Ludwig von Westphalen

Johann Ludwig von Westphalen (born July 11, 1770 in Bornum am Elm , Helmstedt district , Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel ; † March 3, 1842 in Trier , Rhineland ) was a Prussian government councilor and mentor of Karl Marx .

family

He was the youngest son of Philipp Edler von Westphalen (1724–1792) and Jane (Jean) Wishart of Pittarow (1742–1811). Through his mother he was related to the Argyll family and to Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll .

Westphalen married Elisabeth (Lisette) von Veltheim (born June 22, 1778 in Berlin , † August 22, 1807 in Blankenburg (Harz) , Duchy of Braunschweig), the first marriage on July 4, 1798 in Meisdorf ( Mansfelder Gebirgskreis , Province of Saxony ) Daughter of Karl Christian Septimus von Veltheim (1751–1796) and Friederike Albertine von Pannwitz (1758–1789). From this marriage there were two sons and two daughters:

Otto Wilhelm Henning Ferdinand (1799–1876), Prussian Minister of the Interior ,
Louise Friederike Ottolie Caroline (called Lisette ) (* October 5, 1800; † August 1, 1863) ⚭ July 3, 1823 Gebhard Adolph Friedrich von Krosigk (* February 5, 1799; † March 3, 1856)
Carl Hans Werner (* July 22, 1803 - † March 8, 1840) (District Court Councilor)
Anna Elisabeth Franziska (7 May 1807 - 16 April 1896).

In his second marriage, he married on April 30, 1812 in Salzwedel (Province of Saxony) Caroline Heubel (born June 20, 1779 in Salzwedel, Province of Saxony; † July 23, 1856 in Trier, Rhineland), the daughter of Julius Heubel (1742-1818 ) and his cousin Sophie, née Heubel (1744–1816). The three children come from this marriage:

Bertha Julie Jenny (1814–1881), later wife of Karl Marx (1818–1883)
Helena Laura Cecilia Charlotte Friderike (March 16, 1817 - April 3, 1821)
Gerhard Oscar Ludwig Edgar (1819–1890).

Life

Westphalen was trained in Braunschweig at the Collegium Carolinum , the forerunner of today's TU, and then studied in Göttingen with Gustav Hugo , Friedrich Ludewig Bouterweck , August Ludwig von Schlözer , Johann Friedrich Blumenbach , Georg Christoph Lichtenberg , and Arnold Heeren, among others . He entered the civil service in Brunswick in January 1794. At the beginning of 1798 he and his wife moved to Rondeshagen near Ratzeburg after their father's inheritance, Gut Blücher, had been sold . In 1802 he exchanged the Rondeshagen estate with an estate in Harmshagen near Grevesmühlen . In 1804 he gave up his own agricultural activity and returned to the state service in Brunswick. The Harmshagen estate was not sold until 1832.

With the establishment of the Napoleonic model state of Westphalia in 1807, he entered its service in Halberstadt . In the same year his wife Lisette died, only 29 years old. On August 17, 1809, Ludwig was appointed sub-prefect of Salzwedel , where he married Caroline Heubel in 1812. After Salzwedel was under Prussian administration again, Ludwig von Westphalen was transferred to Trier in 1816. Here he also met his friend Heinrich Marx . The friendship of the fathers carried over to the children: Jenny and Edgar von Westphalen as well as Sophia and Karl Marx. On December 3, 1834, he retired and was given the title of secret government councilor. He was awarded the Red Eagle Order, 4th class .

Ludwig von Westphalen became Karl Marx's mentor. He dedicated his dissertation on “The Difference of Democritical and Epicurean Natural Philosophy” to the “dear fatherly friend” […] “who welcomes every progress of time with the enthusiasm and prudence of the truth”. This dedication illustrates the importance of Westphalia for the young Marx, who often spoke in admiration about the revered future father-in-law. He was also on Ludwig von Westphalen's deathbed in 1842. Ludwig did not live to see the wedding of Karl and Jenny in 1843.

literature

Obituary. In: Trierische Zeitung No. 72 of March 15, 1842, p. 374, column 1–2.
Franz Mehring : The von Westphalen . In: Die Neue Zeit X. Vol. 2, Stuttgart 1891/18932, pp. 481-486
Heinz Monz : Unknown chapters from the life of the Ludwig von Westphalen family . In: Archives for Social History . Vol. VIII 1968, p. 247 ff.Digital version (PDF; 2.6 MB)
On the personality of Marx's father-in-law Johann Ludwig von Westphalen Trier 1973 ( writings from the Karl-Marx-Haus issue 9) therein:
- Heinz Monz: Political view and social position of Johann Ludwig von Westphalen
- Konrad von Krosigk: Ludwig von Westphalen and his children. Fragments of family traditions
- Georg Eckert : Jenny Marx and the Florencourt family. Chance finds from the Braunschweig archives .
Heinz Monz: Karl Marx. Basics of life and work . NCO-Verlag, Trier 1973
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk : Jenny Marx. Love and suffering in the shadow of Karl Marx. A biography based on letters, diaries and other documents . 2nd edition Staats-Verlag, Wuppertal 1976 ISBN 3-87770-015-2
Dedo Graf Schwerin von Krosigk: Westphalen . In: Genealogical manual of the nobility . Noble houses B. Volume 12, 1977, pp. 489-491
Heinz Monz: Westphalen, Johann Ludwig . In: Trier Biographical Lexicon . Overall processing: Heinz Monz. Verlag der Landesarchivverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz, Koblenz 2000, p. 503 ISBN 3-931014-49-5
Heinrich Gemkow : From the life of a Rhenish family in the 19th century. Archival finds on the von Westphalen and Marx families . In: Yearbook for West German State History . 34th volume, Koblenz 2008, pp. 497-512

Individual evidence

↑ Adolph von Krosigk ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Stammreihen.de @1@ 2

↑ Heinz Monz (1973), pp. 335-337; Heinrich Gemkow: Edgar von Westphalen. The unusual life path of Karl Marx's brother-in-law . In: Yearbook for West German State History . 25th year 1999, p. 404.

↑ Heinz Monz (1973), p. 337.

↑ Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, pp. 174–177

↑ Heinz Monz (1973), p. 326.

↑ Manfred Schöncke: Karl and Heinrich Marx and their siblings. Cologne 1993, p. 876.

↑ Karl Marx: Difference between the Democritic and Epicurean natural philosophy . In: Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe . Section I. Volume 1, pp. 11 and 12.

↑ Printed in: Manfred Schöncke: Karl and Heinrich Marx and their siblings . Cologne 1993 ISBN 3-89144-185-1 , p. 882 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Westphalen, Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Westphalen, Ludwig Freiherr von; Westphalen, Johann Ludwig von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian councilor and mentor of Karl Marx
DATE OF BIRTH	July 11, 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bornum am Elm , Seesen district , Duchy of Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH	March 3, 1842
Place of death	Trier , Rhineland

[1] Adolph von Krosigk ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Stammreihen.de @1@ 2

[2] Heinz Monz (1973), pp. 335-337; Heinrich Gemkow: Edgar von Westphalen. The unusual life path of Karl Marx's brother-in-law . In: Yearbook for West German State History . 25th year 1999, p. 404.

[3] Heinz Monz (1973), p. 337.

[4] Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, pp. 174–177

[5] Heinz Monz (1973), p. 326.

[6] Manfred Schöncke: Karl and Heinrich Marx and their siblings. Cologne 1993, p. 876.

[7] Karl Marx: Difference between the Democritic and Epicurean natural philosophy . In: Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe . Section I. Volume 1, pp. 11 and 12.

[8] Printed in: Manfred Schöncke: Karl and Heinrich Marx and their siblings . Cologne 1993 ISBN 3-89144-185-1 , p. 882 f.