Kaspar von Steinsdorf

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kaspar von Steinsdorf, 1856
Grave site of Kaspar Steinsdorf on the old southern cemetery in Munich location

Kaspar von Steinsdorf (born February 28, 1797 in Amberg ; † November 29, 1879 ) was a lawyer , Munich mayor and member of the Bavarian state parliament .

biography

He was the son of the aristocratic lawyer Markus von Steinsdorf in Amberg. In his hometown he attended high school and then studied law at the University of Landshut .

Kaspar von Steinsdorf then completed an internship at the district courts of Amberg and Munich. In 1821 a lawyer accepted him as a trainee . In 1822/23 he worked as an assessor (accessist) at the district and city court, and in 1826 at the court of appeal in Munich. In April of the same year he was hired by the state as a district and city judicial assessor in Schweinfurt . In 1827 he moved to Munich in the same position, in 1830 as a court advisor to Amberg and in 1832 back to the state capital. On April 19, 1836, Kaspar von Steinsdorf was promoted to secretary in the Bavarian Ministry of Justice .

From May 29, 1837 to 1854, von Steinsdorf served as the second mayor of Munich and then rose to the position of first mayor of the capital. He held this office from October 25, 1854 to May 1870. His official position involved him in 1848 in the events surrounding the end of Lola Montez in Munich.

From 1849 to 1854 and from 1859 to 1869 Kaspar von Steinsdorf belonged to the Chamber of Deputies (Landtag). He did not represent any party in the state parliament, but was considered conservative and advocated a Greater German state under the leadership of Austria.

Bronze plaque on the grave site

Steinsdorf was a member of the Corps Palatia Munich . In 1840 he became deputy chairman of the Munich Good Shepherd Association , which looked after women in need and was affiliated with the newly introduced Sisters of the Good Shepherd . On January 1, 1854, King Maximilian II awarded him the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown .

After his death, Kaspar von Steinsdorf was buried in the old southern cemetery . He received a monumental tomb with his bronze bust in the middle. This was modeled by Michael Wagmüller during his lifetime for the magistrate's hall in the town hall and later cast by Miller. During the Second World War, the tombstone was deliberately destroyed and the bronze bust stolen. It has remained lost to this day and a new, but completely simple bronze plaque has been attached to the grave. The burial site is located under the Neue Arkaden Platz 2 opposite burial ground 28 location .

literature

  • Jacob Bauer: Basic features of the constitution and property management of the city of Munich: with special consideration for the administrative branches assigned to the magistrate by the municipal edict of 1818 , Munich, 1845, page 255; Scan from the source

Web links

Commons : Kaspar von Steinsdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andreas Kraus: History of Bavaria: from the beginnings to the present , CH Beck Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3406515401 , page 488; Scan from the source
  2. ↑ Biographical page of parliamentarians in the portal Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte
  3. ^ Lothar Gall: Liberalism and Religion: on the history of German liberalism in the 19th century , Oldenbourg Verlag, 1995, ISBN 348664419X , pages 87 and 101; Scans from the source
  4. ^ Nikolaus von Weis : Der Katholik , Speyer, year 1840, page 257; Scan from the source
  5. ^ Government Gazette for the Kingdom of Bavaria , No. 2, Munich, January 11, 1854
personal data
SURNAME Steinsdorf, Kaspar von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, Mayor of Munich
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1797
PLACE OF BIRTH On the mountain
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1879