Arnold Duckwitz
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Arnold Duckwitz was a German statesman and merchant who served as Minister of Trade and of the Navy in the provisional government of the Frankfurt Assembly of 1848-49, and as mayor of Bremen.
From early to mid 1848, he participated as an expert in the economic committee of the Frankfurt National Assembly. As Commissioner of Bremen he advised on German trade relations. Subsequently, he was in July 1848 appointed Reich Minister for Trade (Reichsminister für Handel) of the all-Germany ‘Provisional Central Power’ (Provisorische Zentralgewalt), headed by Archduke John of Austria as regent (Reichsverweser). He later became also Minister for Navy Affairs (Minister für Marineangelegenheiten). He managed to create in a short time a small navy (Reichsseewehr or Reichsflotte
) for limited use in the Second Schleswig War (1849) against the superior Danish
fleet.
He was also a city senator (Bremer Senats) from 1841 and mayor of the Hanseatic
city of Bremen 1857–1863, and 1866-1869. He was then a city senator until he retired in 1875.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Bremer_B%C3%BCrgermeister
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geschichte_der_Stadt_Bremen
Wer liegt wo? Prominente auf Bremer Friedhöfen by Thomas Schaefer;Siepmann und Kurze. Bremen, 1998 ISBN=3-933410-00-2
Ehmck: Arnold Duckwitz. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 48, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, pp. 133–140.
Friedrich Prüser: Arnold Duckwitz. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, p. 151 f.
From early to mid 1848, he participated as an expert in the economic committee of the Frankfurt National Assembly. As Commissioner of Bremen he advised on German trade relations. Subsequently, he was in July 1848 appointed Reich Minister for Trade (Reichsminister für Handel) of the all-Germany ‘Provisional Central Power’ (Provisorische Zentralgewalt), headed by Archduke John of Austria as regent (Reichsverweser). He later became also Minister for Navy Affairs (Minister für Marineangelegenheiten). He managed to create in a short time a small navy (Reichsseewehr or Reichsflotte
Reichsflotte
The Reichsflotte was the first all-German Navy. It was founded on 14 June 1848 during the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states by the Frankfurt Parliament to provide a naval force in the First Schleswig War against Denmark.-History:...
) for limited use in the Second Schleswig War (1849) against the superior Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
fleet.
He was also a city senator (Bremer Senats) from 1841 and mayor of the Hanseatic
Hanseatic League
The Hanseatic League was an economic alliance of trading cities and their merchant guilds that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe...
city of Bremen 1857–1863, and 1866-1869. He was then a city senator until he retired in 1875.
See also
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Bremer_Senatorenhttp://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Bremer_B%C3%BCrgermeister
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geschichte_der_Stadt_Bremen
Wer liegt wo? Prominente auf Bremer Friedhöfen by Thomas Schaefer;Siepmann und Kurze. Bremen, 1998 ISBN=3-933410-00-2
Ehmck: Arnold Duckwitz. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 48, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, pp. 133–140.
Friedrich Prüser: Arnold Duckwitz. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, p. 151 f.
External links
- Radio Bremen (realmedia) – As Time Goes By (Arnold Duckwitz)