Heinrich Philipp Goldhagen

Heinrich Philipp Goldhagen (born April 11, 1746 in Nordhausen , † April 30, 1826 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German lawyer . Goldhagen was city counsel in Halle and Prussian criminal director .

Life

Goldhagen was born the son of Johann Eustachius Goldhagen . His older brother was the physician Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Goldhagen . He attended the cathedral grammar school in Magdeburg , which his father ran as principal . In May 1764 he began to study law at the University of Halle , among others with Daniel Nettelbladt , which he finished after three years. He completed practical training with a lawyer in Magdeburg.

In 1767 Goldhagen got a job as an actuary at the Rosenburg office . In 1771 he asked for a position as a lawyer at the Halle City Court after successfully passing the required exam in Magdeburg. His request was supported by Minister Julius August von der Horst , who also gave him a positive assessment. However, the application was not granted because too many lawyers were already working in Halle. Further requests from August 1774 and February 1775 were also rejected. It was not until 1777, through the mediation of his brother Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Goldhagen, that he was able to take up a position as city counsel in Halle, which he held until 1786. At the beginning of April 1786 Goldhagen became councilor and director of the guardianship office in Halle. On the occasion of the accession of King Friedrich Wilhelm II. Of Prussia in the same year, Goldhagen held a tribute speech in the name of the magistrate and the citizens on the market square of Halle in front of representatives of the king.

In 1806, with the Napoleonic occupation of Halle, Goldhagen was one of the most important representatives of the city's magistrate. Speaking Latin and French, he often negotiated with French commanders, commissioners and generals. In Halle, which now belonged to the Kingdom of Westphalia , a new court system was introduced and a peace court and a tribunal were created. The French authorities recognized Goldhagen's services and appointed him first tribunal judge in 1807 and criminal instructor in 1808.

After the reintegration of the city of Halle into the Prussian state in 1815, Goldhagen was appointed criminal director of the inquisitorial. In 1819 he asked for his departure, which was granted as a pension with the approval of his salary. Heinrich Philipp Goldhagen died on April 30, 1826, at the age of 80, in Halle. He had suffered from tuberculosis from a young age . In a self-testimony he wrote that in his eyes it was a miracle to have reached such an old age at all. He was married to Henriette, daughter of the treasurer Schulz from Magdeburg , from 1785 . The marriage produced a son and a daughter. His wife died in 1791. His son Philipp Wilhelm (* 1791) became a military doctor and died in 1818. His daughter Wilhelmine (* 1787) married Christian Keferstein ; she also died in 1818. After Goldhagen's death, Keferstein wrote an obituary for his father-in-law, which was published in the Hallische Patriotisches Wochenblatt .

Heinrich Philipp Goldhagen had been a member of the Masonic lodge Zu den three Degen in Halle since February 1779 . In June 1779 he became a journeyman, later he took over the office of secretary and that of deputy master .

literature

• Friedrich August Eckstein : History of the Freemason Lodge in the Orient of Halle. Gebauer, Halle 1844, page 228, ( digitized )
• Christian Keferstein : Heinrich Philipp Goldhagen. ( Nekrolog ), In: Hallisches Patriotisches Wochenblatt. , 2nd quarter, 22nd item, hall June 3, 1826, pages 505–511 and 23rd item, hall June 10, 1826, pages 529-534, ( digitized part 1 ) ( digitized part 2 )
• Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15. Part 1, Saur, Munich 2009, page 326, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 .
• Bernhard Weißenborn (arr.): Round chronicle of the city of Halle 1750–1835. Gebauer-Schwetschke, Halle 1933, pages 482–483.

Web links

• Family tree of the Goldhagen family in www.geschichtsportal-nordhausen.de