Friedrich August von Staegemann
Friedrich August von Staegemann ( born November 7, 1763 in Vierraden, Uckermark, † December 17, 1840 in Berlin) was a Prussian civil servant and diplomat.
Life and work
Staegemann came from a preacher and teacher's family. He lost his parents and was given the age of ten relatives of the Schindlersche orphanage in Berlin. After graduating from high school to the Grey Abbey, he studied law at the Friedrich - University of Halle. In 1785 he proposed as a court clerk in the East Prussian government ( judicial authority ), the official career a. He was superintendent and general counsel of the East Prussian General Directorate landscape. In Konigsberg, he also met his future wife, Elizabeth grays. As "one of the finest female figures of the time" they gathered a circle of respected and prominent personalities, which also belonged to Immanuel Kant.
1806 go. Fiscal Council appointed Staegemann was appointed as head of the Prussian Bank in Berlin. In this capacity, he met Napoleon Bonaparte, who demanded after the victorious battle of Jena and Auerstedt Contribution. On Prince Hardenberg's proposal Staegemann in 1807 a member of the Immediatkommission used to redesign the Kingdom of Prussia. Staegemann worked extensively with the stone - Hardenberg reforms. In 1807 he designed the October Edict to the Prussian peasant emancipation. In 1813 he participated in the preparation and implementation of the liberation war. In the subsequent reshaping of Europe at the Congress of Vienna he represented with his Chancellor Hardenberg of Prussia interests. In 1814 he was Prussian envoy at Buckingham Palace. 1816 Staegemann for his services by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. ennobled.
Staegemann was one of the pioneers for a constitution and spoke publicly in support of press freedom and tolerance a. In his Berlin home perverted artists such as Heinrich von Kleist and intellectuals such as Achim von Arnim, Bettina von Arnim and Clemens Brentano. Staegemann moved Hardenberg, Friedrich Wilhelm III. on May 22, 1815 to wrest the Constitution promises; his break had severe consequences.
Staegemann also wrote patriotic songs and love poems. When his best poetic power, the war songs (1814 ) are mentioned. He has published in the years 1811-1817 his poetic works in Berlin Muses almanac.
In 1835 he was made an honorary citizen of Berlin. He died on 17 December 1840 in Berlin. His grave is located at the Protestant Cemetery III of Jerusalem and the New Church in Berlin- Kreuzberg, Zossener road.
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"It is odd that a poor, educated at the orphanage home boy whose misshapen feet almost completely prevented him from walking, not only achieved one of the highest points in the state, but also the love of the most beautiful, umworbensten and richly talented women won "