Karl Friedrich German von Hänlein

Karl Friedrich German Hänlein , from 1841 von Hänlein , (in some representations also Hermann Friedrich Karl (von) Hänlein ; * December 8, 1794 in Erlangen , † March 17, 1866 in Stuttgart ), was a lawyer and entered the service as a civil servant of the Kingdom of Württemberg . From 1849 to 1850 he headed the Württemberg Justice Department.

family

Hänlein came from a family of scholars from Erlangen. His father Alexander Hänlein was the university professor for Protestant theology there. The mother Justine was born Eyring. Several children emerged from the professorial family, of which three of his siblings survived in addition to the eldest son Karl Friedrich German Hänlein himself.

Hänlein was Protestant and married Henriette von Marchtaler from Esslingen am Neckar in 1823, who died on November 21, 1863. The marriage remained childless.

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From the age of ten, Hänlein lived with his parents in Ansbach , where he attended the grammar school there until 1809. He graduated from high school in 1810 at (today's) Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich and then completed the compulsory basic course (= philosophy) with distinction at the adjoining lyceum. In autumn 1812 he began to study law at the universities of Erlangen and Göttingen, which lasted until Easter 1816. On April 29, 1817, Hänlein received his doctorate in both rights in Erlangen . He gained his first practical experience through activities at the royal Bavarian regional courts in Erlangen and Munich . In August 1817, as an exception, Hänlein was granted admission to the chancellery of the Isarkkreis government . He worked there in the Chamber of the Interior in Munich. In June 1818, Hänlein passed the legal state examination in Munich as the best of the year in the entire Kingdom of Bavaria . In October 1818 he also passed the examination for the higher civil service in the internal administration of the kingdom with distinction.

Since Hänlein did not consider a legal career in Bavaria very promising at the time, he went to the Württemberg state service on the mediation of his uncle , Gros' secret council. On February 23, 1819 he took up the position of assessor at the court in Esslingen . On April 15, 1823, he was promoted to a council position at the court in Ellwangen . On July 23, 1827, he returned to the court in Esslingen in the same capacity as a councilor. On May 16, 1839, he was promoted to the position of senior tribunal councilor and conductor and on September 3, 1840, he was transferred to the court in Ulm as deputy director . On October 28, 1849, he was appointed head of the Justice Department in the newly formed " October Ministry " with the title of State Councilor and was appointed a full member of the Privy Council . In this position, which from today's perspective corresponded to that of a Minister of Justice, he remained until July 2, 1850. On December 31, 1861, he was awarded the title of Real Privy Councilor. In the summer of 1865, Hänlein retired.

Honors

• Hänlein became a knight on October 30, 1841, and Commander of the Order of the Württemberg Crown on December 31, 1850 . This was associated with the Württemberg personal nobility.
• On September 26, 1854 he received the Grand Cross of the Order of Frederick .

literature

• Words at the grave of the Lord Privy Councilor a. D. Dr. Karl Friedrich German von Hänlein , spoken by city dean Karl von Gerok , printed by Gebrüder Mäntler, Stuttgart 1866.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vol., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 3, p. 234.