Johannes von Schlayer

Johannes von Schlayer in a photo around 1850

Johannes Schlayer , von Schlayer from 1828 , (born March 11, 1792 in Tübingen ; † January 3, 1860 in Stuttgart ) was Württemberg State Minister.

Life

Johannes von Schlayer was a Protestant. It came from the marriage of the Tübingen baker and university box administrator Johann Michael Schlayer (* 1761) with Johanna Elisabethe geb. Wetzel. Schlayer attended the Latin school in Tübingen, received training as a scribe in Mössingen and studied philosophy and law at the University of Tübingen since 1806 . From 1816 he worked as a secretary in the Department of Churches and Schools (Württemberg Ministry of Culture, since 1817 united with the Ministry of the Interior) and in 1817 became the office director. In 1822 he was promoted to senior government assessor and in 1824 to senior government councilor. Since 1825 Schlayer was married to Karoline Auguste Ostertag (1808–1880). The couple had four children. The son was raised to the hereditary nobility of Württemberg in 1878.

Political career

Grave in the Pragfriedhof Stuttgart

From 1825 to 1831 Schlayer was a member of parliament for the city of Tübingen in the second chamber of the Württemberg state parliament . There his rhetorical and political skills were shown. On August 10, 1832, he was appointed provisional head of the Ministry of the Interior , initially with the title of a State Councilor, since 1834 a Privy Councilor . He headed the Ministry of the Interior and Culture without interruption until March 6, 1848, and finally with the title of Minister of State from September 26, 1839. In his function as Minister of the Interior, Schlayer was responsible for building up the Württemberg railway network , successfully promoting state-run construction and operation.

Because of the revolutionary movements of 1848 , Schlayer, like almost all of his ministerial colleagues (except for the Minister of War), had to give way to the new ministers of Friedrich Römer's " March Ministry " . On October 28, 1849, King Wilhelm I reappointed him as Minister of the Interior. Schlayer was de facto the head of the newly formed government ( "October Ministry" ), which existed until July 2, 1850. His successor as the leading minister of the new "July Ministry " in 1850 was Joseph von Linden . From 1856 until his death in 1860, Schlayer was again a member of the state parliament for the city of Tübingen in the Second Chamber, where he was often in opposition to the Linden government.

Honors

• 1828 Knight's Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown , with which the personal Württemberg nobility was connected
• 1834 Commentary Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown
• 1837 Knight's Cross of the Order of Frederick

literature

• Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 787 .
• Frank Raberg :  Schlayer, Johannes von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 30 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Eugen Schneider :  Schlayer, Johannes von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, pp. 348-350.

Web links

• Literature by and about Johannes von Schlayer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Johannes von Schlayer  in the German Digital Library
• Entry on Johannes von Schlayer in Kalliope

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Andreas M. Räntzsch: Württembergische railroad history. Volume 1: 1830-1854. Planning phase and implementation of the building project . H&L publications, Schweinfurt 1996, ISBN 3-928786-36-9 .
2. ↑ Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1831, p. 32.
3. ↑ Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1839, p. 30.
4. ^ Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1839, p. 41.