Karl Otto von Manteuffel

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Karl Otto von Manteuffel

Karl Otto Freiherr von Manteuffel (born July 9, 1806 in Lübben , † February 28, 1879 in Berlin ) was a Prussian civil servant , member of parliament and Minister of Agriculture between 1854 and 1858 .

Life

Karl Otto von Manteuffel was born as the son of Friedrich Otto Gottlob Freiherr von Manteuffel (* April 6, 1777 - January 20, 1812 in Lübben) and his wife Auguste, born von Thermo (* December 4, 1782 in Zieckau, Luckau district; † March 2, 1810 in Lübben), born. The father was the head of the regional government and the consistorial director of the Lower Lusatian margravate . Karl Otto was the 17 months younger brother of the future Prussian Prime Minister Otto Theodor von Manteuffel . From 1819 he attended the Schulpforta high school . He then studied law in Halle and Berlin from 1825 to 1828 .

He then took up the usual preparatory service for the Prussian judicial service and later switched to administrative service. In 1828 he was an auscultator at the city court, later a court clerk in Berlin, an assessor at the General Commission in Soldin and a government assessor in Frankfurt (Oder) . From 1841 he was district administrator of the Luckau district and held this office until 1849. In 1847 he was a member of the United State Parliament . He was also a member of the first chamber of the Prussian state parliament in 1849/1850 . He was also a member of the Erfurt Union Parliament in 1850.

In 1850 Manteuffel was Vice President of the Königsberg government . A year later he was appointed regional president of the Frankfurt an der Oder district. In the same year he became Undersecretary in the Prussian Ministry of the Interior. Since 1852 Manteuffel was a member of the State Council . Friedrich Wilhelm IV wanted to make him Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, which initially failed due to resistance from the State Ministry . On October 16, 1854, the king countersigned the minister “ the administration of the Ministerii for agricultural affairs ” and indeed “ with full responsibility ”, but without appointing him minister of this ministry.

At the beginning of October 1854, the State Ministry was of the opinion that "as a result of these functions assigned to him, he would receive a seat and vote in the State Ministerio" , but King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. Had reservations about granting him "this position in the State Ministerio, and only that for the reason that it might cause offense if two brothers belong to the State Ministerio as members. I therefore quite agree that Baron von Manteuffel should be authorized to attend the deliberations of the State Ministerii; however, he should only be entitled to vote in matters of his department. " In 1856 he received the title of a real secret council . In addition, in 1850 he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 4th class, and later 2nd class with a star and oak leaves.

Although he was considered the conservative head of the Ministry of Agriculture, in early 1857 he pleaded to the Minister of Education, Karl Otto von Raumer , that " many young farmers " should be given access to " lessons at the local university ".

The so-called New Era began on November 6, 1858 , when Prince Wilhelm named eight new ministers with the countersignature of the Prime Minister, Prince zu Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. On the same day Karl von Manteuffel was informed that he was to be awarded " the cross of the Grand Comthure of the Hohenzollern House Order " and that Erdmann von Pückler would entrust the management of the Ministry of Agriculture " by appointing the same minister of state ".

After his time in the Ministry of Agriculture, he lived as a landowner in Drahnsdorf . He was a member of the Brandenburg Provincial Parliament . Between 1852 and 1858 and again from 1873 to 1879 he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives . Since 1865 he was chairman of the Lower Lusatia municipal council .

Karl Otto von Manteuffel had been a member of the Corps Saxonia Halle since 1825 and a member of the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences since 1871 . He remained unmarried.

literature

  • Protocols of the Prussian State Ministry. Volume 4/2, p. 608, digitized
  • Obituary. In: New Lusatian Magazine . Volume 55, Görlitz 1879, pp. 433-434, digitized
  • Genealogical handbook of the baronial houses. Series B, Volume 4 (= Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility , Volume 39), CA Starke, Limburg an der Lahn 1867, p. 378.
  • Jochen Lengemann: The German Parliament (Erfurt Union Parliament) from 1850. Urban & Fischer, Munich and Jena 2000, ISBN 3-437-31128-X , pp. 210–211 (with picture)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GStA PK I. HA Rep. 87 ZB No. 366, fol. 10 r
  2. ↑ GStA PK I. HA Rep. 87 ZB No. 366, fol. 11 r
  3. ↑ GStA PK I. HA Rep. 76 V a Tit. VIII No. 5, Vol. 1, fol. 172 r
  4. ↑ GStA PK I. HA Rep. 89 No. 3693, fol. 95 r
  5. ↑ Bernhard Mann (arrangement) with the assistance of Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh , Thomas Kühne: Biographisches Handbuch für das Prussische Abrafenhaus 1867–1918 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , p. 261; for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 234-236.
  6. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 64 , 54
personal data
SURNAME Manteuffel, Karl Otto von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Manteuffel, Karl Otto Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian civil servant, agriculture minister and member of parliament
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Luebben
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1879
Place of death Berlin