Gustav Rümelin
Christian Heinrich Wilhelm Gustav von Rümelin ( born March 26, 1815 in Ravensburg, † October 28, 1889 in Tübingen ) was a German educator, politician and statistician.
Life and career
Rümelin attended school in Heilbronn and then the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Schoental. 1832 to 1836 he studied theology at Tubingen, where he graduated in 1836 with the theological examination. He was a member of the 1832 Burschenschaft near Kneip Society of Patriots. In 1837 he received a doctorate in phil. at the Eberhard -Karls- University of Tübingen. After that, he was from 1838 to 1845 Repetent in the seminar in Schoental and teacher in Ludwigsburg, Kirchheim, Langenburg, Heilbronn, Ellwangen, Göppingen and Stuttgart. During this time he completed his Second Theological Examination 1841 and 1843 the Professoratsexamen.
1845-1849 Gustav Rümelin was rector of the Latin school in Nürtingen 1849-1852 school professor in Heilbronn and Stuttgart. In 1852 he was Ministerial Counsellor and member of the Royal Council study in the Ministry of Education ( which was referred to the Royal Württemberg Department of churches and school system). From April 9th 1856 to 5 April 1861, he headed the Cabinet Linden the Ministry of Culture in the rank of Real State Council. From this office he stepped back in 1861 after the parliament had rejected the plan he pursued the conclusion of a Concordat with the Vatican.
Rümelin turned then to the statistics. From 1861 to 1873 he was director of the Royal Württemberg Statistically - Topographical Bureau, since 1867 also professor of statistics and comparative States Studies at the University of Tübingen. From 1870 until his death, he was Chancellor of the University of Tübingen. Main teaching activities were Social Statistics, Political statistics, comparative States customer and legal philosophy.
Family
His father Gustav Rümelin (1785-1850), was the chief magistrate and upper Judicial Council in Heilbronn. His mother Henriette THIRTY (1790-1865) was the daughter of the Heilbronn businessman Christian THIRTY (1753-1808) and the Wilhelmine merchant. Rümelin had four siblings, including Eugen Gustav Rümelin (1812-1899) and the Heilbronner banker Richard Rümelin (1818-1880) and Max Rümelin ( 1823-1893 ).
In 1847, Gustav married Marie of Rümelin Schmoller ( 1824-1891 ), the daughter of Württemberg Fiscal Council and Kameralverwalters in Heilbronn Friedrich von Schmoller ( 1795-1865 ) and his wife Therese gardener ( 1804-1846 ). Through the marriage of the political economist Gustav Schmoller was Schwager v. Rümelin.
In marriage, Gustav von Rümelin with Marie, born Schmoller four children were born, including the well-known legal scholar:
- Gustav Friedrich Eugen Rümelin (1848-1907) ∞ 1881 Susette of meibomian (1856-1931 ) daughter of Viktor of meibomian
- Max von Rümelin (1861-1931) ∞ 1891 Wilhelmine Brockhoff ( 1869-1953 )
Policy
Due to the prestigious position that Rümelin had created in Nürtingen through regular political lectures, he was elected in 1848 for the Frankfurt National Assembly. From May 18 1848 to May 24, 1849 he was a deputy for the district Nürtingen - Kirchheim. He belonged to St. Paul's Church on several committees, including the imperial deputation.
From 1856 to 1862 he was elected Member of Ludwigsburg for the Second Chamber of the Württemberg Landtag. The mandate rested from 1856 to 1861 during his time as Minister of Culture. From 1870 onwards he was a member until his death in 1889 in his capacity as Chancellor of the University of Tübingen back to the Württemberg Landtag.
Honors, ennobling
In Nürtingen, Tübingen and Ravensburg streets were named after Gustav Rümelin.
Publications
- The representation of the Protestant Church in Württemberg, Stuttgart 1845
- The Kingdom of Württemberg, a description of the country. People and the state, editor of the anthology, Stuttgart 1863
- Sense of justice and righteousness, Vittorio Klostermann Verlag, Frankfurt 1871
- The entitlement of foreign words, published by JCB Mohr, Freiburg 1887