Karl Gustav von Goßler
Karl Gustav von Goßler , also Carl Gustav von Goßler and Karl Gustav von Gossler (born May 26, 1810 in Kassel , † May 12, 1885 in Königsberg i. Pr. ) Was a German lawyer , Chancellor of the Kingdom of Prussia and President of the Higher Regional Court.
Life
Origin and family
Karl Gustav von Goßler was a son of the Public Prosecutor General and Real Secret Chief Justice Conrad Christian Goßler (1769–1842) and Anna Charlotte Cuny (1780–1810). He came from the Goßler family and founded the second line of the noble family. His brother was among others the Minister of State Albert von Goßler (1st line of the noble family), the District Administrator Eugen von Goßler (3rd line of the noble family) his stepbrother and the composer Clara von Goßler (1827–1864) his step-sister .
Karl Gustav von Goßler married Sophie von Mühler (1816–1877), the daughter of the Prussian State and Justice Minister Heinrich Gottlob von Mühler, in Berlin in 1837 . From this marriage came eleven children, six of them sons (two sons died in infancy):
- Gustav Konrad Heinrich von Goßler (1838–1902), Prussian minister of state and culture
- Heinrich Wilhelm Martin von Goßler (1841–1927) , Prussian infantry general, state and war minister
- Konrad Ernst von Goßler (1848–1933), Prussian infantry general and governor of the Mainz fortress
- Albert Theodor Wilhelm von Goßler (1850–1928), Prussian lieutenant general
The daughter Sophie von Goßler (1845–1879) married the later President of the Higher Regional Court and Chancellor in the Kingdom of Prussia Karl Ludwig von Plehwe . Another daughter Luise von Goßler (* 1852) was married to the Prussian Major General Alfred Brausewetter (1838–1914) and was the mother of Writer Frieda Magnus-Unzer . The youngest daughter Auguste von Goßler (1858–1879) married the Prussian major general Friedrich von Merckel († 1907), son of the Prussian lawyer Wilhelm von Merckel .
Career
Karl Gustav von Goßler studied in Berlin , Heidelberg and Königsberg Jura . began his career in 1832 as a trainee lawyer at the Potsdam Court of Appeal , became an assessor there in 1835 , but switched to the Naumburg Higher Regional Court in the same year and in 1838 was appointed regional and city court director as a district judicial councilor at the Weißenfels city court . In 1844 he took over the same position in Merseburg and in 1846 in Potsdam. There he became director of the Potsdam District Court in 1849 and met the then court assessor Theodor Storm in 1854 , who later went on to associate with his stepsister Clara. On the recommendation of his relative Wilhelm von Merckel , Karl Gustav von Goßler had hired Theodor Storm, supported him professionally and moved him to his family, e. B. through readings.
From 1854 he was appointed to the Prussian mansion for life through his " Prussian state offices " .
In 1855 he became vice-president of the court of appeal in Königsberg. In 1864 he became president of the court of appeal in Insterburg and in 1868 senior tribunal councilor in Königsberg.
In 1869 he became State Chancellor and Crown Syndicate of Prussia. Ten years later (1879) he returned to the provincial capital of East Prussia as President of the Königsberg Higher Regional Court . He thus carried the (official) title of "Chancellor of the Kingdom of Prussia". In this position he made a decisive contribution to the standardization of the legal system in Prussia.
Awards (selection)
- Order of the Leopold
- Order of the Red Eagle , 2nd class
- 1869: Knight of Honor of the Order of St. John
biography
- Wilhelm Schrader : Karl Gustav von Goßler, Chancellor of the Kingdom of Prussia , Hempel, 1886
- Journal ..., Altertumsgesellschaft Insterburg , volumes 1–3, Roddewig, 1888, p. 10 ff.
- Rudolf Vierhaus : German Biographical Encyclopedia , Görres - Hittorp , Walter de Gruyter , 2006, p. 59
literature
- Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Areligen Häuser , Part 2, Verlag Justus Perthes , Gotha, 1941, p. 190
- Genealogical handbook of the nobility , noble houses B XVIII, Volume 95, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg (Lahn) 1989, ISSN 0435-2408 , p. 174
- Acta Borussica Volume 6 / II (1867-1878) , p. 642
credentials
- ^ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the letter aristocratic houses - page - ULB Düsseldorf. P. 272 ff. , Accessed on March 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Wilhelm Weber: The mental disposition to the right guardian and their inheritance . Ministerialrat Dr. Simoneit, 1942, p. 41 ( google.de [accessed on March 25, 2018]).
- ^ Clemens Freyer: The German Reichstag: Its history, organization, rights and duties . P. Hennig, 1890, p. 175 ( google.de [accessed on March 25, 2018]).
- ^ Official Journal of the Government in Potsdam . 1835, p. 283 ( google.de [accessed on March 25, 2018]).
- ^ Justice Ministerialblatt for Prussian legislation and administration of justice . Decker, 1844, p. 128 ( google.de [accessed on March 26, 2018]).
- ^ Official Journal of the Royal Government of Potsdam and the City of Berlin . 1847, p. 33 ( google.de [accessed on March 26, 2018]).
- ↑ Theodor Storm: A Confession. Novella Medici: Annotated Novella Edition: With source materials, letter documents, travel sketches, timetable, bibliography and numerous illustrations . Igel Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-86815-714-7 , pp. 143 ( google.de [accessed on March 25, 2018]).
- ^ Collection of all of the manor's printed matter: 1869 / 70.1 . Sittenfeld, 1870, p. No. 16, 4 . ( google.de [accessed on March 26, 2018]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goßler, Karl Gustav von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goßler, Carl Gustav von; Gossler, Karl Gustav von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, Chancellor of the Kingdom of Prussia and President of the Higher Regional Court |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1885 |
| Place of death | Koenigsberg i. Pr. |