Johann Friedrich von Seegebarth

Johann Friedrich von Seegebarth (born August 3, 1747 in Berlin ; † December 15, 1823 ) was a Prussian postmaster general .

After initially working as a clerk, Seegebarth became chancellor in the State Chancellery in 1767. He quickly made a career here: in 1770 he was still an excess dispatching secretary (i.e. without a salary) in the general post office, but in 1771 he was promoted to secret dispatching secretary, in 1773 to post inspector and chief post director, 1774 to court and post councilor, 1786 to secret post councilor. In 1791 he was court postmaster in Berlin. In 1797 he was ennobled and in 1799 he was promoted to Privy Finance Councilor. On October 6, 1803 he was appointed director of the General Post Office, on January 24, 1806, he became president of the same. Finally he received the post of general postmaster on December 23, 1808 and was thus head of the postal service.

Seegebarth's tenure fell during the turmoil of the Revolutionary Wars and was accordingly difficult. He introduced the express post and the cancellation of letters.

Seegebarth retired in 1821 and died in 1823.

literature

• Handheld dictionary of postal services . ed. v. Wilhelm Küsgen, Paul Gerbeth, Heinrich Herzog, Laurenz Schneider and Gerhard Raabe, Berlin 1927, p. 592.
• Walter Ehrenfried: Johann Friedrich von Seegebarth, Prussian Postmaster General (1808–1821) . in: Post- und Telekommunikationsgeschichte issue 2/1997, pp. 7–15.