Karl von Varnbuler (politician, 1776)

Karl Eberhard von Varnbüler in an oil painting, Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch , around 1810

Baron Karl Eberhard Friedrich von Varnbüler von und zu Hemmingen (born August 12, 1776 in Stuttgart ; † April 27, 1832 there ) was a German politician and finance minister of the Kingdom of Württemberg .

ancestry

The Württemberg family Varnbuler descended from the diplomat Johann Konrad Varnbuler (1595–1657). Karl von Varnbuler was the son of Karl Friedrich Gottlob Freiherr Varnbüler von und zu Hemmingen (1746-1818), who was the last lieutenant general of the royal Württemberg . Varnbüler's mother was called Karoline Elisabeth Ernestine and was born in Reischach († 1789). Varnbuler had an older brother Ferdinand , who, like his father, was lieutenant general of the royal Württemberg in the end.

Life

Karl von Varnbüler enjoyed private tuition in his parents' house until 1789, before he and his older brother were trained at the Hohen Karlsschule from 1789 to 1793 . In June 1793 he became a lieutenant in the Grenadier Battalion of the Guard Region. After seven years with the Württemberg Army, he resigned from military service overshadowed by the coalition wars and from then on devoted himself to agriculture. In addition, he took over part of the Hemminger feudal estate and in the following years developed into a recognized expert in questions of agriculture, which was reflected in numerous publications. His interest lay among other things in new cultivation methods such as nine-field farming or the promotion of sheep breeding.

politics

In 1815 Varnbüler took a mandate in the Württemberg assembly of estates as a representative of several people entitled to vote, including his father's representative. In the vote on King Wilhelm I's draft constitution , Varnbuler rejected it. The king then removed him from his position as royal chamberlain . In 1817 Varnbüler became a member of the central office of the Agricultural Association , which later produced the Cannstatter Volksfest , and in 1818 he participated in the establishment of the agricultural college in Hohenheim . From 1818 to 1821 Varnbuler was the editor of the annals of the Württembergische Landwirthschaft . As a member of the Knighthood of the Neckar Circle , Varnbuler was a member of the Second Chamber of the Württemberg Land estates from 1819 to 1831 . In this function he was involved far beyond the usual level of a member of the knighthood and diligently and knowledgeably intervened in parliamentary operations. He was appointed a member of the Privy Council and in 1826 again royal chamberlain. From October 29, 1827 until his death, he was Minister of State in the royal Württemberg Department of Finance (Ministry of Finance). He continued the policy of his predecessor Weckherlin and concluded the customs agreements with the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1828 and with the Kingdom of Prussia and Hesse in 1829. In 1830 Varnbuler took over the chairmanship of the Württembergische Hagelversicherungsgesellschaft . King Wilhelm awarded Karl von Varnbuler the Knight's Cross of the Order of Frederick in 1830 .

family

Karl von Varnbuler was married twice. His first marriage was in 1801 with Friederika, née Freiin von Woellwarth-Polsingen (1776-1818), a lady in waiting for Duchess Sophie Albertine of Württemberg. From this marriage there were twelve children. After the death of his first wife, Varnbuler went into a second marriage in 1819 with Caroline, who was herself a Baroness von Varnbuler, born in 1792. His second marriage had six children. Four of his 18 children died early. The son of the same name, born in 1809, Karl von Varnbuler , headed the Württemberg government from 1864 to 1870 as Minister of State in the Department of Foreign Affairs . His daughter Ernestine (1813–1862) married Count Götz Christoph von Degenfeld-Schonburg (1806–1895), a Württemberg officer and adjutant to the king . Together with him she converted to the Catholic faith in 1853.

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. 942 f .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1831, page 34
2. ^ Friedrich Cast: Süddeutscher Adelsheros , Volume 1, Issue 1, Stuttgart, 1839, p. 371; (Digital scan)
3. ↑ Der Katholik , p. 470 of the year 1866; (Digital scan)

predecessor	Office	successor
Ferdinand Heinrich August von Weckherlin	Head of the Finance Department in the Privy Council of Württemberg 1827–1832	Christoph Ludwig von Herzog