State Economics College

In the State of Prussia , the Landesökonomiekollegium was initially a " central agricultural authority " subordinated to the agricultural department of the Ministry of the Interior and from 1848 to the Ministry of Agriculture as a technical advisory board . After the appointment of its first members in March 1842, the Landesökonomiekollegium began its work with the opening of its meetings on July 30th of that year.

On May 3, 1841, King Friedrich Wilhelm IV approved the founding of the college and appointed Ludolph von Beckedorff its director. For the foundation in March 1842 twelve full members were appointed; four " from the class of the Ministerial Council ": Adolph Maetzke, Gottlieb Wilhelmkette , Gustav Schwinck and Georg von Viebahn ; three “ from the class of scientific technicians ”: Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Dieterici , Heinrich Gustav Magnus and Alexander von Lengerke ; five " from the class of practical agriculture ": Christoph August von Bredow , Heinrich Friedrich von Itzenplitz , Johann Gottlieb Koppe , Carl von Treskow and Carl von Wulffen . The extraordinary members were " not yet appointed ". With the exception of Alexander von Lengerke, who as Secretary General of the College received an annual salary of 1,600 thalers, the other members “accepted their position as an honorary office with great willingness ”.

According to the printed “ Directory of the Ordinary and Extraordinary Members of the Royal State Economic Collegium ” of January 1867, the number of members of the college rose to 50: In addition to the chairman and the general secretary, there were 28 ordinary and 20 extraordinary members.

It was reorganized in 1878 and 1898. From 1898 until its dissolution in February 1921, it served the Chambers of Agriculture as an office for the processing of community matters. The main chamber of agriculture took its place. 25 of the 34 members of the Landesökonomiekollegium were elected, 2 each from 11 chambers of agriculture and one each from the chambers in Kassel and Wiesbaden and the central agricultural office for Hohenzollern , while a further 9 members were appointed directly by the Prussian Ministry of Agriculture.

The State Economics College was convened for several days every February. The negotiations were then published in the Agricultural Yearbooks.

people

• Ludolph von Beckedorff , director from May 1841, president from June 1845.
• Hans von Schwerin-Löwitz , President from 1901

literature

• Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon , Volume 12, p. 102, Leipzig 1908
• The Royal Prussian Landes-Oeconomie-Collegium in its ten-year effectiveness . A report to the Royal Ministry of Agriculture. Berlin 1853

Individual evidence

1. ^ Official Journal of the Royal Government of Potsdam and the City of Berlin , May 13, 1842, p. 132
2. ↑ Cf. The Royal Prussian Landes-Oeconomie-Collegium in its ten-year effectiveness , Berlin 1853, p. 2
3. ↑ Cf. GStA PK I. HA Rep. 89 No. 30081, fol. 1 r
4. ↑ GStA PK I. HA Rep. 89, No. 30081, fol. 50 v, 51 r
5. ↑ Handbook on the Royal Prussian Court and State for the year 1843 , p. 210
6. ↑ Cf. GStA PK I. HA Rep. 89 No. 30081, fol. 58 r
7. ↑ GStA PK I. HA Rep. 89 No. 30081, fol. 51 BC
8. ↑ GStA PK I. HA Rep. 89 No. 30081, fol. 133
9. ↑ See Preußische Gesetzsammlung, year 1921 , p. 225
10. ↑ GStA PK I. HA Rep. 89 No. 30081, fol. 69 r