Karl von Varnbuler (politician, 1809)

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Karl von Varnbuler around 1880

Freiherr Friedrich Karl Gottlob Varnbuler von und zu Hemmingen (born May 13, 1809 in Hemmingen ; † March 26, 1889 in Berlin ) was a German politician, Württemberg State Minister and member of the Reichstag.

Life

Karl von Varnbuler was born on May 13, 1809 on his father's estate in Hemmingen. His parents were Karl Freiherr von Varnbuler von und zu Hemmingen (1776-1832), royal Württemberg secret council and finance minister (1827-1832) as well as descendants of the Württemberg politician and diplomat Johann Konrad Varnbuler (1595-1657), and Friederika, born baroness of Woellwarth-Polsingen (1776–1818), a lady-in-waiting of Duchess Sophie Albertine of Württemberg.

After attending grammar school in Stuttgart, Varnbüler studied law and political science at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen and the Humboldt University in Berlin . From 1838 to 1839 he was an assessor at the Württemberg district government in Ludwigsburg. Then he devoted himself to the management of his estates and was soon considered one of the best farmers in Württemberg. For many years until his death, Varnbuler was the chairman of the agricultural association in the Oberamt Leonberg and tried to encourage his colleagues to improve the farm.

On October 15, 1835, he married the patrician daughter Henriette Freiin von Süsskind (* October 15, 1815 - May 21, 1902) in Augsburg , with whom he had seven children:

The management of a machine factory in Vienna, inherited from his father-in-law, Baron von Süsskind, from 1849 to 1853 also gave him extensive experience in industry.

An illegitimate son of Varnbülers was the writer Gustav Meyrink , who came from a liaison with the actress Marie Meyer .

His sister 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.

Political career

As a representative of the knighthood of the Neckar circle, Varnbüler held a mandate in the second chamber of the Württemberg state parliament from 1845 to 1849 and from 1851 until his death . In 1848 he was a member of the preliminary parliament . As a skilful debate speaker, Varnbuler soon became a member of all important commissions, which frequently appointed him a speaker, especially on economic issues. On September 21, 1864, King Karl Varnbuler , who had just entered the government, appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs. Between 1864 and 1870 he was the de facto leading minister and, as such, successor to Linden . As early as 1864, Varnbuler combined the administration of the railways with the Foreign Ministry and took care of the further expansion of the Württemberg railway network. When the German war broke out between Austria and Prussia in 1866 , Varnbuler decided on an alliance between Württemberg and Austria. After the Prussian victory , King Karl sent Prince Friedrich and Varnbuler to the Prussian headquarters in Nikolsburg in June 1866 . Varnbuler went from Nikolsburg to Würzburg to take part in the conclusion of the armistice to be agreed with General von Manteuffel . On August 5th Otto von Bismarck asked the southern German states to send appropriately authorized envoys to Berlin for peace negotiations. Varnbuler immediately set off on the journey. After just one week, on August 13, the Württemberg peace treaty with Prussia was perfect.

The endeavor to expand the competence of the customs parliament and to turn the “customs parliament” into a “full parliament” found a decided opponent in Varnbuler. In the customs parliament elections, the German party was defeated in all 17 Württemberg constituencies. Varnbuler himself was elected as a member of the customs parliament in the constituency of Württemberg 4 ( Blaubeuren , Kirchheim , Urach ). He rejected the unification of the southern German states to form the so-called Südbund , which was demanded by the Democratic Party . At the same time he emphasized the firm intention of the Württemberg government to keep the treaties with Prussia loyally. On March 23, 1870, the King appointed the Foreign Minister to succeed Ludwig von Golther as President of the Privy Council . A few weeks after the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War , he retired on August 31, 1870.

Hermann von Mittnacht (1825–1909) can be regarded as his successor as leading minister . Varnbuler noted the victory of the German states in the war against France with patriotic satisfaction. In 1872 he was elected to the Reichstag in the constituency of Württemberg 2 ( Cannstatt , Ludwigsburg , Marbach , Waiblingen ) and held the mandate until 1881.

In the Reichstag he was a member of the German Reich Party , for which he also appeared several times at the lectern. In mid-1878, Bismarck received a fully developed plan for the customs and tax reform in the form of a memorandum. Even after losing his seat in the Reichstag in 1881, Varnbuler followed Reich politics with great interest and repeatedly expressed himself in articles in the free conservative magazine Die Post on political issues of the day. Otherwise, he took an active part in the negotiations in the Württemberg state parliament until a few months before his death and devoted himself to the management of his estates with old zeal. He had the Hemminger Castle rebuilt in a neo-Gothic style and laid out an English garden .

Honors

  • In 1865 Varnbüler received the Grand Cross of the Order of Frederick ,
  • 1866 the Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown ,
  • In 1867 the Grand Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion
  • After completing the tariff reform, he was awarded the Prussian Order of the Crown, 1st class
  • After the completion of the workers' settlement of the Postdörfle in Stuttgart in 1871, the settlement was popularly called Kleinhemmingen after Varnbüler's family seat in Hemmingen (Varnbuler was one of the main initiators of the Postdörfle).
  • In 1897 a street in Stuttgart-Nord was named Varnbülerstraße.

Works (selection)

  • About the need for trade legislation. In addition to some remarks about the dismantling of goods and legal restrictions. Cotta, Stuttgart and Tübingen 1847.
  • On the question of a German homeland law. Schaber, Stuttgart and Oehringen 1864. pdf at google
  • Should the Reich acquire the German railways? Hallberger, Stuttgart 1876.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Cast: Süddeutscher Adelsheros , Volume 1, Issue 1, Stuttgart, 1839, p. 371; (Digital scan)
  2. ↑ Der Katholik , p. 470 of the year 1866; (Digital scan)
  3. ↑ Federal Archives: Members of the Pre-Parliament and the Fifties Committee (PDF file; 79 kB)
  4. ^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 236.
  5. ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Grand Duchy of Baden 1880 , p. 103
predecessor Office successor
Karl Eugen von Hügel Head of the Württemberg Ministry (Department) of Foreign Affairs
1864–1870 		Adolf von Taube
personal data
SURNAME Varnbuler, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Varnbuler von und zu Hemmingen, Friedrich Karl Gottlob (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician, Württemberg State Minister, MdR
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Hemmingen
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1889
Place of death Berlin