Johann Eberhard Pavenstedt

Johann Eberhard Pavenstedt (born November 1, 1777 in Bremen ; † December 6, 1860 in Bremen) was a German lawyer and Senator from Bremen .

biography

Pavenstedt was the son of the brewer and parent man Johann Eberhard Pavenstedt (1747–1823) and his wife Sarah geb. Gildemeister, daughter of Senator Johann Gildemeister . The family had been brewing beer in Bremen since the 17th century. Pavenstedt was married twice, from 1804 with the merchant's daughter Catharina Retberg (1783-1821) and from 1826 with the merchant's daughter Henriette Gabain (1792-1853). There are six children from both marriages, including Johann Eberhard Ludewig Pavenstedt . He lived in his house at Am Wall 104/206 and in an estate on Vahrer Strasse .

From 1794 he graduated from the Illustre grammar school in Bremen . After graduating from high school, he studied law at the University of Göttingen from 1796 (at about the same time as the future mayor Simon Hermann Nonnen ) and received his doctorate there in 1800. jur. He made several study trips to Paris and Vienna, among others . From 1804 he worked as a lawyer in Bremen.

In 1811 he became prefectural councilor during the French period in Bremen and in 1812 sub-prefect in Oldenburg in the Département des Bouches du Weser . He succeeded in representing the interests of Bremen against French rule, and so he remained a respected personality even after 1813/14.

Since 1814 he was a member of the Bremen Citizens' Convention . On March 30, 1816, he was elected Senator in Bremen . In the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen , alongside Johann Smidt , Nonnen and Johann Carl Friedrich Gildemeister, he had a great influence due to his family relationship and his versatility. He was influential in the commissions for foreign affairs and for shipping.

He retired on March 5, 1849. In 1857 he wrote his memoirs.

literature

• Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
• Nicola Wurthmann: Senators, friends and families . State Archive Bremen Vol. 69, Bremen 2009, ISBN 978-3-925729-55-3 .