Robert Praefcke
Robert Johann Karl August Ludwig Praefcke , also Praefke , Präfke or Präfcke (born June 13, 1831 in Friedland (Mecklenburg) , † December 28, 1910 in Neubrandenburg ) was a German administrative lawyer and director of the Mecklenburg hail and fire insurance company in Neubrandenburg .
Life
Robert Praefcke was a son of the sub-rector of the Friedland School of Academics and later Pastor von Weitin , (Johann) Carl (Martin) Praefcke (1805–1869) and his wife Charlotte, nee. Brauer (1806-1859), a craftsman's daughter from southwest Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Praefcke grew up among 12 siblings, some of whom died early. The educator and pastor Victor Praefcke (1842–1931) was his younger brother.
Praefcke, who together with a younger brother had passed the Abitur at the Friedland high school at Easter 1850, studied law at the universities of Berlin , Heidelberg , and from October 1851 at the University of Rostock .
After passing his exams, he settled as a lawyer in Neubrandenburg. Here he became a senator in 1862 and a councilor in 1863. In 1870/71 he took part in the Franco-German War . In 1875 he resigned from the council.
In the same year he joined the Mecklenburgische Hagel- und Feuerversicherungs-Gesellschaft Neubrandenburg , where he was deputy of the board until 1889 and its director from 1889 to 1909. From 1901 he was a member of the advisory board of the newly created Imperial Supervisory Office for Private Insurance in Berlin. In 1909 he retired.
Praefcke was a member and most recently honorary chairman of the Patriotic Warrior Association in Neubrandenburg. From 1883 to 1895 he was a member of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology .
On August 28, 1863, Robert Praefcke married the innkeeper daughter Wilhelmine [Elise] Lorentz (born September 27, 1839 - May 31, 1864) in Neubrandenburg, but she died after a few months of childless marriage. On October 24, 1865, he married Emilie Lorentz (born May 13, 1845 in Neustrelitz, † February 19, 1882 in Neubrandenburg), daughter of a chamber secretary in the Neustrelitz administration, in his second marriage in Neustrelitz. After her death, he married Laura Stavenhagen (1842–1909) in September 1883 in Neubrandenburg, his third marriage. All five of Praefcke's children were from the second marriage, including the sons Carl Praefcke (1866–1928; entered the officer career, which he ended with the rank of major general) and Robert Praefcke (1868–1943; became director of the girls' school in Neustrelitz ).
Awards
- Honorary citizen of Neubrandenburg
- 1897 Councilor
- 1906 Privy Councilor
- Prussian Royal Order of the Crown IV class with swords
- War memorial for the campaigns 1870–71 (German Empire)
Fonts
- The Mecklenburgische Hagel- und Feuerversicherungsgesellschaft zu Neubrandenburg: from its foundation on March 2nd, 1797 to March 2nd, 1897. (Festschrift for the 100th anniversary). Ahrendt, Neubrandenburg 1897.
literature
- Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 7745 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life testimonies name his name predominantly as Pref (c) ke .
- ↑ Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 7744 .
- ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
- ↑ Quarterly report of the Association for Meklenburg History and Archeology: October 1895
- ↑ According to Grossherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinscher Staatskalender 1908, p. 408, the Order of the Red Eagle mentioned in WWW-MV (lit.) cannot be traced until 1908
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Praefcke, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Praefcke, Robert Johann Karl August Ludwig (full name); Praefke, Robert; Prefke, Robert; Prefecture, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German administrative lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Friedland (Mecklenburg) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1910 |
| Place of death | Neubrandenburg |