Simon von Haeberl

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Haeberl's marble bust on his grave is a work by Ludwig Schwanthaler

Simon Haeberl , from 1808 Knight von Haeberl , (often also Häberl ; born October 25, 1772 in Munich , † April 1, 1831 ibid) was a German doctor . He was a reformer of the Bavarian health system .

Life

Haeberl graduated from the electoral high school in Munich in 1789 (today Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich ) and studied medicine at the University of Ingolstadt from 1792 and then became a doctor in Munich. He was initially assistant to Franz Xaver von Haeberl and Ferdinand Maria von Baader . He was largely related to the latter and worked together throughout his life.

Haeberl got to know the shortcomings of the Bavarian health system early on and then tried to improve them. During the campaigns in 1806 and 1807 he was the conductor of the military medical services. When he returned, he was appointed chief medical officer at the head of internal medical services in the Kingdom of Bavaria . He introduced the statutory smallpox vaccination and the Central Veterinary School . In 1808 he submitted the draft of the so-called "Organic Edict" with which the health system was reorganized. In the same year he was involved with Franz Xaver von Haeberl in setting up the General Hospital in Munich and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown . His political work ended in 1817 at his own request shortly after the resignation of the Interior Minister Maximilian von Montgelas , with whom he had previously worked successfully. From 1821 he was an extraordinary member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

In 1828 he was due to serious illness, retirement , shortly after he died of his suffering. A memorial plaque was put up for him at the clinic at Ziemssenstrasse 1.

tomb

Grave of Haeberl on the old southern cemetery in Munich location

The tomb of Häberl is on the old southern cemetery in Munich (Wall Links Course at 232/233 cemetery 7) Location . The tomb is a design by Jean Baptiste Métivier , the marble bust is a work by Ludwig Schwanthaler .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vol., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 3, p. 187.
  2. ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Bavaria 1828, p. 18.
  3. ↑ cf. Art and Memoria, The Old Southern Cemetery in Munich, Claudia Denk, John Ziesemer, 2014, p. 250 ff.
personal data
SURNAME Haeberl, Simon from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haeberl, Simon Ritter von (full name); Häberl, Simon von; Haeberl, Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1772
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1831
Place of death Munich