Ludwig von Halem

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Ludwig Wilhelm Christian von Halem (born September 3, 1758 in Oldenburg (Oldb) ; † June 5, 1839 ibid) was a German councilor and librarian in the service of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg .

Life

Halem was in time to Denmark belonging Oldenburg born. His parents were of the City Counsel and Counsel Anton Wilhelm von Halem (1711-1771) and his wife Magdalena Sophia Wardenburg (1,733 to 1,809). He was a member of the post-aristocratic family von Halem , the First Councilor of the Principality of Lübeck and writer Gerhard Anton von Halem (1752-1819) was his brother.

Halem attended high school in Oldenburg and studied theology and philology at the universities of Halle and Göttingen from 1776 to 1779 . From 1780 he was a private tutor in The Hague and from 1783 in Estonia . In June 1786 he was given the post of cabinet and private secretary to Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig . After just a few years he was relieved of his duties as cabinet secretary and in 1792 appointed head of the newly founded ducal public library in Oldenburg.

Halem endeavored to supplement and expand the library, the holdings of which he began to present to the public in a magazine published at his own expense. In 1810, however, financial losses caused him to give up his office and take the position of auction manager in Ovelgönne , which he lost again the following year after the French occupation . Until 1814 he made his way as a notary in Ovelgönne and Oldenburg and was then appointed librarian again, although his range of duties was significantly expanded and changed. For political and financial reasons, the duke entrusted the editing of the state-issued press organs and publications to the librarian, who also took on the role of censor . Halem accordingly edited the Oldenburg State Calendar , the Oldenburgische Zeitung , the Oldenburgische Blätter and the Oldenburgische weekly advertisements in the next few years and was therefore only able to work part-time as a librarian. In 1834, to relieve him, the chief magistrate Christian Friedrich Strackerjan was transferred to Oldenburg, who did his press work for him. As a librarian and newspaper editor, Halem played an important role in the intellectual and cultural life of Oldenburg. From 1783 he was a member of the Literary Society founded by his older brother Gerhard Anton von Halem , which elected him in 1816 as its Secretarius perpetuus . From 1783 he was also a member of the Masonic lodge Zum golden Hirsch , which he headed as Master of the Chair from 1793 to 1833. In 1818 he joined the newly founded Oldenburg Agricultural Society, took over its secretarial work until 1833 and made the Oldenburgische Blätter available to it as a publication.

Halem published numerous magazine articles in which he mainly dealt with topics of Oldenburg history and prehistory. Diseases and increasing old age forced him to gradually reduce his activities since 1830. Since 1835 he was paralyzed as a result of a stroke.

family

Halem married Sophie Elisabeth Wilhelmine, b. Römer († 1810), daughter of the postmaster Diedrich Christian Römer (1702–1777) and Marie Wilhelmine geb. von Halem († 1784) and sister of the later chamber director Diedrich Christian Römer (1748–1819). The couple had eight children, only four of whom the parents survived.

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  • Bibliographical conversations. 2 vols. Oldenburg. 1794 and 1796.

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SURNAME Halem, Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Halem, Ludwig Wilhelm Christian von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German councilor and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1758
PLACE OF BIRTH Oldenburg (Oldb)
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1839
Place of death Oldenburg (Oldb)