Johann Paul Höpp

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Johann Paul Höpp (born July 25, 1782 in Flensburg , † August 30, 1847 in Kiel ) was a German statesman and judge.

Life

Johann Paul Höpp was a son of the haberdashery merchant Gebriel Höpp (1754-1811) and his wife Friederike Henriette Augusta Dorothea, née Pfeiffer (1746-1832). The ancestors on the father's side worked as saddlers, vinegar and beer brewers in Schleswig. The mother was a granddaughter of the Mayor of Salzwedel, Nicolaus Johannes Wasserschlebe, and was married to Prime Lieutenant Cruys until his death. Joachim Wasserschlebe was a great uncle.

Since the parents were almost destitute and had many children, Johann Paul Höpp must have financed his education from other people. It is possible that he received help from Chief Justice Benedikt Matthias Hering (1754-1815), whose daughter Sophie Wilhelmine Theodora (1787-1871) he married on April 22, 1810. Alternatively, merchants from Flensburg could have supported him.

Höpp attended the cathedral school Schleswig until 1799 and then studied law at universities in Kiel and Jena until 1803 . In the autumn of 1803 he passed the state examination at Gottorf Castle before the Gottorf Higher Court . He then worked as a lawyer at the regional court until 1810 and at the higher court until 1817. From 1817 to 1820 he was a councilor at the higher court. From 1820 to 1840 he worked for the German Chancellery in Copenhagen , from 1831 as chief procurator and from 1833 as first deputy. In addition, he was appointed to the Budget Council in 1820, to the Conference Council in 1831 and to the Secret Conference Council on June 10, 1841.

In 1835/36 and 1838 Höpp took part in the state assemblies in Holstein and Schleswig as a royal commissioner . On February 10, 1840 he succeeded as President of the Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg Higher Appeal Court on Cay Lorenz von Brockdorff . He held this position until the end of August 1847. In this position he participated in the Criminal Law Commission. At the same time he was from 1841 to 1846 Danish envoy and leader of the Virilstimme of the two duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg to the German Confederation . His successor as the court president was Friedrich Christian Schmidt .

Act

Höpp was considered exceptionally talented, intelligent, skilled negotiator and good speaker. He reached influential positions in Copenhagen and was ultimately the most important advisor to the Danish royal family from Schleswig-Holstein. From 1823 he dealt in particular with reforms of the estates and developed them from 1824 in a leading role. Since he got on badly with Uwe Jens Lornsen , it is assumed that he also rejected his positions in terms of content. Nevertheless, he and Lornsen traveled by ship to the duchies on October 18, 1830, in order to find out about the mood among the population and to record changes to the constitution. Höpp only reported on Lornsen after he had already written about the constitution.

In a leading position, Höpp worked out the most important laws of 1834, namely the state constitution and the Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg Higher Appeal Court.

He bequeathed his extensive library to the Higher Appeal Court. His estate is in the Schleswig-Holstein State Archives .

Awards

literature

  • Dr. jur. Johann Paul Höpp , in: New Nekrolog der Deutschen 25 / II (1847), p. 592 f
  • Svend Larsen: JP Høpp , in: Dansk biografisk leksikon , 2nd edition, 1933–44 ( digitized version )
  • Sievert Lorenzen: Johann Paul Höpp , in: SchlHA 1960, pp. 153–158 and pp. 197–199
  • Sievert Lorenzen: Höpp, Johann Paul , in: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Biographisches Lexikon . Volume 1. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1970, pp. 160-161

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Royal Danish Court and State Calendar to the year 1847. Col. 14, 84
personal data
SURNAME Höpp, Johann Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German statesman and judge
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1782
PLACE OF BIRTH Flensburg
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 1847
Place of death Kiel