Wilhelm Benedict von Schirach

Title page of the August 1804 edition of the Political Journal edited (from 1804) by Wilhelm Benedict von Schirach

Wilhelm Benedict von Schirach (born September 25, 1779 in Helmstedt , † April 15, 1866 in Glückstadt ) was a German lawyer and publicist who worked in the Danish service in the highest state functions.

Schirach is the son of Gottlob Benedikt von Schirach (1743-1804) (German historian, Danish legation councilor and publicist). Like his father, Wilhelm Benedict von Schirach entered service in Denmark (in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein ). In 1807 he became senior judge for the Duchy of Holstein in Glückstadt , 1816 Danish State Councilor , 1831 Conference Councilor . With the establishment of the Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg Higher Appeal Court in Kiel in 1834 , he was appointed to the first council there. In 1841 he became director of the upper dicasteries of the Duchy of Holstein in Glückstadt. In 1864 he retired.

Publications

The publications were partly made under "Wilhelm von Schirach".

• 1811 - Critique of the first part of the draft of an embarrassing code of law for the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein drawn up by the Baron von Christian von Eggers
• 1813 - Criminal Law Cases
• 1822 - Contributions to the application of the law - with special consideration for the administration of justice in the duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg

From 1804 onwards (together with a society of scholars ) after the death of his father he continued to publish the magazine Political Journal along with advertisements for scholarly and other matters , in the publication of which he was already involved.

literature

• Carsten Erich Carstens :  Wilhelm Benedict von Schirach . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 308 f.
• Schirach . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 15 . Altenburg 1862, p. 195 ( zeno.org ).

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• Entry Schirach in Herders Conversations-Lexikon ( Freiburg im Breisgau , 1857) - ( online at zeno.org)
• Filippo Ranieri - Printed Sources of Jurisprudence in Europe: (1800-1945) ; 1992 (mentioned under P. Schleswig-Holstein - online at books.google.de)
• Jelowik, Lieselotte; Mittermaier, Carl Joseph Anton - Legal correspondence of the 19th century; 2001 (career information - online at books.google.de)
• Jeremy D. Popkin - Political Communication in the German Enlightenment: Gottlob Benedikt von Schirach's Politische Journal ( online at muse.jhu.edu (English)) (Mention of the role of Wilhelm Benedict von Schirach)
• Title page of the Political Journal ...