Wilhelm Albrecht Christian von Mahrenholtz

Wilhelm Albrecht Christian von Mahrenholtz , also Marenholtz , (* November 15, 1752 ; † December 18, 1808 in Braunschweig ) was a Braunschweig Landdrost and Chamberlain and at the time of the occupation of Braunschweig by Napoleon Bonaparte's troops from 1807 to 1808 the first " Maire " (French . for mayor) of the city of Braunschweig.

Life

He came from the Brunswick noble family Marenholtz . His first marriage was on August 23, 1777, with Wilhelmine Friederike von Korff, who died in 1787. In 1788 he married Georgine Charlotte Auguste, b. Countess von Hardenberg (1769–1845), daughter of Hans Ernst von Hardenberg and his wife Anna Eleonore Katharina, born. from Wangenheim. From this marriage came the son August Ernst Christian Wilhelm von Mahrenholtz (January 19, 1789 - February 1, 1865). In the mid-1790s, his second wife divorced him, only to marry Benjamin Constant in 1809 .

"Maire" from Braunschweig

The Département de l'Ocker 1809

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The Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg was for the lost like other parts of Germany, Battle of Jena-Auerstedt been occupied in 1806 by Napoleon's troops. The duchy was dissolved by the French and incorporated as the Département de l'Ocker into the newly created Kingdom of Westphalia . Braunschweig was the capital of this department.

On December 24, 1807, the Brunswick state government under Anton von Wolffradt and the city administration under Mayor Johann Heinrich Wilmerding were dissolved. Friedrich Henneberg headed the department as prefect , Wilhelm Albrecht Christian von Mahrenholtz was named the city's first “Maire”. Mahrenholtz died at the age of 56 on December 18, 1808. Friedrich Ludwig von Münchhausen was appointed his successor on January 31, 1809 and held this office until the French occupation left at the end of 1813.

literature

• Henning Steinführer , Claudia Böhler (Ed.): The Braunschweiger Mayors. From the establishment of the office in the late Middle Ages to the 20th century. oeding print GmbH, Braunschweig 2013, ISBN 978-3-941737-68-6 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Courtney, Wood, Delbouille, Tocke: Benjamin Constant : Correspondance Générale 1810–1812, 2006, p. 603
2. ^ Theodor Müller: City Director Wilhelm Bode. Life and work. In: Braunschweiger Werkstücke , Volume 29, Braunschweig 1963, p. 133, FN 273
3. ^ Benjamin Constant: Œuvres complètes, p. 307
4. ↑ City Chronicle of Braunschweig: December 24, 1807
5. ↑ City Chronicle of Braunschweig: January 31, 1809