Karl Friedrich von Sigel

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Karl Friedrich Sigel , von Sigel since 1850 , (born August 27, 1808 in Schorndorf ; † April 23, 1872 in Stuttgart ) was an official, politician and finance minister of the Kingdom of Württemberg .

Career

Karl Friedrich Sigel was the illegitimate son of Justina Magdalena Straub (* 1791, † 1850) and the later member of the state parliament, Karl Wilhelm Heinrich Binder . Karl Friedrich Sigel's mother married the Schorndorf butcher Gottlieb Sigel in 1812, who adopted his stepson in 1821. After attending the Latin school in Schorndorf, Sigel began training as an incipient in the office of the Schorndorf camera office in 1822 . Gradually Sigel advanced to the post of first assistant. In 1828 he became an accountant at the Schöntal camera office and in 1832 an audit assistant at the finance chamber of the Jagstkreis in Ellwangen . After passing the service examination in May 1833, he was promoted to office assistant in March 1837. In this position he was responsible for the implementation of the replacement laws, which had been introduced by Finance Minister Johann Christoph von Herdegen as part of the further development of the peasant liberation in October 1836 by the state parliament .

In August 1837 he was appointed ministerial advisor in the finance department in Stuttgart. In October 1838 he was promoted to Finance Assessor and in 1842 to Finance Council, since 1843 in connection with the position of office director. Since 1844 Sigel dealt primarily with the affairs of the customs union . In 1846 Sigel was promoted to the regional finance council and in 1847 had to implement measures against the high price increases that occurred as a result of the poor harvest.

In 1848 Sigel advised the Economic Committee of the German National Assembly in Frankfurt on behalf of the Württemberg government . At the end of 1850 he accompanied the Württemberg delegate Constantin Franz von Neurath as financial policy advisor to the Conference of the States from December 23, 1850 to May 15, 1851 in Dresden. During his missions to Frankfurt and Dresden, Sigel came into contact with Rudolph von Delbrück and Carl von Hock . In 1851 Sigel was appointed director of the forestry department of the regional finance chamber. In March and April 1853, Sigel stayed at the Zollverein conference in Berlin.

In November 1858 he was appointed director of the royal tax council in Stuttgart. On April 26, 1859, he was appointed a member of the Chamber of Jurors for life. On December 31, 1861 he became head of the department of finance with the rank of state councilor, which, according to today's understanding, was equivalent to the function of finance minister, without Sigel being formally promoted to minister. On June 25, 1864 died King William and on 21 September 1864, the new replaced King Charles the Ministry Linden by the Ministry Varnbiiler . This ended Sigel's activity as head of the Württemberg department of finance and he was again head of the forestry department.

Since 1862 Sigel has been a member of the local finance commission and the other estates committee in the chamber of civil servants. Since 1866 he was also secretary on the board of the chamber and belonged to the commissions for economics, for the statement of accounts and for the examination of the estate accounts.

Private life

Sigel was Protestant and married Luise Seeger (* 1815; † 1898) from Lorch in 1839 . The marriage produced five sons. Sigel's grave is located in the Fangelsbachfriedhof in Stuttgart.

Honors

literature

  • Schwäbische Kronik , No. 132 of June 5, 1872, p. 2181 f.
  • 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. 866 f .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1858, p. 177.
  2. ^ Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1858, p. 46.
  3. ↑ Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1858, p. 68.
  4. ↑ Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1866, p. 37.
  5. ↑ Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1866, p. 59.
  6. ↑ a b c d e Royal Wuerttemberg Court and State Manual 1862, p. 178.
personal data
SURNAME Sigel, Karl Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sigel, Karl Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Württemberg politician and finance minister
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH Schorndorf
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1872
Place of death Stuttgart