Paul von Braun
Paul Braun , von Braun from 1867 , (born September 16, 1820 in Kitzingen , † February 26, 1892 in Speyer ) was a German administrative lawyer and Bavarian politician.
Life
Paul von Braun was born in Kitzingen as the son of the pharmacist Philipp Braun and his wife Katharina, b. Vollert, born in Ochsenfurt . He grew up in Kitzingen and attended grammar school in Würzburg , where he graduated from high school in 1839. He studied law in Würzburg and Heidelberg. In Würzburg he joined the Corps Moenania . After the exam, practical training at the courts in Kitzingen and Würzburg followed. After the state examination in 1846 he gained his first administrative experience with the government of Lower Franconia and in 1848 received a position with the government of Swabia in Augsburg, where he became a government assessor in 1852. In 1856 he was appointed as a secret secretary in the royal Bavarian State Ministry for Trade in Munich and quickly rose to government councilor (1859) and ministerial councilor (1866). In 1869 he was appointed Bavarian Minister of State for the Interior. Since 1871 worked as a State in extraordinary service district president of the Palatinate . The founding of the Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern (1874) goes back to his initiative and his private financial support as a patron .
Honors
- 1867 Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown (combined with the elevation to personal nobility)
- Honorary Citizen of Kaiserslautern (1890)
literature
- Johann Josef Hermann Schmitt: Braun, Paul von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 55, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1910, pp. 672-680.
- Anton Ritthaler: Braun, Paul von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 557 ( digitized version ).
- Werner Schineller : The regional presidents of the Palatinate . Histor. Association d. Pfalz, Speyer 1980, pp. 55-56.
Web links
- Literature by and about Paul von Braun in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 141/236
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Braun, Paul from |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brown, Paul |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German administrative lawyer and Bavarian politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1820 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kitzingen |
DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 1892 |
Place of death | Speyer |