Karl Joseph von Drechsel

Carl Joseph Freiherr von Drechsel-Teufstetten (born June 26, 1778 at Spindlhof Palace near Regenstauf , † February 8, 1838 in Munich ) was a German ministerial official in the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Life

Karl Joseph von Drechsel enrolled on April 26, 1797 at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen for law as the son of the Bavarian head caretaker Joseph Maria Freiherr von Drechsel (1754–1780) . There he was one of the founders of the Corps Onoldia in 1798 . On November 10, 1798 he moved to the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg and in 1799 to the University of Ingolstadt . After completing his studies, he attended the Diplomatic Nursery School established by Maximilian von Montgelas in Munich.

Drechsel became royal Bavarian treasurer in 1800 and regional directorate in Neuburg an der Donau in 1801 . Moved to Munich in 1803, he was appointed prop commissioner in 1805 and royal post commissioner on October 1, 1806. In this function he had to secure Bavaria's sovereignty in relation to the Thurn-und-Taxis-Post established by state treaty . Since 1807 regional president in Middle Franconia (Ansbach), he transferred the Taxis-Post to the Bavarian state administration in spring 1808, which he headed as general post director until 1817. In 1820 he was appointed to the Bavarian State Council in foreign service. From 1817 to 1826 he was general commissioner in the Rezatkreis and from 1826 to 1828 in the Oberdonaukreis . In 1819 he was made the first honorary citizen of Nuremberg . In 1827 he was appointed regional president in Augsburg and raised to the rank of count by King Ludwig I. When he was dismissed the following year because of his liberal attitude, he retired to his Karlstein Castle . In 1831, 1834 and 1837 he worked as a member of the Chamber of Deputies (Bavaria) for school, social and traffic-related matters. He died at the age of 59.

Drechsel was one of the leading figures of the Montgela era. His main achievements were the creation of their own Bavarian state post office, its progressive expansion and the defense of this sovereign right against Thurn und Taxis . One of his great-grandsons was the resistance fighter Max Ulrich Graf von Drechsel .

literature

Otto Veh: Drechsel, Carl Joseph Graf von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 105 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Literature by and about Karl Joseph von Drechsel in the catalog of the German National Library
Drechsel v. Deufstetten (zeno.org)

Individual evidence

↑ on the patrician family in Dinkelsbühl see article in the NDB about the Counts of Drechsel
↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 28/11
↑ "List of honorary citizens" , on www.nuernberg.de, accessed on July 31, 2020.

personal data
SURNAME	Drechsel, Karl Joseph von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Drechsel-Teufstetten, Carl Joseph von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German ministerial official in Bavaria
DATE OF BIRTH	June 26, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH	Spindlhof Castle , Regenstauf
DATE OF DEATH	February 8, 1838
Place of death	Munich

[1] the patrician family in Dinkelsbühl see article in the NDB about the Counts of Drechsel

[KCL-2] Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 28/11

[3] "List of honorary citizens" , on www.nuernberg.de, accessed on July 31, 2020.