Karl von Gerlach

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Karl von Gerlach

Karl Johann Heinrich Eduard Gerlach , von Gerlach since 1840 , (born December 30, 1792 in Neuwedell ; † August 14, 1863 in Boossen ) was Berlin Police President and was made an honorary citizen of Berlin in 1834 for his services .

Life

The Protestant Karl Gerlach was the son of the Justice Council Karl Gerlach and his wife Eleonore, née Stegmann. After finishing school he studied in Frankfurt (Oder) and Berlin law . With the completion of his studies he joined in 1814 in the Prussian civil service, where he was a clerk in the government, the police commissariat found and in the control and Commercial Director for Employment. In 1821 he was transferred to the Ministry of War as a lieutenant , to which he last belonged as a secret war council .

On April 1, 1832, Gerlach occupied the position of police chief in Berlin, which he would hold for almost seven years. With the Highest Cabinet Order (AKO) of January 5, 1839, he was also given the office of District President and thus the management of the Royal Prussian Government in Cologne, which he took up on February 8. On January 24, 1843, he ordered the suppression of the Rheinische Zeitung . In an unchanged position, he was transferred to the government in Erfurt with AKO on May 14, 1844 (definitive appointment on July 1, 1844), where he finally retired on July 1, 1845. He spent the last years of his life in Frankfurt (Oder). On October 15, 1840, he was honored by the Prussian king with the elevation to the nobility.

family

Karl von Gerlach married Regine Pauline Lütke (also Lütcke) on March 28, 1824 in Berlin (born March 15, 1805 in Berlin; † April 25, 1880 in Frankfurt (Oder)). She was a daughter of the Berlin city council and hat manufacturer Johann Ferdinand Lütke and his wife Sabine Regine, née Degner. The couple had several children:

  • Klara Pauline Johanna (born March 13, 1825) ⚭ 1852 Gustav Walther von Rheinbarben (1817–1866), parents of Minister Georg von Rheinbaben
  • Marie (November 9, 1826 - January 1831)
  • Emilie Henriette Ferdinandine (born November 28, 1827) ⚭ 1850 Dr. phil. Wilhelm Linau († July 22, 1888)
  • Ferdinand Karl Paul (* October 16, 1829 - † November 29, 1859) ⚭ 1856 Marianne Charlotte Julie Karbe (* January 20, 1834 - † January 18, 1890)
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Max (April 13, 1832 - January 22, 1909) ⚭ 1861 Wally Marianne Peyer (November 19, 1837 - September 13, 1899), parents of Hellmut von Gerlach
  • Heinrich Eduard Karl (January 8, 1833 - September 19, 1859)
  • Eleonore Charlotte Elisabeth (July 8, 1835 - November 2, 1859)
  • Pauline Karoline Anna (October 10, 1838 - January 15, 1919) ⚭ 1865 Adolf von Hertzberg (1820–1910), Prussian lieutenant general
  • Eduard Hermann Franz (* October 20, 1840; † February 28, 1917) ⚭ 1876 Anna Klara Elisabeth von Arnim (* October 27, 1856; † January 6, 1929)
  • Theodora Marianne Hermine (April 1, 1845 - July 20, 1873) ⚭ 1866 Hugo Wilhelm Isidor Oskar von Strempel (1831–1897), Lieutenant General

literature

  • August Klein: Karl von Gerlach (1839–1844). In: 150 Years of the Cologne District. Landesdienst-Verlag Berlin-West, Berlin 1966, pp. 77–81 (incl. Ill.).
  • Horst Romeyk : The leading state and municipal administrative officials of the Rhine Province 1816–1945 (=  publications of the Society for Rhenish History . Volume 69 ). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-7585-4 , p. 466 .
  • Marcelli Janecki : Handbook of the Prussian Nobility . Volume 2, 1893, p. 260 f.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f Horst Romeyk: The leading state and communal administrative officials of the Rhine Province 1816–1945.
  2. a b c Biography of Gerlach on Parlament-Berlin, accessed on October 23, 2015.
  3. ^ Karl Marx : Memorandum concerning the suppression of the "Rheinschen Zeitung". In: Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe . Department I. Volume 1, Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1975, p. 392 ff.
  4. Welly Marianne Peyer ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Stammreihen.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / Stammreihen.de
  5. Anna Klara Elisabeth von Arnim ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Stammreihen.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / Stammreihen.de