Ludwig Philipp von Hagen
Ludwig Philipp Freiherr vom Hagen (born May 3, 1724 in Stöckey ; † February 6, 1771 in Berlin ) was a real budget, war and conducting state councilor, state minister of Frederick the Great and vice-president in the 3rd department of the general management .
The son of Freiherr Friedrich Philipp vom Hagen (1683–1754) and Gertraudis (born von Münchhausen ; 1692–1762) belonged to the family of von Hagen auf Rüdigershagen in Thuringia, which can be verified since 1148 . He had a younger brother Wilhelm Adolf. Ludwig Philipp belonged to the Black Eagle Order and was in charge of it, and he was commander of the Order of St. John in Schivelbein. Through his mother's inheritance, he was, among other things, Fideikommissherr on Möckern with Dalchau , Zeddenick , Pabsdorf , Lochow and others, Burgrave of Bleicherode , Head of Department in Cleve, founder of the Prussian maritime trade, Canon of Magdeburg.
The former student of the Berge monastery studied at the University of Leipzig and entered the Prussian civil service in 1744. It was in 1746 war and Domänenrat in various provinces of Prussia and in 1754 Secret Fiscal Council in the General Directorate in Berlin and went there in 1764 to minister to, among other things, for the forestry from 1770. He served Frederick the Great in the reform of mercantilism , including through introduction of building administrations and reforms in the mining sector . Friedrich praised him in 1768 as a disinterested and honest finance officer and in 1771 had a portrait of Hagens hung in the audience hall of the General Management in the Berlin City Palace (portrait painted by Anna Dorothea Therbusch ).
Ludwig Philipp was married to Louise Charlotte von der Goltz (1738–1759) (daughter of Georg Konrad von der Goltz ) and from 1761 in second marriage with Johanna Louise von Oertzen (1740–1792) (daughter of Henning Ernst von Oertzen ), but remained childless.
He is buried in a crypt that is an extension of the St. Laurentius Church in Möckern . His remains lie there along with those of his nephew and heir von Möckern, Count Christoph Friedrich Wilhelm (1754–1813), Royal Prussian Finance Council.
literature
- Ernst Posner : Ludwig Philipp Freiherr vom Hagen. In: Historical Commission for the Province of Saxony and for Anhalt (Hrsg.): Mitteldeutsche Lebensbilder. Volume 3: Pictures of life in the 18th and 19th centuries. Self-published, Magdeburg 1928, pp. 46–63.
- Lotte Knabe : Hagen, Ludwig Philipp Freiherr vom. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 480 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Baron Ludwig Philipp von Hagen a Prussian Minister of State from the County of Hohenstein. In: Rambow.de , September 24, 2009.
Remarks
- ^ Gesellschaft Berliner Schloss e. V .: Living rooms in the Berlin Palace. In: Historisches-Stadtschloss.de. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hagen, Ludwig Philipp from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hagen, Ludwig Philipp Freiherr vom (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Secret Finance Council and Minister of State of Frederick the Great |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1724 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockey |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1771 |
| Place of death | Berlin |