Julius Eberhard von Massow

Julius Eberhard Wilhelm Ernst von Massow (born April 11, 1750 in Neuguth , Schlochau district ; † July 22, 1816 there ) was a Prussian lawyer and politician .

ancestry

Massow was the son of a Prussian Colonel Joachim Anton von Massow (1706–1781) and his wife Katharina Sophia von Tettau (1723–1798), daughter of the commander of Peitz Johann Eberhard von Tettau and his wife Dorothea Charlotte von Huss.

Life

In 1770 he was trainee lawyer at the East Prussian court in Königsberg and in 1773 director of the Landvogteigericht in Konitz in West Prussia . After becoming Vice President of the government in Stettin in 1777 , he took over the board of trustees of the Marienstift in 1778 . In 1783 he became director of the Pomeranian consistory , in 1784 first president of the Szczecin government and the Pomeranian state judicial colleges, and in 1798 real secret minister of state and justice . He headed the special department for the provinces of South and New East Prussia and was responsible for “spiritual matters”, i.e. churches and education. From 1802/1803 he was also Chief President of the Chamber Court . From 1800 he prepared a comprehensive educational and university reform in the Prussian lands. He wrote textbooks on administrative law, the second edition of which appeared in three volumes in 1816 after his death.

family

In 1789 he married Wilhelmine Johanna Luise Spalding (1758–1828) daughter of the war and domain councilor Samuel Wilhelm Spalding and his wife Sophie Gericke.

Works

Guide to the practical service of the Royal Governments . Berlin and Stettin 1792. 798 pages. ( Review, pp. 50-56 ). Part 1
Handbook of legal literature, dedicated to prospective Royal Prussian judicial officers , 1794. 238 pages.

literature

Stefan Hartmann: Massow, Julius Eberhard von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 362 ( digitized version ).
Ernst Friedländer : Massow, Julius Eberhard von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 573.

Web links

Literature by and about Julius Eberhard von Massow in the catalog of the German National Library
Julius Eberhard von Massow's estate in the Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage in Berlin

Individual evidence

^ Hans-Christof Kraus : Theodor Anton Schmalz (1700-1831) . Klostermann, Frankfurt / Main 1999, p. 66 ff .
↑ Hanno Schmitt, Rebekka Horlacher, Daniel Tröhler (eds.): Pedagogical public enlightenment in the 18th century in a European context: Rochow and Pestalozzi in comparison, p. 145 .
^ Georg Christoph Hamberger , Johann Georg Meusel : The learned Germany Lexicon of the now living German writers . Volume 18, Leipzig 1821, p. 636 .

personal data
SURNAME	Massow, Julius Eberhard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Massow, Julius Eberhard Wilhelm Ernst von; Massov, Eberhard Julius Wilhelm Ernst from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 11, 1750
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neuguth, Schlochau district
DATE OF DEATH	July 22, 1816
Place of death	Neuguth, Schlochau district

[1] Hans-Christof Kraus : Theodor Anton Schmalz (1700-1831) . Klostermann, Frankfurt / Main 1999, p. 66 ff .

[2] Hanno Schmitt, Rebekka Horlacher, Daniel Tröhler (eds.): Pedagogical public enlightenment in the 18th century in a European context: Rochow and Pestalozzi in comparison, p. 145 .

[3] Georg Christoph Hamberger , Johann Georg Meusel : The learned Germany Lexicon of the now living German writers . Volume 18, Leipzig 1821, p. 636 .