Hermann von Hochberg

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Hermann von Hochberg (* 1813 ; † 1884 ) was a Prussian administrative lawyer and district administrator in the Habelschwerdt district (1850, 1853-1884).

Life

Hochberg came from the noble family Hochberg . After attending grammar school in Gleiwitz , he served as a one-year volunteer in the Prussian army . As a Landwehr officer he was most recently a captain . In 1850, Hochberg was an interim district administrator and from 1853–1884 he served as district administrator in Habelschwerdt , Province of Silesia .

Since, as the district administrator, he was regularly subject to liberal district majority majorities when filling offices, he went over in 1873 to threatening those who did not suit him with that he would meticulously monitor their activities and report the smallest irregularity to the public prosecutor. With this tactic he was so successful that in 1882 he was satisfied that the Liberals had withdrawn from their honorary posts and would only swing critical speeches “on the beer bench”. In 1883 his main opponent, District Deputy Hanke, resigned from his offices and thus gave himself up to the “autocratic measures” of the district administrator.

Hochberg was appointed a secret councilor. In the years 1855–1861 he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives (Büchtemann, bkF).

Individual evidence

  1. Patrick Wagner, Bauern, Junker und Officials: local rule and participation in Eastern Elbe in the 19th century , Göttingen 2005, p. 473
  2. Bärbel Holtz (edit.): The protocols of the Prussian State Ministry 1817–1934 / 38. Vol. 4 / II. In: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): Acta Borussica . New episode. Olms-Weidmann, Hildesheim 2003, ISBN 3-487-11827-0 , p. 586 ( Online ; PDF 1.9 MB).