Karl Burkart

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Karl Burkart (* 1798 in Stadtsteinach ; † May 27, 1851 in Munich ) was a German administrative lawyer.

Life

Karl Burkart was the son of the rent clerk Franz Burkart, who retired in 1829 at the age of 76. His brother was the lawyer and politician Friedrich Carl Burkart .

He attended the Bamberg high school and studied at the University of Würzburg , where he was a corps student in the Corps Bavaria Würzburg .

After finishing his studies he started at the royal Bavarian regional court and at the royal rent office in Scheßlitz .

In 1821 he passed the legal bankruptcy examination (state examination) for the civil service with distinction and in 1823 he passed the bankruptcy examination for the higher financial service, whereupon he was employed as councilor in the finance chamber of the royal government of the then Upper Main District (later Upper Franconia ). In 1825 he was transferred as a government assessor to the finance chamber of the royal government in Bayreuth . In 1826 he became a rent clerk in Stadtsteinach and in 1829 in Scheßlitz, where he replaced his father, who was retiring.

In 1840 he was appointed government councilor at the finance chamber of the Upper Franconian government in Bayreuth and in 1847 he was transferred to Munich as chief accountant at the supreme audit office , followed by promotion to ministerial councilor in the finance department in March 1849 .

He was the original author of the Capital Pension and Income Tax Act, published in 1848 .

Karl Burkart was with Franziska, geb. Eschmann, the daughter of a rentier from Kitzingen , whom he met during his studies in Würzburg. They had six children together, but only two daughters survived him.

Awards

He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of St. Michael by the king.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bayreuther Zeitung: 1829 . Giessel, 1829, p. 446 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
personal data
SURNAME Burkart, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH Stadtsteinach
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1851
Place of death Munich