Ludewig August Brüel

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Ludewig August Brüel (* 1773 in the Harz , † December 31, 1838 ) was a royal Hanover mint master .

Life

Ludewig August Brüel came from the coin in Braunschweig and was responsible for since 1817 coin in Hanover as Münzkommissar and Münzwardein operates. From 1818 to 1838 he was the mint master there, succeeding Christian Heinrich Haase . His mintmaster's mark was LB or LAB from 1818 to 1820, LB or B. from 1820 to 1830, and B. from 1830 to 1838.

In 1831 he published the second edition of his work Materials for the expected reform of the German coinage , as he foresaw the later currency reforms of the German states striving for unification.

Ludewig August Brüel was married to Auguste Elisabeth Heusinger (1790-1848), their son was the future politician Ludwig August Brüel (1818-1896).

After Brüel died, Carl Schlueter was appointed his successor on January 8, 1839, followed in 1844 by Theodor Wilhelm Brüel .

Fonts

  • Materials for the expected reform of the German coinage system . Second improved edition, Hahnsche Hofbuchhandlung, Hanover 1831 ( digitized version ).

literature

  • Johannes Kretzschmar : The royal mint in Hanover . In: Journal of the Historical Association for Lower Saxony 1902, pp. 4–63, especially pp. 14–21 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Walther Lampe :  Brüel, Ludwig. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 658 ( digitized version ).
  2. ^ Leonard Forrer: Biographical dictionary of medallists . Vol. 1, London 1904, p. 132 ( digitized version )
  3. ^ Karl Heinrich Ludwig Pölitz (ed.): Year books of history and statecraft , second volume JC Hinrissche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1832, p. IV, 288; online through google books
personal data
SURNAME Brüel, Ludewig August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brüel, Ludwig August; Brüel, LA
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hanoverian mint master
DATE OF BIRTH 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH resin
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1838