Emil Hartwich

Emil Ferdinand Hartwich ( born May 9, 1843 in Gdansk, † 1 December 1886 in Berlin) was a German lawyer and sports teacher.

Life

Born as the son of Danzig Commissioner of City Planning and railway engineer Emil Hermann Hartwich, Hartwich attended school in Gdansk, in 1853 the grammar school in Berlin, from 1856 the Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium in Cologne. In 1862 he took up the study of law at the University of Heidelberg, where he became a member of the Corps Rhenaniastraße. After finishing his studies at the Friedrich- Wilhelms- University of Berlin, he joined in 1868 the Prussian judicial service. In 1874 he was an assistant judge at the Regional Court Dusseldorf, 1879 magistrate at the local district court.

Hartwich sat down for physical training of young people one, the author of several writings to and prompted the creation of the " National Association for body care in people and school." To this end he founded in 1881 and the Düsseldorf hiking covenant that exists to date and was awarded the Eichendorff badge.

Because of a love relationship with his wife Elisabeth von Ardenne called Armond Léon Baron von Ardenne Hartwich for pistol duel. It was held on 27 November 1886, was fatal for the reserve officer Hartwich. The matter was the historical background for Theodor Fontane's novel Effi Briest.

In Dusseldorf -Oberkassel the Hartwich street was named after him.

Works

• What we suffer. Free viewing and practical suggestions about our modern spirit and body care in people and school, Dusseldorf 1881, 2nd ed Dusseldorf 1882
• Talking about the neglected education of our youth, Dusseldorf 1884