Johann Heinrich August von Behr

Johann Heinrich August Behr , from 1860 von Behr , (born November 13, 1793 in Freiberg , † February 20, 1871 in Dresden ) was a politician in the Kingdom of Saxony .

Life

The third son of Johann Bernhard Behr (1754–1827), pastor at the Jakobikirche in Freiberg and Schwarzenberg , was the younger brother of Hermann Behr . After attending the Freiberg grammar school from 1804 to 1811, he studied theology at the University of Leipzig from 1811 to 1813 and continued to study law until 1815 . He completed this with a doctorate to become a Dr. jur. from. After an initial activity as ex-Vice actuaries and Akzessist in Schwarzenberg joined Behr on 7 December 1816, the Office of the Director of Court rule Purschenstein , where he Inspector Generalakzise also worked as prädicierter. In 1833 he was appointed royal Saxon court counselor and appointed bailiff of Dresden.

Since 1838, at the instigation of Heinrich Anton von Zeschau , Behr was a member of the Saxon Finance Ministry as a secret finance councilor and as such was involved in the development of the new criminal court code. On April 1, at the instigation of Albert Christian Weinlig , he joined the Saxon Ministry of the Interior as a secret councilor and head of the 1st department in the middle of the revolution of 1848/49 . On May 14, 1849, Behr took over the leadership of the Saxon Ministry of Finance , although after the Dresden May uprising he had initially hesitated to take on this office. After the death of Ferdinand von Zschinsky , he moved to the head of the Ministry of Justice in 1858 , which he headed until 1866. As a representative of the bishopric of Meissen , where he was provost , he belonged to the first chamber of the Saxon state parliament in 1866/67 .

Behr owned the late Classicist villa on Wigardstrasse in Dresden-Neustadt, called Behrsches Haus, which was built in 1832. It is a listed building and was reconstructed until 2020. An architecture office will move in.

Honors

He was raised to the Saxon nobility by King Johann in 1860.

literature

Heinrich Theodor Flathe : Behr, Johann August Heinrich von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 285.
Hermann Julius Meyer: New Conversations Lexicon for All Stands , Volume 3 Bayeux - Accounting. 1858, p. 84 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

^ Carl Wilhelm Hering : History of the Saxon highlands with special reference to the Lauterstein office. P. 253 ( digitized version ).
↑ ^a ^b Josef Matzerath : Adelsprobe an der Moderne , Stuttgart 2006, p. 320.
↑ Josef Matzerath: Aspects of Saxon State Parliament History - Presidents and Members of Parliament from 1833 to 1952 , Saxon State Parliament 2001, p. 38.
↑ Sächsische Zeitung, September 12, 2019, p. 14 and August 4, 2020, p. 13.

personal data
SURNAME	Behr, Johann Heinrich August von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Behr, Johann Heinrich August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician, Saxon State Minister
DATE OF BIRTH	November 13, 1793
PLACE OF BIRTH	Freiberg
DATE OF DEATH	February 20, 1871
Place of death	Dresden

[Hering-1] Carl Wilhelm Hering : History of the Saxon highlands with special reference to the Lauterstein office. P. 253 ( digitized version ).

[Adelsprobe-2] Josef Matzerath : Adelsprobe an der Moderne , Stuttgart 2006, p. 320.

[3] Josef Matzerath: Aspects of Saxon State Parliament History - Presidents and Members of Parliament from 1833 to 1952 , Saxon State Parliament 2001, p. 38.

[4] Sächsische Zeitung, September 12, 2019, p. 14 and August 4, 2020, p. 13.