Michael Ludwig Wellmer

Michael Ludwig Wellmer (* 1783, presumably in Central Germany; † between February 1 and February 21, 1859 in Munich ) was a German lawyer , state civil servant , non-fiction author and satirical writer .

Life

After completing his law degree, Michael Ludwig Wellmer started his civil service career and was employed by the City Justice Directorate of Erlangen in 1807 ; Around 1810/11 he became city court director in Wunsiedel . After the dissolution of the city court, he was given the post of district judge in Markt Erlbach in March 1812 , which he held until 1830. Wellmer's superior had been the legal scholar Paul Johann Anselm Feuerbach in Ansbach from 1817 , whom he held in high esteem as a person, although he did not always agree with his theories. In 1819 he went public with a comment on the intended standardization of the Bavarian statutory mortgage order; The motives for the bill had been summarized and published by the State Councilor Nikolaus Thaddäus von Gönner .

In order to be able to pursue private business in Nuremberg, Wellmer had himself put into temporary retirement. When he gave his farewell speech on August 21, 1830 on the occasion of the handover of the district to his successor Vocke and the associated handover of the Markt Erlbach Regional Court , he took the opportunity to point out the increasing impoverishment of the rural population. Although not directly part of the area of responsibility of a district judge, Wellmer had campaigned for social and infrastructural improvements in Markt Erlbach.

In Nuremberg he worked as an active partner in the Ludwigs-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft , the operating company of the Ludwigseisenbahn from Nuremberg to Fürth, on whose board of directors he sat until 1835. As a lawyer, he was entrusted with drafting the first draft of the new company's statutes.

At the turn of the year 1842/43 he was reactivated as a civil servant and from January 1843 was the city commissioner of Fürth for the local Kgl. City Commissioner. He held this office until the end of 1849, when he was released into final retirement in recognition of his services.

Wellmer wrote a number of writings legal and political content as well as critical advice and satirical literary works. His statement on the mortgage regulations in Bavaria, published in 1819 , was addressed several times during a session of the Second Chamber of the Estates Assembly on May 5, 1819 by the deputy Johann Christoph von Aretin , who described him as "experienced in business". His provocative and sensational work , published in March 1826, What can we hope for Bavaria from the recent change of the throne? led to a public reply by advocate and real advice Joseph von Miller.

Wellmer is considered to be the author of the anonymously published satirical treatises Scherzburger Actenstücke . He is also responsible for the successful Hammelburger Conversations-Lexikon , which, according to the Leipziger Literaturzeitung , was written by the same author in April 1820.

He was a member of historical, artistic and agricultural associations, as well as the Polytechnic Association for the Kingdom of Bavaria. He died in Munich at the age of 76.

The writer Meta Wellmer , born in 1826 (according to other sources, 1832) was his daughter.

Works (selection)

Draft of a new general military classification law for the Kingdom of Bavaria. Nuremberg 1819 ( e-copy ).

Comments on the Mortgage Regulations for the Kingdom of Baiern and the Ordinance on the Introduction of the same. Munich 1819 ( e-copy ).

Letter to Prokinios , ca.1820 .

The counselor for employers and servants. Ansbach 1821 ( e-copy ).

Letters from Deputy Michael Wahrmann. Nuremberg 1822 ( e-copy ).

Brief history of the origin of the toe right in the former Roman toe lands or the current Grand Duchy of Baden and the consideration of its original illegality. Karlsruhe and Baden 1822 ( e-copy ).

Well-intentioned advice and an implementable proposal to reduce the evils from judicial proceedings. Nuremberg 1823 ( e-copy ).

Comments on the draft Criminal Code for the Kingdom of Bavaria. Nuremberg 1825 ( e-copy ).

"What do we Bavarians have to hope for from the recent change of the throne?" A frank question, frankly discussed. Markt Erlbach 1826 ( e-copy ).

Farewell words on the occasion of the handover of the Royal Regional Court of Markt Erlbach on August 21, 1830 . Nuremberg 1830.

A few words to my fellow citizens about the question: "By which legal means can and should we avert the danger that threatens our freedom and peace?" Augsburg 1831.

Postscript on the words to my fellow citizens . Nuremberg 1831.

Report to the gentlemen actionaries and to the public on the Ludwig Railway matter. Nuremberg 1835 ( e-copy )

Secret lecture for the next general assembly of the Ludwig Railway Society. Nuremberg 1836 ( e-copy )

About the price of indispensable foodstuffs and the means of protecting yourself against it. Munich 1854 ( e-copy ).

Publications with satirical content by the same anonymous author, behind whom Karl Heinrich von Lang was previously suspected, but which are now more attributed to Ludwig Wellmer:

Hammelburger Conversations Lexicon. Announcement and first sample issue. 1819 ( e-copy ).
Scherzburger acts.
- Volume I: The protocol-based hearing of the Scherzburg Regional Court on the subject of trade tax reclamations. 1819.
- Volume II: Extract from the annual reports of the Scherzburg Regional Court for the year 1820/21. ( E-copy ).
- Volume III: Some notes from the wallet of Deputy Nepomuk v. Zwicklheim with dry notes and a historical appendix. Nuremberg 1828 ( e-copy ).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Der Bayerische Landbote , Munich, 35th year, no. 52, Monday, February 21, 1859, p. 208, left column.
^ During a visit to Carl Maria von Weber in Erlangen on Friday, July 10, 1807, he signed his entry in the guest album with " Lw. Wellmer, St. J. Direct." ; cf. Carl Maria von Weber: Complete Edition ( online ).
↑ Royal Bavarian Government Gazette . Piece XIV, Saturday, March 7th, 1812, column 405 .
↑ ^a ^b Farewell words on the occasion of the handover of the royal district court Markt Erlbach on August 21, 1830, spoken by ML Wellmer quiesc. District judge . Nuremberg 1830.
^ Gustav Radbruch: Paul Johann Anselm Feuerbach. A legal life. Julius Springer, Vienna 1934, p. 163.
↑ ^a ^b Michael Ludwig Wellmer: Comments on the mortgage order for the Kingdom of Bavaria and the ordinance on the introduction of the same. Munich 1819 ( e-copy ).
↑ Nikolaus Thaddäus von Gönner : Motives for the drafts of the general mortgage order for the Kingdom of Bavaria . Munich 1919 ( e-copy )
^ Michael Ludwig Wellmer: Secret lecture for the next general meeting of the Ludwig Railway Society. Nuremberg 1836, p. 8.
↑ Michael Ludwig Wellmer: Report to the gentlemen actionaries and to the public about the Ludwig Railway matter. Nuremberg 1835 ( e-copy )
↑ cf. z. B. Augsburger Postzeitung . No. 1, dated January 1, 1843.
^ Eduard Vetter: Statistical handbook and address book of Middle Franconia in the Kingdom of Bavaria. Ansbach 1846, p. 11.
^ Government Gazette for the Kingdom of Bavaria. No. 56, Munich, October 30, 1849, p. 1090, right column.
↑ Negotiations of the Second Chamber of the Assembly of Estates of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Officially made known. Fünfter Band, Munich 1819, pp. 339-430 , <see in particular pp. 340-341 , < p. 354 , < p. 372 , < p. 388-389 , < p. 403 , < p. 405. and p 416.
↑ Joseph von Miller: Letter to the kb Landrichter zu Markt Erlbach, Mr. Michael Ludwig Wellmer, on the question: "What do we Bavarians have to hope for from the recent change of the throne?" Munich 1826 ( e-copy ).
↑ Supplementary sheets for the Jenaischn general literature newspaper . Volume 16, No. 202, November 1827, Columns 174-176.
↑ ^a ^b Leipzig literary newspaper. Year 1820, No. 103, from April 27, 1820, see column 824, below: Short advertisement .
^ Art and trade sheet of the polytechnic association for the Kingdom of Bavaria. Volume 15, No. 30, Munich, July 25, 1829, p. 18.
↑ Wolfgang Achnitz: German literature lexicon . de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2010, ISBN 978-3-11-023159-5 , column 413.
↑ After Meta Wellmer took up a teaching position for modern languages at the Neuendettelsau Diakonissenanstalt for the winter semester of 1858/59, the deaconesses 'body reported in 1860 that she was the daughter of the late district judge Michael Ludwig Wellmer and that she had been trained in the teachers' seminar of Droyßig ; cf. Correspondence sheet of the deaconesses of Neuendettelsau, No. 2 and No. 3, February and March 1860, p. 7, § 6, first paragraph.

personal data
SURNAME	Wellmer, Michael Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wellmer, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German state civil servant and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH	1783
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bavaria
DATE OF DEATH	on February 21, 1859
Place of death	Munich

[BLB-1] Der Bayerische Landbote , Munich, 35th year, no. 52, Monday, February 21, 1859, p. 208, left column.

[2] During a visit to Carl Maria von Weber in Erlangen on Friday, July 10, 1807, he signed his entry in the guest album with " Lw. Wellmer, St. J. Direct." ; cf. Carl Maria von Weber: Complete Edition ( online ).

[3] Royal Bavarian Government Gazette . Piece XIV, Saturday, March 7th, 1812, column 405 .

[MLW1830-4] Farewell words on the occasion of the handover of the royal district court Markt Erlbach on August 21, 1830, spoken by ML Wellmer quiesc. District judge . Nuremberg 1830.

[5] Gustav Radbruch: Paul Johann Anselm Feuerbach. A legal life. Julius Springer, Vienna 1934, p. 163.

[WHypo-6] Michael Ludwig Wellmer: Comments on the mortgage order for the Kingdom of Bavaria and the ordinance on the introduction of the same. Munich 1819 ( e-copy ).

[7] Nikolaus Thaddäus von Gönner : Motives for the drafts of the general mortgage order for the Kingdom of Bavaria . Munich 1919 ( e-copy )

[8] Michael Ludwig Wellmer: Secret lecture for the next general meeting of the Ludwig Railway Society. Nuremberg 1836, p. 8.

[9] Michael Ludwig Wellmer: Report to the gentlemen actionaries and to the public about the Ludwig Railway matter. Nuremberg 1835 ( e-copy )

[10] . z. B. Augsburger Postzeitung . No. 1, dated January 1, 1843.

[11] Eduard Vetter: Statistical handbook and address book of Middle Franconia in the Kingdom of Bavaria. Ansbach 1846, p. 11.

[12] Government Gazette for the Kingdom of Bavaria. No. 56, Munich, October 30, 1849, p. 1090, right column.

[13] Negotiations of the Second Chamber of the Assembly of Estates of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Officially made known. Fünfter Band, Munich 1819, pp. 339-430 , <see in particular pp. 340-341 , < p. 354 , < p. 372 , < p. 388-389 , < p. 403 , < p. 405. and p 416.

[14] Joseph von Miller: Letter to the kb Landrichter zu Markt Erlbach, Mr. Michael Ludwig Wellmer, on the question: "What do we Bavarians have to hope for from the recent change of the throne?" Munich 1826 ( e-copy ).

[15] Supplementary sheets for the Jenaischn general literature newspaper . Volume 16, No. 202, November 1827, Columns 174-176.

[LLZ1820-16] Leipzig literary newspaper. Year 1820, No. 103, from April 27, 1820, see column 824, below: Short advertisement .

[17] Art and trade sheet of the polytechnic association for the Kingdom of Bavaria. Volume 15, No. 30, Munich, July 25, 1829, p. 18.

[18] Wolfgang Achnitz: German literature lexicon . de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2010, ISBN 978-3-11-023159-5 , column 413.

[19] After Meta Wellmer took up a teaching position for modern languages at the Neuendettelsau Diakonissenanstalt for the winter semester of 1858/59, the deaconesses 'body reported in 1860 that she was the daughter of the late district judge Michael Ludwig Wellmer and that she had been trained in the teachers' seminar of Droyßig ; cf. Correspondence sheet of the deaconesses of Neuendettelsau, No. 2 and No. 3, February and March 1860, p. 7, § 6, first paragraph.