Johann Heinrich Freytag

Johann Heinrich Freytag (also Johann Heinrich Freitag ) (born March 22, 1760 in Potsdam , † May 20, 1840 in Frankfurt (Oder) ) was a German lawyer and mayor.

Life

Johann Heinrich Freytag was the son of Johannes Freytag, who worked as a cloth merchant and supplier to the army in Potsdam.

Because his mother died in his birth, Johann Heinrich Freytag was educated in a French educational institution in Hanau , later attended the Joachimsthalsche Gymnasium in Berlin and in 1775 went to the cathedral school in Halberstadt . He enrolled to study law on November 13, 1779 at the University of Halle and in October 1780 moved to the Brandenburg University of Frankfurt . He received the consilium abeundi from both universities because he had engaged in several duels.

After completing his studies, he initially worked as an auscultator at the Berlin City Court and later a trainee lawyer at the Royal Court of Appeal in Berlin. In 1790 he entered the civil service as an auditor in the Silesian fortress of Jauer and was appointed auditor of the Guard Corps by the king in Potsdam in 1792 , and as such he took part in the campaign against France in the First Coalition War . Through the audition he had acquired the right to the office of City Director Paul Heinrich Trummer with Friedrich Wilhelm II ; In 1799 he took over the police department in the municipal authorities of Frankfurt (Oder) and succeeded him as police mayor for Eccius, who had left due to illness.

After the death of Paul Heinrich Trummer , he took over his office as first mayor. On November 19, 1808, as part of the Prussian reforms , Baron von Stein issued the “Order for All Cities of the Prussian Monarchy”, which gave the local government the opportunity to manage its own affairs. Now the city council was able to assign the office of mayor through a candidate election. The War and Tax Council Christian Philipp Köhler (1778–1842) sent 10 printed copies of the new town regulations and commissioned the newly appointed mayor, Johann Heinrich Freytag, to introduce the new regulations in Frankfurt “soon after April 1”. He no longer ran for this office. Subsequent candidates also withdrew when they learned that they would not be entitled to a pension after leaving office.

In 1800/01, Freytag used his personal acquaintance with Carl Friedrich von Beyme and submitted several immediate requests ( requests addressed directly to the sovereign ) to suspend the new import bans for the Frankfurt trade fairs, which were very damaging to the city's economy. On this occasion he criticized the economic policy of Minister Carl August von Struensee . From 1816 he was a private citizen until he was re-elected mayor in 1821; he held this office until 1833, when he resigned for health reasons.

In February 1803 he married a daughter of the Frankfurt brewer Johann Samuel Grünberg. They had a daughter together.

Foundations and funds

• In 1805 he was involved in the foundation of the industrial school by Karl Dietrich Hüllmann , in which poor children were instructed in spinning, mowing and knitting in addition to the elementary subjects;
• In 1815 the city took over some of the university's buildings; Johann Heinrich Freytag had the city school built there in 1822 and a poor house set up in 1823, which lasted until 1901;
• In 1825 the Jursche Stift was added, in which 100 children of criminals or poor parents were to be taken in and brought up to a better way of life;
• he was involved in the establishment of the widow's fund for the wives of the Freemason brothers;
• He was involved in the establishment of a death fund association, which was supposed to provide financial support in the event of sudden death.

Freemasons

Johann Heinrich Freytag joined the Masonic Lodge "Zum aufrichtigen Herzen" on December 16, 1803 , and on March 17, 1804 he became a substitute master of ceremonies , 1805/06 master of ceremonies, 1806/07 substituted second headmaster and 1807 headmaster.

Individual evidence

1. ^ New Nekrolog der Deutschen, pp. 609–610 . Voigt, 1842 ( google.de [accessed February 1, 2018]).
2. ^ Rolf Straubel: Biographical Handbook of the Prussian Administrative and Justice Officials 1740-1806 / 15, p. 280 . Walter de Gruyter, 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-44130-1 ( google.de [accessed February 1, 2018]).
3. ^ City Archives Frankfurt (Oder) - Ralf-Rüdiger Targiel: City Archives Frankfurt (Oder). Retrieved February 2, 2018 . 
4. ↑ City Archives Frankfurt (Oder). Retrieved February 2, 2018 .