Johann Engelbert Fuchsius

Johann Engelbert Fuchsius , also Johann Engelbert (Baron) von Fuchsius (born as Johann Engelbert Voiß [= Fuchs] ; * April 16, 1754 in Jülich ; † March 10, 1823 ) was a German lawyer and politician.

Life

Fuchsius studied law at the University of Cologne and entered Bergische services in Düsseldorf in 1778 . In 1780 he became a teacher in the Bergisches Land and in 1784 a member of the Bergisches Hofrat. In 1788 he became a member of the Privy Council and the Jülich-Bergischer Higher Appeal Court . In 1790 he represented the Duchy of Berg as envoy to the Westphalian district council . In 1792 he was also appointed to the forestry council and in 1795 a member of the tax, finance and war department in Düsseldorf.

On June 13, 1792, he was by Elector Karl Theodor as imperial vicar in the realm baron conditions applicable. Instead of using the title "Freiherr", he called himself "von Fuchsius" for short. A little later he married the wealthy Elisabeth Paeffgens (born April 13, 1765 in Hennef; † July 4, 1823). The marriage had eight children. Of the two sons, Joseph von Fuchsius , Lord Mayor of Düsseldorf, is the best known.

In 1799, with the beginning of the Montgelas reforms, he was appointed to the newly created Bavarian State Council and worked for the Ministerial Justice Department in Jülich-Berg justice matters.

In 1800 he returned to Düsseldorf as general commissioner. In 1802 he became director of the 1st deputation of the regional directorate and of the first senate of the Jülich-Bergischer Higher Appeal Court . In 1804 he became a member of the Privy Council and state parliament commissioner .

With the establishment of the Grand Duchy of Berg , he became a member of the Council of State, provisional Minister of the Interior and President of the Higher Appeal Court.

In 1807 he was negotiator in the negotiations on the enlargements of the Grand Duchy. In 1809 he traveled to Paris with a delegation from the Grand Duchy to deliver the congratulations on the birth of the King of Rome .

In 1812 he became president of the newly created court of appeal in Düsseldorf . Even after the end of the Grand Duchy, he remained president of the court until the court was dissolved in 1819.

He was wealthy and owned goods in Düsseldorf and in Siegerland. His wife also had extensive possessions. His son Karl studied at the Paris law school and served with the Bergischen hunters during the liberation wars of 1814.

literature

• Meent W. Francksen: State Council and Legislation in the Grand Duchy of Berg. Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1982, ISBN 3-8204-7124-3 , pp. 233-235.

Individual evidence

1. ^ According to the German Biographical Archive (DBA), he did not die until 1828.
2. ↑ This statement by Francksen contradicts the representation by Ulrich Schnorrenberg: The Jülich-Bergische Oberappellationsgericht zu Düsseldorf from 1769 according to which Gottfried Freiherr von Beveren was president of the Oberappellationsgericht.