Karl of Conta
Karl Friedrich Christian Anton Conta , von Conta since 1825 , (born December 13, 1778 in Erfurt , † December 27, 1850 in Weimar ) was a German politician.
Life
He was the son of Christian Erdmann Conta, a senior escort from Erfurt.
Conta attended the Evangelical Ratsgymnasium Erfurt in 1793/97 and then the University of Erfurt . From 1805 he was in diplomatic service, from 1806 as the Weimar Legation Secretary in Warsaw , and later in Vienna and Paris . In 1815 he became Legation Councilor , in 1841 Legation Secretary and finally in 1845 President of the Weimar Regional Office . He was involved in the negotiations for the establishment of the German customs union .
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the reign of Grand Duke Karl August of Saxe-Weimar , he was elevated to the Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach nobility on September 3, 1825 in the form of gracious recognition of his older Italian (also Huguenot ) professional status .
In Weimar he was a friend of Goethe , and from 1805 a member of the Academy of Non-Profit Science . Conta is buried in the historical cemetery in Weimar .
family
Conta married on May 18, 1809 in Merxleben with Friederike Weiß (1785–1842). She was the daughter of the linen manufacturer Christian Andreas Weiß from Langensalza and his wife Viktoria Wilhelmina, née Schmied. The following children were born from the marriage:
- Bernhard (1816–1899), Prussian lieutenant general
- Karl Richard (1821–1895), Prussian major general
- Alfred (1828–1904), Saxon State Councilor of the Grand Ducal
Works
- Basic lines of bourgeois architecture for German construction and factory schools. Hall 1806.
literature
- Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1919. Thirteenth year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1918, p. 168.
Web links
- Main source ( Memento of December 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Quote about the relationship with Goethe
- Contact Christoph Martin Wieland | Wieland
- E-book on the history of the German customs union (from Conta see p. 167) ( Memento from September 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Conta, Karl von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Conta, Karl Friedrich Christian Anton von (full name); Conta, Carl Friedrich Anton von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | President of the Weimar Regional Office |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1778 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Erfurt |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1850 |
| Place of death | Weimar |