Ludwig Löw von und zu Steinfurth (President of the Court)
Karl Friedrich Ludwig Löw Freiherr von und zu Steinfurth (* December 12, 1803 in Weilburg ; † May 17, 1868 in Wiesbaden ) was a university lecturer, Nassau judge and member of parliament.
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origin
Ludwig Löw von und zu Steinfurth came from the Wetterau noble family Löw von Steinfurth . He was the son of Oberzeugmeister, Oberjägermeister and Councilor of State Friedrich Philipp Löw von und zu Steinfurth (born January 26, 1755 in Staden ; † October 12, 1841 in Weilburg) and his wife Dorothea Wilhelmine, nee Freiin von Canstein (born March 20, 1760 in Kassel ; † March 2, 1825 in Weilburg).
family
Ludwig Löw von und zu Steinfurth, who was a Protestant denomination, married Emilie born Roux on April 24, 1832 in Heidelberg (born October 11, 1808 in Jena , † December 19, 1872 in Wiesbaden), the daughter of the painter and university professor Jakob Wilhelm Roux and his first wife Pauline. The couple had several children:
- Erwin (October 5, 1833 - January 29, 1896) ⚭ Therese Josephine Schindler (April 9, 1840 - May 9, 1906), parents of Ludwig Löw von und zu Steinfurth (engineer)
- Thekla (September 8, 1843 - October 3, 1906) ⚭ 1874 Hugo Ernst Louis Hans von Hagen (March 30, 1835 - September 28, 1911), Prussian major general
- Marie (born February 27, 1849)
job
Ludwig Löw von und zu Steinfurth attended the Weilburg high school and from 1820 studied natural sciences and law at the universities of Göttingen and Heidelberg . At the University of Heidelberg he was awarded a Dr. jur. doctorate and taught as a private lecturer .
From 1833 to 1840 he was professor of law at the University of Zurich . In 1935 he was rector there. In 1840 he became court judge in Dillenburg , later in Usingen . In 1841 he was appointed chamberlain . From 1846 to 1848 he was a school clerk in the government of the Duchy of Nassau .
In 1848 he became chairman of the criminal court in Usingen and in 1849 court judge at the court and appellate court in Usingen. After the court was moved back to Wiesbaden, he was court judge at the court and appeal court in Wiesbaden from 1849 to 1859 . In 1859 he became its director. In 1861 he became a judge at the Wiesbaden Higher Appeal Court , where he was President from 1864 to 1866. From 1862 to 1866 he was a member of the State Council. In 1867 he was retired.
politics
In 1852 he was a member of the first chamber of the estates of the Duchy of Nassau as the representative of Archduke Stephan of Austria .
literature
- Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. 48, 7). Published on behalf of the Hessian Parliament. Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 246.
- Nassau parliamentarians. Part 1: Cornelia Rösner: The Landtag of the Duchy of Nassau 1818–1866 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Nassau. 59 = Prehistory and history of parliamentarism in Hesse. 16). Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1997, ISBN 3-930221-00-4 , p. 106.
- Albert Teichmann : Löw von und zu Steinfurth, Freiherr Karl Friedrich Ludwig . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 295 f.
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses, 1856, p.418
Web links
- Works by and about Ludwig Löw von und zu Steinfurth in the German Digital Library
- Overview of the lectures of Ludwig Löw von und zu Steinfurth (President of the Court) at the University of Zurich (winter semester 1833 to summer semester 1840)
- Löw von and zu Steinfurth, Karl Friedrich Ludwig Freiherr. Hessian biography. (As of December 12, 2019). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Löw von und zu Steinfurth, Ludwig |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Löw Freiherr von und zu Steinfurth, Karl Friedrich Ludwig (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German university professor, Nassau judge and member of parliament |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1803 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Weilburg |
DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 1868 |
Place of death | Wiesbaden |