Karl Georg Maassen

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Johann Karl Georg Maaßen (born August 23, 1769 in Kleve ; † November 2, 1834 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lawyer , politician and co-initiator of the German Customs Union .

Maaßen grew up as the son of a Prussian court clerk in Gartrop near Wesel . He began his school career at the Hammonense grammar school ( Hamm / Westf.) And finished it at the Weseler grammar school . Then Maassen took up his law studies and after graduating entered the Prussian civil service . From 1816 he worked in the Ministry of Finance and became general director for the administration of trade and commerce in Berlin. On January 16, 1816, he received the Iron Cross on a white ribbon for his services as a non-combatant . Stimulated by Maaßen, among other things, the Prussian internal tariffs were dropped in 1819 . Together with the Prussian Finance Minister Friedrich von Motz , whom he succeeded in office after his death in 1830, Maaßen led the negotiations on the establishment of the German Customs Union for Prussia, which in 1834 laid the foundation for the establishment of the German Empire in 1871. Maassen died a few months after the Zollverein was founded.

Grave site only with the first name Joh. Carl

The politician's grave is in the Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof in Berlin-Mitte . In his honor, since July 6, 1870, the former street 12 in Berlin-Schöneberg has been called Maaßenstraße . It leads from Nollendorfplatz to Winterfeldtplatz . Until 1934 the extension (today's Karl-Heinrich-Ulrichs-Straße ) was named Maaßenstraße.

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SURNAME Maassen, Karl Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maassen, Johann Karl Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lawyer, finance minister and co-initiator of the German customs association
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1769
PLACE OF BIRTH Kleve
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 1834
Place of death Berlin