Werner von Selchow

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Werner Ludolph Erdmann von Selchow (born February 1, 1806 in Danzig , † February 23, 1884 in Brandenburg an der Havel ) was a Prussian Minister of Agriculture .

Life

origin

He came from the noble New Mark family von Selchow . His parents were Friedrich Wilhelm von Selchow (1769–1845) and Friederike Ludowika Amalie, geb. von Kummer (1783–1864).

Career

Selchow studied law . In 1828 he was a court trainee in Danzig, then in Marienwerder. He owned a manor in Rettkewitz . From 1843 to 1845 he was district administrator of the Lauenburg-Bütow district , after its division from 1846 to 1851 district administrator of the newly formed Lauenburg district .

In 1848/49 he was a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly for the 1st constituency of the province of Pomerania ( Lauenburg ). There he belonged to the casino faction and later to the Café Milani faction .

He then moved from the provinces to Berlin, in 1849 he was an "unskilled worker" (a kind of assistant) in the Prussian Ministry of the Interior. In 1850 Selchow was a member of the Volkshaus of the Erfurt Union . He was also a member of the Right in the second chamber of the Prussian House of Representatives until 1852 . He belonged to the House of Representatives again from 1863 to 1870, he did not join any parliamentary group.

In 1851 he went back to the provinces; initially as vice-president of the government in Liegnitz , from 1853 to 1855 district president in Liegnitz. From 1856 to 1862 he was the district president in Frankfurt an der Oder , in 1862 he became the chief president of the province of Brandenburg and a member of the Prussian State Council .

In December 1862 he was appointed Minister of Agriculture to the first ministry of the new Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck . He held this position until his retirement in 1873. From 1863 to 1870 he was again a member of the House of Representatives (rights, non-attached).

After his retirement he settled on Gut Karolinenthal near Rettkewitz , Lauenburg district in Pomerania ; In 1874 he acted there as head of the newly formed district of Rettkewitz .

Marriage and offspring

His wife Karoline (née von Hanstein) gave birth to ten children, eight daughters and two sons.

His granddaughter Anni von Gottberg was a member of the Confessing Church during the National Socialist era .

Others

Selchowstrasse in Berlin-Schmargendorf is named after him; possibly he is also the namesake for a street in Berlin-Adlershof .

See also

literature

  • Bernhard Mann (arrangement) with the collaboration of Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh , Thomas Kühne: Biographisches Handbuch für das Prussische Abrafenhaus 1867–1918 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 .
  • Bernd Haunfelder : Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives 1849–1867 (= manuals on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 5). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5181-5 .
  • Heinrich Best , Wilhelm Weege: Biographical handbook of the members of the Frankfurt National Assembly 1848/49 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and the political parties. Volume 8). Droste, Düsseldorf 1996, ISBN 3-7700-5193-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reinhold Cramer: History of the Lande Lauenburg and Bütow . Volume 1: The Story . Königsberg 1858, appendix p. 86. ( Online )
  2. ↑ Bernhard Mann (arrangement) with the assistance of Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh , Thomas Kühne: Biographisches Handbuch für das Prussische Abrafenhaus 1867–1918 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , p. 363.
  3. ↑ Rainer Paetau , Hartwin Spenkuch (Ed.): The protocols of the Prussian Ministry 1817-1934 / 38. Vol. 6 / II. In: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): Acta Borussica . New episode. Olms-Weidmann , Hildesheim 2003, p. 710. ( Volume 6 / II ; PDF 1.9 MB).
  4. ↑ Bärbel Holtz (edit.): The protocols of the Prussian State Ministry 1817–1934 / 38. Vol. 4 / II. In: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): Acta Borussica . New episode. Olms-Weidmann , Hildesheim 2003, ISBN 3-487-11827-0 , p. 646 ( Online ; PDF 1.9 MB).
  5. ^ Extra sheet to the Official Gazette of the Royal Government in Cöslin of March 16, 1874, p. 2.
  6. ↑ Entry on the website of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district office in Berlin .
personal data
SURNAME Selchow, Werner von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Selchow, Werner Ludolph Erdmann von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian Minister of Agriculture
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1884
Place of death Brandenburg on the Havel