Wilhelm Seelig

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Wilhelm Seelig

Wilhelm Seelig (born June 2, 1821 in Kassel , † July 31, 1906 in Kiel ) was a German political scientist and left-liberal politician.

Life

He studied at the Philipps University in Marburg , at the Ruprecht Karls University in Heidelberg (with Karl Heinrich Rau ) and the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin . He was a member of the Corps Hasso-Nassovia (1840) and Hanseatia Heidelberg (1841) and was one of the founders of Vandalia Heidelberg in 1842 . With a still on Latin written dissertation about the financial system Jean-Baptiste Colbert , he was at the Georg-August University of Göttingen to Dr. phil. PhD . First he was a private lecturer , then an associate professor for political science in Göttingen . In 1853 he moved to the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg and a year later to the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel . There he taught economics, finance and statistics for 52 years. He mainly devoted himself to customs issues and tried to use statistical analyzes to promote the expansion of the German Customs Union . In 1895/96 he was rector of the CAU. From 1866 to 1868 he was also the head of the statistical office for Holstein.

He belonged to the first Reichstag of the German Empire . After a hiatus, he was re-elected to parliament in 1890. From 1873 to 1893 he was also a member of the Prussian House of Representatives , in which he represented the constituency of Kiel. He was an opponent of the Prussian annexation of Schleswig-Holstein . He belonged to the German Progressive Party and later to the German Liberal Party .

Extensive studies have been carried out on his and his family's social life in Kiel . The Hamburg lawyer and author Geert Seelig was his son.

Dr. Seelig's orange pepping in the Pomological monthly booklet 1879

In his free time, Seelig occupied himself with the subjects of horticulture and pomology. The apple variety Dr. Seelig's orange pepping. A square is named after him on the university campus in Kiel.

Works

  • De Colberti Administratione Aerarii , Dieterich, Göttingen 1844 (dissertation)
  • The replacement of grazing permits on foreign properties with special consideration for the Kingdom of Hanover, Dieterich, Göttingen 1851
  • The Prussian-Hanoverian Treaty of September 7, 1851 in its meaning for Hanover , Dieterich, Göttingen 1852
  • The coupling legislation in Hanover together with a description of the coupling carried out in the Feldmark by Echte , Hanover 1852 digitized
  • The amalgamation of the properties with special relation to the legislation and the procedure in the Kingdom of Hanover, Dieterich, Göttingen 1853
  • The relationship between landlords and tenants when draining leased land , Schwers, Kiel 1857
  • Schleswig-Holstein and the Zollverein , Kiel 1865 Digitized
  • Overview of the pome fruit varieties grown in Schleswig-Holstein , Jensen, Kiel 1883
  • The inner colonization in Schleswig-Holstein a hundred years ago . Speech on the beginning of the rectorate of the royal Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel in 1895. (Digitized edition at: urn : nbn: de: s2w-8521 ).

Manuscripts

  • National economy . Unpublished lecture transcript by G. Muhl. Kiel, winter semester 1865/66. (Digitized edition at: urn : nbn: de: s2w-6538 ).

See also

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Seelig  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 113/120; 122/69; 161/31
  2. ↑ see Chair for Public Finance, Social Policy and Health Economics at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel ( Memento from October 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Rector's speech (HKM)
  4. ^ Mann, Bernhard (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918. Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne. Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 362 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3)
  5. ↑ Bärbel Pusback: socializing in Kiel educated middle class in the 19th century - the example of the family of Professor of Economics Wilhelm Seelig . Communications from the Society for Kiel City History, Vol. 84, 2008, No. 4, pp. 265–284
  6. ↑ E. Lucas : Biographies of Honored Pomologists - Professor Dr. Wilhelm Seelig in Kiel. In: JGC Oberdieck , E. Lucas: Pomological monthly books - magazine for the promotion and uplifting of fruit science, fruit culture and fruit use, published by Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1881, p. 224 ff
  7. ↑ E. Lucas: Dr. Seeligs orangepping, Henzen. In: JGC Oberdieck, E. Lucas: Illustrirte monthly books for fruit and viticulture - organ of the German Pomologists Association. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1879, pp. 128 ff. 71
personal data
SURNAME Seelig, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist and politician (DFP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1906
Place of death Kiel