Karl von Reischach

Count Karl von Reischach-Riet

Karl Philipp Friedrich Heinrich Graf von Reischach (-Riet) (born January 3, 1763 in Riet ; † January 9, 1834 in Stuttgart ) was a German lawyer and minister of state in the service of the King of Württemberg .

origin

Karl von Reischach came from the noble family of Reischach . His father Karl Rudolf von Reischach (* 1736; † 1808) was a Württemberg cavalry captain , his mother Wilhelmine Friederike, born Freiin von Wendessen, was widowed Baroness Varnbuler von und zu Hemmingen.

Career

From 1771 Karl von Reischach attended the military academy on the Solitude , which was later moved to Stuttgart and promoted to university as the High Charles School in 1781. Reischach studied law there from 1780 to 1783. In 1783 he entered the service of Duke Carl Eugen as a court squire and was a lieutenant in the 1st company of the Garde du Corps. As the Duke's personal adjutant, Reischach was appointed chamberlain and secret cabinet secretary in 1786 with the title of real councilor. Since the Secret Cabinet Chancellery was dissolved with the death of Duke Carl Eugen in 1793 , Reischach came to the court in Tübingen as an assessor . He was also a councilor for free knights in the canton of Neckar. During the French occupation in 1796, Reischach worked as a war auditor and in 1798 was elevated to the position of ducal-Württemberg chamberlain. As a result of the expansion of Württemberg in the course of the coalition wars , Reischach was entrusted with administrative tasks in the new areas, first as civil commissioner and then as higher regional commissioner in 1802. In February 1803 he became Vice President of the Higher Regional Government for Neuwuerttemberg . As a real Privy Councilor, he was also governor for Ellwangen . In 1806 Reischach rose to the position of regional president and general commissioner for Neuwuerttemberg. On November 6, 1810, King Friedrich was raised to the hereditary status of Counts in Württemberg.

Minister of State

On August 5, 1809, Reischach was appointed Minister of State and Conference of the Royal Government , initially without a portfolio. It was not until June 7, 1812 that he succeeded Count Normann at the head of the Department of the Interior. As a long-time employee of Normann, Reischach played a key role in the acquisition of Neuwuerttemberg. His activity was largely determined by the integration of the new areas into the kingdom. In doing so, he proved to be a supporter of the Enlightenment, showed himself to be an understanding and tolerant public servant, but always represented the idea of ​​monarchical absolutism.

Member of the Estates

Since 1815, Reischach has been a member of the state assemblies as the bearer of a virile vote, where he was temporarily represented by his son Ludwig von Reischach . Since he lost the support of the king in the course of the meeting of the estates, Reischach asked for his release from the government in 1816. King Wilhelm commissioned him to work out a plan for organizing the staff in the Department of the Interior. On September 25, 1819, Reischach was one of the signatories of the constitutional charter of the Kingdom of Württemberg.

Since December 23, 1819, Count Karl von Reischach was an appointed member of the First Chamber of the Württemberg Land estates for life . There he was secretary on the board and member of the select committee and since 1833 also board member of the national debt management commission.

family

Count Karl von Reischach was a Protestant and married Karoline Wilhelmine Christiane von Herzberg in 1787. After her death in 1814, he married Sophie von Bühler (* 1777; † 1834) a second time in 1818. His only son from his first marriage was Count Ludwig von Reischach (-Riet) .

Honors

• Gold medal and honorary citizen of the city of Stuttgart
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown
• Owner of the small Württemberg aristocratic decoration

literature

• Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 709 f .
• Catalog of the exhibition Die Hohe Karlsschule , Stuttgart 1959, p. 160 (catalog number 414)