Hermann Christian Arndts

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Hermann Christian Arndts (born September 9, 1831 in Arnsberg , † November 19, 1888 in Deutz ) was a Prussian civil servant, syndic, administrator and member of the state parliament. He was involved in setting up what is now the Geisenheim research institute .

Family and education

Arndts was born as the son of the last thurn and taxic postman in Arnsberg and judiciary Friedrich Franz Joseph Arndts and his wife Elisabeth (née Brisken). He studied in Munich law and heard, among others, with his uncle Carl Ludwig Arndt . In 1850 he became a member of the Corps Makaria Munich . During his studies he went on a hike with fellow students that took him to Rome . In the spring of 1852, Arndts moved to the university in Berlin . In the same year he did his military service as a one-year volunteer with the 2nd Guards Regiment on foot . A year later he left the army as a second lieutenant and the university with the ausculator exam. Since his father had previously died, Arndts had to return to Arnsberg for financial reasons. In Arnsberg, Arndts met Johanna Marcelli, whom he later married.

Act

Arndts after being wounded in 1866

In 1859 Arndts passed his assessor exam . Since he had no prospect of becoming a civil servant, he became special and property tax commissioner in Deutz in 1860. This was a position as an unpaid lawyer. When his position was not renewed after five years, he moved to Berlin as in-house counsel for the Cologne hail insurance company.

During the German War of 1866 , Arndts was a soldier in the Brandenburg Landwehr Regiment No. 20 and was in command of the 11th Company. Arndts was seriously wounded in the battle of Langensalza . By luck he escaped capture. After his recovery, he resumed his job as a lawyer. In 1867 he was again special commissioner in Deutz, but this time as a government assessor.

Also in 1867 Arndts went into politics and became a member of the Prussian House of Representatives . There he belonged to the right-wing center, a faction between conservatives and national liberals .

Arndts was transferred to Wiesbaden in 1869 while being appointed to the government council of the Prussian government . He was responsible for the administration of the Upper and Lower Westerwald district . In Geisenheim he was commissioned as an administrative specialist to set up a state school for fruit and wine growing, also known as the Royal Pomology , and to make it ready for operation. The intended property with the Villa Monrepos belonged to Heinrich Eduard von Lade , who, in addition to the Prussian government (represented by Arndts), became another co-founder of the royal teaching and current research institute in Geisenheim in 1872. Arndts remained a member of the government college in Wiesbaden, but was appointed director of the royal educational institution in 1874.

During his activity in Geisenheim the Kulturkampf endangered the position of the Catholic Arndt. He himself was strictly neutral, but his wife supported the Catholic side. Among other things, the Arndts received the Limburg bishop Peter Josef Blum . When the pressure on Arndts became too great, he resigned from the Prussian civil service in 1878 and became general administrator of the Count of Fürstenberg-Stammheim , based in Deutz. There he also became a member of the city council.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 174 , 77
  2. ↑ For the constituencies he represents and the election results, see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of Elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 687-689 and 712-716.
  3. ^ Mann, Bernhard (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne. Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 49 (Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: Vol. 3)

literature

  • Günter Cronau : Hermann Christian Arndts - another Arnsberger who deserves fruit growing. In: In: Heimatblätter. Journal of the Arnsberger Heimatbund. Vol. 2007 pp. 48-52.

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personal data
SURNAME Arndts, Hermann Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian civil servant and politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Arnsberg
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1888
Place of death Deutz