Karl Theodor von Eheberg

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Karl Theodor Eheberg , since 1905 von Eheberg (Bavarian staff nobility ) (born February 1, 1855 in Munich , † August 20, 1941 in Hohenschäftlarn near Munich) was a political economist and professor at the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen .

Life

The son of the royal councilor and cabinet secretary of Prince Karl of Bavaria, Franz Roman Eheberg, and Therese, b. von Stürzer, passed the Abitur examination at the Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich in 1873 . He first studied law and passed the first state examination in law. During his studies he became a member of the Academic Choral Society in Munich . From 1877 he devoted himself to economic, philosophical and legal history studies at the Kaiser Wilhelms University of Strasbourg . Gustav von Schmoller and Georg Friedrich Knapp gained a decisive influence on his further scientific development. 1878 Dr. rer. pole. doctorate , habilitated in 1880 at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg . In 1882 he was appointed associate professor for economics, finance and statistics at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen and in 1884 he was appointed full professor . In 1926 Eheberg retired and then settled in Munich.

Eheberg was a strong representative of the younger historical school of economics. He wrote historical studies on constitutional, administrative, and economic history, as well as empirical contemporary studies, primarily on questions of agriculture and finance. Over the years he focused more and more on finance. With sustained success, Eheberg strove for clarity of terms in finance. In this way he brought order into the diversity of financial and economic phenomena and became the teacher of many financial practitioners at home and abroad.

In 1882 Eheberg married the teacher's daughter Aline Schweppenheuser from Strasbourg. The marriage came from the son Franz (1883–1956) - he was State Archives Director in Munich, and the daughter Karoline (* 1894).

Public offices

Eheberg served as President of the District Council of Middle Franconia from 1893 to 1918 (interrupted for one year in 1906 due to illness) .

Honors

  • 1885: Because he played a decisive role in the founding and building of the student choir in Erlangen, today AMV Fridericiana Erlangen , the association named him an "honorary philistine".
  • 1905: Award of the personal nobility title "Ritter von Eheberg"
  • 1911: Honorary citizenship of the city of Erlangen
  • 1913: Dr. iur. honoric causa of the Friedrich-Alexander-University in Erlangen
  • Eheberg's portrait, oil painting by Leo Schneider-Seenuss (* 1868), 1928: University Library Erlangen-Nuremberg, graphic collection.

Works (selection)

  • Finanzwissenschaft, 1901, 8th ed., 1905.
  • About d. older German coinage and house cooperatives, 1879:
  • The mint house cooperatives, mainly in the 13th century: a contribution to the history of mint management. Diss. Univ. Strasbourg.

Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879

  • Historical and critical introduction to List's national system of political economy, 1883.
  • Agricultural conditions in Italy on the basis of the most recent inquiry and other official sources. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886.
  • Constitutional, administrative and Economic history of the city of Strasbourg until 1681, I, Urkk. u. Files, 1899.
  • The imperial finance, its development, its present state, its structure. German Association, Bonn 1908.
  • "The economic development of Bavaria under the reign from 1886 to 1911": Festive speech to celebrate the 90th birthday of his Kgl. Highness of the Prince Regent. Jacob, Erlangen 1911
  • The imperial forests near Nuremberg until the beginning of modern times. Stürtz, Würzburg 1914.
  • Finances and taxes in: Philipp Zorn , Herbert von Berger (editor): Germany under Kaiser Wilhelm II. Ed. By Siegfried Körte, Friedrich Wilhelm von Loebell and others 3 volumes. R. Hobbing, Berlin 1914.
  • War profit tax: capital gains tax and multiple income tax. Walther Rothschild, Berlin and Leipzig 1921.
  • Outline of finance. Deichert, Leipzig 1925.

literature

Web links

  • Correspondence, in: Eheberg, Karl Theodor von (1855–1941) - Kalliope (Kalliope union catalog online)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Annual report on the K. Maximilians-Gymnasium in Munich for the school year 1872/73
  2. ^ Association of Alter SVer (VASV): Address book. Membership directory of all old men. As of October 1, 1937. Hanover 1937, p. 145.
  3. ^ Karl Eduard Haas: The Academic-Musical Association Fridericana in the Sondershäuser Association, formerly the student choir in Erlangen . Erlangen 1982, self-published
personal data
SURNAME Eheberg, Karl Theodor von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eheberg, Karl Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist and professor at the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH August 20, 1941
Place of death Hohenschäftlarn near Munich