires of the Braunschweiger". In it he advocated the introduction of a civil list for the duke and a stronger representation of the people. The fame Steinacker gained in this way led to his election to the Braunschweig Landtag in 1833, which had passed the new constitution in October 1832. Steinacker passed the second state examination in law in 1833, but did not receive the desired takeover into the civil service because his publications made him disloyal to the government. Likewise, his election as mayor of Holzminden in 1834 was not confirmed by the state. When discussing the new Criminal Code, he advocated the abolition of the death penalty and the publicity of judicial proceedings. He called for the freedom of the press , the public of the state parliament sessions and campaigned for equality for Jews. Steinacker, who advocated the unification of Germany, expressed the opinion in his 1842 publication “On the Relationship of Prussia to Germany” that Germany could only achieve unity through and with Prussia . The basis should be a constitutional, monarchical government. Accordingly, he sat down since 1840 for the exit of the country from the Braunschweig with the Kingdom of Hanover existing control association and connection to the Prussian-German Customs Union one. The Duchy of Braunschweig joined this on January 1, 1842.
Works
- About the employment relationships in the Weser district , 1837
- On the motives of the Brunswick Relief Order of December 20, 1834 in relation to the services , 1837
- Collection of the larger organizational and administrative laws of the Duchy of Braunschweig , 1837
- On the relationship between Prussia and Germany , 1842
- The political and constitutional development of Germany through the influence of the German Customs Union , 1844
Steinacker published his essays in various newspapers and magazines. From 1835 he worked on the State Lexicon published by Carl von Rotteck and Carl Welcker .
literature
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , pp. 497-499.
- Edmund Steinacker , Klosterneuburg : The story of the Steinacker family in the German Roland Book for Gender Studies , published by the "Roland" Association for the Promotion of Family, Coat of Arms and Seal Studies EV, Volume 1, Dresden 1918, p. 325ff.
- Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 19th and 20th centuries , Hannover 1996, pp. 585-86
- Eduard Steinacker, Paul Zimmermann : Steinacker, Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 676-682.
Individual evidence
- ^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , p. 497.
- ^ Herbert Obenaus (Ed.): Historical manual of the Jewish communities in Lower Saxony and Bremen. , Göttingen 2005. ISBN 3-89244-753-5 , p. 879
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steinacker, Heinrich Friedrich Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and political writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1801 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altendorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 2, 1847 |
| Place of death | Holzminden |