Rudolph Elvers

Johann Friedrich Rudolph Elvers (born September 6, 1825 in Göttingen , † May 30, 1891 in Wernigerode ) was a German lawyer and administrative officer. He was government and consistorial councilor in the service of Count Otto zu Stolberg-Wernigerode and district administrator of the Prussian district of Wernigerode.

Life

Elvers came from Mecklenburg. His father was the judge Christian Friedrich Elvers (1797-1858). He was married to Mathilde (1833-) and had a son and a daughter with her. E. attended high schools in Kassel and Rostock. 1846–49 E. studied law at the Philipps University in Marburg , Heidelberg and Berlin . During his studies he became a member of the old Heidelberg fraternity Frankonia in 1846 . In 1848 he signed up as a volunteer and became a member of the 2nd Freicorps, commanded by the commander Kano Graf zu Rantzau. As such, he took part in the "fatherly struggle for freedom for the duchies of Schleswig-Holstein" in 1848. In 1850 he became a trainee lawyer at the Kassel Supreme Court , he served seven months in the Schleswig-Holstein 5th Jäger Corps and was dismissed as an ensign in 1851. In 1851 E. received his PhD. Jur. And habilitation in 1852. Until 1855 E. was private lecturer for Roman law in Göttingen, 1856 district judge in Höxter , 1862 conductor of the district court deputation in Wernigerode, 1864–76 councilor and consistorial councilor of the count's government in Stolberg-Wernigerode and finally, 1876–90 district administrator in Wernigerode.

E. became a member of the main committee of the German Association for Poor Care and Charity in 1885. E. occupied himself intensively with the tramp being and the reform of the prevailing practices, which earned him the nickname "Wernigeröder Vagabunden-Elvers." His concepts were partially taken up in the Bodelschwingh workers' colonies.

Elvers became the conductor of the royal and countial district court deputation in Wernigerode and rose to become district master. As such, he declared himself ready to enter the service of Count Otto zu Stolberg-Wernigerode from October 1, 1864 and to take on the function of a councilor for the government and the medical college as well as the chairman of the Wernigerode consistory. On the day mentioned, he was appointed to the Count of Stolberg's government and consistorial councilor.

In October 1876 he was temporarily entrusted with the administration of the Wernigerode district office. In the same year he became the successor of the government councilor of Rosen in the office of director of the Magdeburgische Land-Feuersozietät.

On November 2, 1876, he was officially introduced as district administrator. At the same time he handed over the chairmanship of the Count's consistory in Wernigerode to the Chamber Director von Hoff. With the approval of the Ministry of the Interior in Berlin, he took over the function of chairman in the count's consistory as a secondary activity in May 1877.

Elvers was conservative and retired on October 1, 1890, immediately after the last day of the Socialist Law. Count Otto regretted this with all his heart and informed him: Your Honorable Members, as the first royal district councilor with such understanding for historical developments and with such consideration for actual circumstances, managed the business and undertook the necessary organizations that you deserve my warmest thanks . Only a few months later Elvers died in Wernigerode.

Honors

In 1890, Elvers received the Order of the Red Eagle III from Kaiser Wilhelm II (as King of Prussia) . Class awarded with the ribbon. The Elversstein near Hasserode , which is included in the system of stamping points of the Harz hiking pin, was named after Elvers .

Works

• The support residence and the rural poor with regard to vagabond begging. (= Writings of DV H. 3/1882).
• To the vagabond question. (= Questions of time. H. 12). Berlin 1882, OCLC 36903231 .

literature

• Konrad Breitenborn: The memoirs of Prince Otto zu Stolberg-Wernigerode. Wernigerode 1996.
• Helge Dvorak: Biographical lexicon of the German fraternity. Volume I: Politicians, Part 7: Supplement A – K, Winter, Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8253-6050-4 . Pp. 288-289.
• Eckhard Hansen, Florian Tennstedt (Eds.) U. a .: Biographical lexicon on the history of German social policy from 1871 to 1945 . Volume 1: Social politicians in the German Empire 1871 to 1918. Kassel University Press, Kassel 2010, ISBN 978-3-86219-038-6 , p. 39 ( online , PDF; 2.2 MB).
• Heinrich Drees: History of the county of Wernigerode. 1916.