Wilhelm Heinrich von Grolman
Wilhelm Heinrich von Grolman (born February 28, 1781 in Berlin ; † January 1, 1856 there ) was a Prussian lawyer, President of the Court of Appeal and Real Privy Councilor.
origin
He came from the originally Westphalian Grolman family, who had been raised to the Prussian nobility . His father was the Berlin High Tribunal President and co-author of the Prussian General Land Law Heinrich Dietrich von Grolman . His mother was Maria Susanna Maercker (1744-1825), daughter of the detective Arnold Georg Maercker († 1758). The Prussian general Karl Wilhelm Georg von Grolman was his brother.
Life
He studied law in Göttingen and Halle , became an auscultator at the city court in Berlin in 1801 , trainee lawyer at the regional court there in 1802 , assessor at the then government in Marienwerder in 1804 , then a councilor in 1806, a member of the chamber judge in Berlin in 1808 and a member of the Kurmark pupil college in 1810 .
When the war broke out in 1813 , he became major and commander of a Kurmärk Landwehr battalion. Grolman fought in the Battle of Hagelberg and took part in the blockades of Magdeburg and Wesel .
In July 1814 he returned to his judicial office, but in 1815 he took command of his Landwehr battalion again and distinguished himself with Fleurus and Wavre , so that he received the Iron Cross 1st class.
After the Second Peace of Paris, he resumed his previous employment in 1816, but was soon appointed Vice-President of the Higher Regional Court in Kleve , joined the then existing ministry for the revision of legislation in Berlin in 1819, became vice-president of the Higher Regional Court in Magdeburg after the same was dissolved in 1821, 1827 Vice-President of the Berlin Court of Appeal, 1831 President of the Justice Senate and 1836 of the Upper Appellation Senate, in 1840 also a member of the State Council. He took his discharge in 1845. He was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle .
He was buried with his family members in Cemetery II of the Jerusalem and New Church Congregation.
Grolman was married to Henriette Heim, a daughter of the Berlin doctor and honorary citizen Ernst Ludwig Heim . One of their descendants is General Helmuth von Grolman , the first defense commissioner of the German Bundestag.
literature
- Albert Teichmann : Grolman, Wilhelm von (President of the Supreme Court) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 716 f.
- Grolmann 4). In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 7 . Altenburg 1859, p. 661-662 ( zeno.org ).
- Grolman 3) . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 8, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1907, pp. 353–354 .
- Wolfgang Paul: The Grolmanns. A noble Prussian family 1777–1856 . Ullstein, Berlin 1995. ISBN 3-548-35525-0 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin tombs. Haude and Spener, Berlin 2006, p. 111.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grolman, Wilhelm Heinrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1781 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1856 |
| Place of death | Berlin |