Carl Gesterding

Carl Gesterding (born February 4, 1774 in Greifswald ; † October 31, 1843 there ) was a German lawyer, historian and mayor of Greifswald. He is considered to be the founder of Greifswald city history research .

Life

The son of Christoph Gottfried Nicolaus Gesterding and Wilhelmine Breitsprecher attended the Greifswald city school and then the University of Greifswald .

In 1798 he was elected to the city council. From 1808 he was the city's second lawyer , and from 1821 as the successor to Johann Christian Billroth, who had been appointed mayor, first lawyer. During this period he experienced the French era and the transition from Swedish Pomerania to Prussia . In 1824 he was a member of the city of Greifswald on the provincial parliament of the province of Pomerania . From 1833 until the end of his life he was mayor of Greifswald. He achieved particular merits through the reorganization of the city administration. He was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class .

In addition to his professional activity, Carl Gesterding devoted himself to the history of Pomerania , especially Greifswald. So he put together a six-volume collection of city documents. His contributions to the history of the city of Greifswald formed the basis of urban historical research in the 19th century. As a result of his legal work for various knightly families in Western Pomerania , he wrote genealogical works.

Carl Gesterding was married to Caroline von Vahl (1785-1838), a daughter of the Greifswald Kommerzienrat Balzer Peter von Vahl (1755-1825). The marriage remained childless. He was buried in his wife's family grave in the Old Cemetery .

Franz Gesterding (1781–1841), lawyer and university professor, was his brother.

A commemorative plaque was attached to Carl Gesterding's house (today Steinbeckerstraße 35) after 1877; It was removed by strangers in the early 2000s. Since the late 1930s, a street in the Nördliche Mühlenvorstadt has been called Gesterdingstrasse after him .

Fonts

Contribution to the history of the city of Greifswald . Greifswald 1827. Digitized
First continuation of the contribution to the history of the city of Greifswald . Greifswald 1829.
About Greifswald scholarships for students, as the second continuation of the contribution to the history of the city of Greifswald . Greifswald 1829.
Genealogies and family foundations of Pomeranian families, especially those of knightly families. First collection. G. Reimer, Berlin 1842. (everything published, digitized , digitized )

literature

Adolf Häckermann : Gesterding, Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 127 f.
Uwe Kiel: Gesterding, Carl (1774–1843). In: Dirk Alvermann , Nils Jörn (Hrsg.): Biographisches Lexikon für Pommern . Volume 1 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Pomerania. Series V, Volume 48.1). Böhlau Verlag, Cologne Weimar Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-412-20936-0 , pp. 93-96.

Web links

Literature about Carl Gesterding in the state bibliography MV

Individual evidence

^ History of the City Archives on the City of Greifswald website.
^ Theodor Wengler : The Pomeranian Provincial Association. Directory of the members of the provincial assembly. Publications of the Historical Commission for Pomerania, Series V, Volume 44.Böhlau Verlag, Cologne Weimar Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-20109-8 , p. 12.

personal data
SURNAME	Gesterding, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gesterding, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer, historian and mayor of Greifswald
DATE OF BIRTH	February 4, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH	Greifswald
DATE OF DEATH	October 31, 1843
Place of death	Greifswald

[1] History of the City Archives on the City of Greifswald website.

[2] Theodor Wengler : The Pomeranian Provincial Association. Directory of the members of the provincial assembly. Publications of the Historical Commission for Pomerania, Series V, Volume 44.Böhlau Verlag, Cologne Weimar Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-20109-8 , p. 12.