Peter Feddersen (politician, 1802)

Peter Feddersen (born February 19, 1802 in Husum , † January 20, 1896 in Kiel ) was a German farmer and politician.

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Peter Feddersen came from an old Husum family that included lawyers, theologians and merchants. His father Berend Feddersen (born September 9, 1767 in Husum, † February 25, 1841 in Rapstedt ) worked as a Hardesvogt of the Schluxharde and was a writer. He was married to Luise, née Thomsen (* 1774 in Mildstedthof , † 1837 in Rapstedt). The couple had another son named Berend (1800–1870), who worked as a regional court notary in Schleswig and director of the Altona-Kiel Railway Company and was a member of the board of directors of the Schleswig-Holstein Art Association .

The paternal grandfather named Berend Federsen (1736-1804) was a Husum mayor and married to Agatha Wolden, who was known as "Grandmother Feddersen" Theodor Storms . The physicist Berend Wilhelm Feddersen was one of his nephews .

The Feddersen brothers attended the scholars' school in Husum together. Peter Feddersen then completed an agricultural training on several properties in Holstein. He then took over the Blansgaard farm in Sundewitt, which he managed . As a tenant, he converted the Herzoglich-Augustenburgische Gut Kiedling near Gravenstein into a model business from 1830 .

Feddersen resolutely defended the Augustenburg inheritance claims and was one of Duke Christian August's close confidants . During the Schleswig-Holstein uprising , he extensively protected federal troops. A total of 24,000 soldiers stayed at Gut Kieding during the war. The mansion served as the headquarters of the high command for some time. The later King Albert of Saxony, the Duke of Nassau and Eduard von Bonin, who commanded the Schleswig-Holstein army, also lived here .

In 1849, Feddersen took over the management of the Augustenburg estate, together with the senior court attorney von Prangen. With a lot of submissions and meetings with federal commissioners, he tried to avert attacks by the Danes on Augustenburg Castle and Gravenstein Castle .

From 1849 until its dissolution, Feddersen was a member of the Schleswig-Holstein state assembly . Therefore, after the end of the war, he got into numerous conflicts with Danish authorities. Since the Danes now administered the goods he managed, he separated from Kedling in 1856. Instead he bought the Staun estate in Thumby . As the elected deputy of the Schwansen goods district, he was the first person in the district to refuse to take the oath of the new King Christian IX in November 1863 . afford to.

During the German-Danish War , Feddersen headed the so-called "Fuhrkommission". This was subordinate to the Supreme Civil Authority and organized the troop transport and supplies. For these services he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, despite his strict rejection of the politics of Schleswig-Holstein.

In 1868 Feddersen moved into the first provincial parliament and was a member of the State Economics College. In the same year he left the Staun estate and moved to Kiel. Here he had a house built on Lorentzendamm , in which he lived until the end of his life and which was later called the "Hänelsche Villa". In 1870/71 he also worked on the assessment committee for basic taxation in agriculture.

Political stance

Feddersen was a lifelong conservative politician. He only supported the Duke of Augustenburg on the basis of legitimist intentions. He was in contrast to his father-in-law Wilhelm Ahlmann, who initially behaved rather democratically and liberally. Since both politicians were striving for the independence of Schleswig-Holstein and independence from Denmark, they worked together very fruitfully.

Feddersen was incorruptible and full of character, which brought him influence and the reputation of the duke. He was one of the leading farmers of the time and also provided extensive support to the State History Collection and the Schleswig-Holstein Art Association .

family

Feddersen was married to Luise Hagemann (* 1804 in Steinwehr , † 1884 in Kiel). The wife's father was the landowner and counselor Georg Heinrich Hagemann. The couple had two children:

• The son Ludwig Feddersen (1831-1912) lived on Gut Rosenhof and was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives and the Provincial Parliament.
• The daughter Dorothea (1828–1910) married the banker Hans Wilhelm Ahlmann .

literature

• Thomas Iver Pfeiffer: Feddersen, Peter . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 3. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1974, pp. 103-104