Karl von Weber (historian)

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Karl von Weber , contemporary also Carl von Weber , (born January 1, 1806 in Dresden , † July 18, 1879 in Loschwitz ) was a Saxon administrative officer, archivist and historian .

Origin and education

Weber was born the son of canon law teacher and administrative officer Karl Gottlieb von Weber . From 1818 he attended the Kreuzschule in Dresden, from 1819 the Princely School in Meißen. From 1824 Weber studied law in Leipzig and Göttingen. In 1828 he passed the state examination in Leipzig. After an educational trip, he became an accessist (a kind of legal clerkship) at the judicial office in Zwickau that same year. From May to August 1829 Weber was an accessist at the senior consistory in Dresden. He received his doctorate in Leipzig in 1830 on a topic of ecclesiastical property law. This was followed by the exams for the lawyer and a second state examination.

Civil servant career

In 1831 Weber was employed as a trainee lawyer (now in the sense of an entry into the civil service career) at the senior consistory in Dresden. In addition, from 1833 he was also a trainee lawyer at the State Judicial College, this position was converted in 1835 into an advisory seat at the Appellationsrat . Weber was appointed councilor of appeal in 1839, and in 1843 he was also appointed ministerial councilor and secret trainee lawyer at the overall ministry and thus a key employee of the highest authority in Saxony. In 1849 Weber was also appointed director of the main state archive in Dresden . He remained in these two offices until his death. Due to his in-depth knowledge of the Saxon administration and his skills, Weber was in discussions several times for a ministerial office. Weber was friends with King Johann and the ministers Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust and Johann Paul von Falkenstein . In 1871 he was awarded a canon position in Meissen as an award.

Archivist and historian

Weber had little to do as a ministerial advisor in the overall ministry and was largely able to devote himself to his work in the main state archive and to research in the field of Saxon history. He is a co-founder of the Codex diplomaticus Saxoniae regiae and the Archives for Saxon History . He made significant contributions to the listing of the archive holdings.

Weber's as yet unprinted diary, which can be viewed in the main state archive, offers deep insights into political events at the highest level in Saxony from the Vormärz to the German Empire.

Karl von Weber was married and had several children.

Works (selection)

  • Maria Antonia Walpurgis, Electress of Saxony. Dresden 1857, 2 volumes.
  • From four centuries. Leipzig 1857, 2 volumes; new series 1861, 2 volumes.
  • Moritz, Count of Saxony, Marshal of France. Dresden 1863.
  • Anna, Electress of Saxony. (Dresden 1865).

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personal data
SURNAME Weber, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weber, Carl von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1879
Place of death Loschwitz