Maximilian Franciscus Blaunfeldt

Maximilian Franciscus Blaunfeldt

Maximilian Franciscus Blaunfeldt (born April 26, 1799 in Aabenraa , † January 29, 1880 in Copenhagen ) was a lawyer and Hardesvogt in the Danish service.

education

Maximilian Franciscus Blaunfeldt was the fourth son of a poor glove maker of the same name (* 1749, † April 26, 1821 in Aabenraa) and his wife Ingeborg, née Petersen (* around 1752, † August 31, 1829 in Aabenraa). After confirmation he left school and home to work as a clerk for the Hardesvogt Sievers in Aabenraa. With the help of several patrons, he learned the ancient languages under the guidance of his employer . He was considered an intelligent, hardworking and agile employee and worked for Sievers for ten years.

With renewed help from patrons, Blaunfeldt switched to the secondary school of the Schleswig Cathedral School at Easter 1824 . In the following year he received no funding and therefore submitted a successful application for a loan from the fund ad usus publicos in order to be able to continue learning . At Easter 1826 he passed the high school diploma and, accompanied by major financial problems, studied law at the University of Kiel from the following summer semester . Nicolaus Falck and Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann were among his teachers . In the winter semester of 1827/28 he interrupted his studies due to a nervous illness and lack of money. In 1828, in the fifth semester, he applied to be exempt from the triennium . He would have needed this minimum study period to get a job in the duchies. Due to the good reports of his professors, his application was accepted. In October 1828 he passed the law exam.

Working as an independent lawyer

On November 25, 1828, Blaunfeldt married Emilie Rafn in Copenhagen (* May 2, 1801 in Copenhagen; † December 11, 1874 there), with whom he had two daughters and two sons. His wife was a daughter of the natural scientist Carl Gottlob Rafn and his wife Anna Cathrina, née Lorentzen. After the wedding, Blaunfeldt moved to Schleswig at the end of 1828 and worked there as a lawyer. The master carpenter FW Röh accused him of perjury because the furniture he delivered was allegedly not paid for. Due to the proceedings, Blaunfeldt's lawyer has been withdrawn and he moved to Flensburg . Here he worked as a lawyer and legal advisor for Danish Schleswigers and soon had an important practice.

Over time, Blaunfeldt also became active in other areas. In 1837 he joined a committee elected in Flensburg that dealt with the construction of the railway line that was to lead from Flensburg via Husum to Tönning, which should reduce dependence on Hamburg and the existing Altona-Kiel railway line . From 1839 to 1842 he nominally owned a copper mill in Krusau together with Jacob Iversen from Aabenraa . In 1840/41 Blaunfeldt worked for some time in the Flensburger Zeitung , which campaigned for the whole of the state .

In 1846 he signed a letter of thanks to Christian VIII for his open letter of July 8, 1846, and many years later referred to this as “the measure of his political convictions”. Probably as a reward for this, the loan he had been granted as a student from the Fonds ad usus publicos , which he had not nearly repaid in twenty years, was converted into a gift in 1847. When the Schleswig-Holstein uprising broke out , he emphatically refused recognition by the Provisional Government . He wanted to escape to Copenhagen with his family and his possessions with a rented sailing ship. The crossing began on March 29, 1848. The Schleswig-Holstein hired bookbinder JF Sauermann from Flensburg hired several dragoons who hijacked the ship, whereupon Blaunfeldt was arrested. He spent twelve days in Flensburg, was transferred to Rendsburg and then to Copenhagen, where he was released from prison. He then tried for years to get financial compensation for the imprisonment and punishment for Sauermann and his helpers.

In Copenhagen in 1848/49 he published several texts in which he presented and defended the Danish position in the dispute over the position of the Duchy of Schleswig with Denmark.

Entry into Danish services

Hardesvogtei in Fleckeby

Blaunfeldt had proven his prodanic attitude through his actions. The Danish Finance Minister Wilhelm Sponneck appointed him in November 1849 as the editor in charge of the Flensburger Zeitung , which was called Flensburger Correspondent from October 18, 1849 to September 30, 1850 . A little later he submitted his application for the Landvogtei Husum to the Eiderdane Friedrich Wilhelm Tillich, who was appointed extraordinary commissioner for the Duchy of Schleswig . Tillich then proposed the Hardesvogtei of the Hüttener Harde and complied with Blaunfeldt's request to also receive the Hohner Harde . At the end of December 1850 he was confirmed as Vogt of both Harden and from 1856 had his seat in Fleckeby . Due to the siege by Schleswig-Holstein troops, he did not take over the Hohner Harde until February 1851. In 1854 he had to surrender the Hohner Harde again despite vigorous protests. He then made claims for compensation, but was not heard.

A little later, Blaunfeldt commissioned the Fleckebyer Hardesvogtei to build a new building. While working on this manor, he used the free manual and clamping services of the population, who were indignant about it. In other respects, too, he was considered a despot who abused his office and had illegal arrests made, which is why the local population resolutely rejected him. Meticulously and mercilessly, he proceeded against violations based on Schleswig-Holstein convictions. This included singing the Schleswig-Holstein song , the use of the state colors or simply naming the Schleswig-Holstein Courantmark , which was abolished after the Danish bankruptcy in 1813 , but which the Schleswig-Holsteiners still reckoned with. He was also described as greedy and almost addicted to sports .

In 1863 Blaunfeldt was appointed to the judiciary. As Christian IX. took over the royal throne, Blaunfeldt immediately swore the oath of homage. Therefore, in January 1864 noble estates of the Eckernförder Harde , whose owners refused to take the oath, were placed under him. Shortly after the outbreak of the German-Danish War , he was arrested as a Danish spy on the night of February 2nd to 3rd, 1864. When it was placed in the Kronwerk Rendsburg, the population cheered. Investigations against him there did not confirm espionage activities. He himself always assured me that he was completely innocent. However, since he was considered a "highly dangerous subject", he remained in custody. The Supreme Civil Authority removed him from office on March 10, 1864. The imprisonment in Rendsburg ended on March 25, 1864. He was then transferred to Flensburg, where investigations into alleged violations of service were carried out. He was released on June 1, 1864, subject to the condition that he should leave the duchies within 24 hours.

Blaunfeldt then went to Copenhagen, where his family had already fled. Here he filed unsuccessful complaints against his successors in office who had unauthorized hands on his property. He also demanded compensation for the damage he had suffered during the war and persistently demanded his rights. Further checks of the accounting books of his Hardesvogtei ended with the result that there were irregularities and stocks were missing.

Works

• Constitutional status of the Duchy of Schleswig, and influence of the abolition of the previous administrative connection between this Duchy and Holstein on Schleswig-Holstein . Copenhagen 1848
• The Schleswig language rescript defends against the attacks of the conference councilor Raaslöff . Copenhagen 1863

literature

• Bettina Reichert: Blaunfeldt, Maximilian Franciscus . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , pages 36-39.

Web links

Wikisource: Maximilian Franciscus Blaunfeldt  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bettina Reichert: Blue Feldt, Maximilian Franciscus . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , page 36.
2. ^ ^{A b} Bettina Reichert: Blaunfeldt, Maximilian Franciscus . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , pages 36-37.
3. ^ ^{A b} Bettina Reichert: Blaunfeldt, Maximilian Franciscus . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , page 37.
4. ↑ Bettina Reichert: Blue Feldt, Maximilian Franciscus . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , pages 37-38.
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Bettina Reichert: Blaunfeldt, Maximilian Franciscus . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , page 38.