Politicians Heinrich Bernhard From Andlaw-Birseck (1802-1871): Letter Freiburg

You are bidding on one handwritten but unsigned letter of the Baden politician and Catholic leader Heinrich Bernhard von Andlaw-Birseck (1802-1871).

DatedFreiburg i.Br., 28. November 1841.

Among other things, about politics and Protestantism.

Addressed to his brother, theDiplomatsFranz Xaver von Andlaw-Birseck (1799-1876), Baden minister resident in Munich.

The end of the letter with the signature missing.

Transcription:"Already in 3 letters, dear Franz! You announce me a detailed letter, I hope with instructive notes, while this eagerly awaited lesson always fails to materialize. Whatever happens, I'll prepare myself as if the trip was going to take place. If it doesn't happen, at least I'll have some hope. I find it more and more difficult to leave home, which inevitably increases over the years to the point of immobility; therefore there is probably no time to waste. I would like to thank you very kindly for the pictures of the good aunt and uncle! However, this inheritance is a sad one in every respect, hopefully the final aftermath of an unfortunate administration. I now believe that with Hugstetten I will soon be at the stage where I can look at this beautiful property with pleasure, while for a long time the course of events there also filled me with disgust and made me desolate - of course I am in unpleasant battles, the result of which is in this country economy is in the dark.

On the 18th D. ordered Reck to be elected; the candidates are: Gustav Wittenbach, Otto Schönau, Constantin Roggenbach, Rudolph Berkheim, Adolph Rotberg, Leopold Böklin; It goes without saying that I don't choose any of these. My vote will be for Karl Lazereck{???}, whose departure one must regret, and will be an unknown quantity. I answered negatively to the numerous inquiries about myself.

The burial conflicts are to be deplored. Protestant accounts leave the claim on both sides. But if there are canonical rules for this, they must apply to the queen as well as to the beggar. The former certainly had wonderful characteristics, but under her, Protestantism in Baden took on an upswing that was at least not pleasing. That's why a leader should think about it all the more before he decides Unit who disturbs grief itself. If"

Although without a signature; However, the manuscript clearly comes from Heinrich Bernhard von Andlaw-Birseck.

Scope: three text pages, a blank page and an address page (21.3 x 13.5 cm).

Format (folded): 6.5 x 11.8 cm.

Posted; with postmarks and handwritten tax note.

Condition:Paper browned, with a tear in the edge through the letter opening (repaired with a small strip of tape). The end of the letter is missing. bplease note the pictures too!

Internal note: Kiefer 23-10 (2) folder Willlha Adel autograph autograph

OverHeinrich Bernhard von Andlaw-Birseck and the recipient (Source: wikipedia):

Franz Xaver Imperial Baron von Andlaw-Birseck (*6. October 1799 in Freiburg im Breisgau; † 4. September 1876 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe) was a Grand Ducal Chamberlain and Privy Councilor (II. class), as well as diplomat and envoy in Vienna.

Family: Von Andlaw-Birseck was a son of Baden minister and imperial baron Konrad Karl von Andlaw-Birseck (1763–1839) and his wife Sophie (née von Schakmin). His siblings were:

Maria Antonia (14. September 1801 – 28. August 1866), was senior chamberlain to the Grand Duchess of Baden ⚭ 1825 with August Freiherr von Roggenbach (20. February 1798 – 7. April 1854).

Heinrich Bernhard von Andlaw-Birseck (20. August 1802 – 3. March 1871), Baden politician, landlord of Bellingen and Hugstetten ⚭ 22. September 1828 with Antonie (née von Sternengg, * 3. February 1807). A daughter Marie Henrike Sigismunde (* 21. October 1830).

Maria Ferdinande Beatrix (* 6. March 1805) ⚭ 11. October 1826 with Max Freiherr von Breiten-Landenberg.

Life: Von Andlaw-Birseck studied law at the universities of Freiburg im Breisgau, Landshut and Heidelberg from 1815 to 1821 and then went on a grand tour through Italy, France and England. In 1824 he entered the Baden civil service, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Karlsruhe. During this time he and Katharina Hirsch married.

From 1826 to 1830 and again from 1832 to 1835 he was secretary of the Baden embassy in Vienna and in the meantime as legation councilor in Paris. In the years 1836 to 1837 he served as a councilor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Karlsruhe and went to Munich as ministerial resident in 1838, to Paris in 1843 and to Vienna as envoy extraordinary in 1846. Andlaw-Birseck retired in 1856 and since then lived mostly in Baden-Baden. As a devout Catholic, he also wrote various religious publications. He died on the 4th. September 1876 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe.

Awards

1834 Knight of Malta, Honorary Knight of the Order of Malta 3rd Class (MR)

12. November 1836 Grand Ducal Order of Hesse Commander 2nd Class (GHL)

1840/1848 Order of the Zähringer Lion 2nd Commander 1. Class, Star of the Zähringer Order of the Lion (1848)

1843 Order of Civil Merit of the Bavarian Crown 2nd Class (BCB)

Works (selection)

Memorabilia from a diplomat's papers. JD Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main 1857 (archive.org).

My diary, 1811-61. JD Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main 1862, 2 volumes (archive.org, archive.org).

The women in history. Mainz 1861, 2 volumes (books.google.de, books.google.de).

The Byzantine emperors, their palace and family histories. Florian Kupferberg, Mainz 1865 (books.google.de).

Seven holy princes. Georg Joseph Manz, Regensburg 1865 (opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de).

A gallery of famous popes. Woerl, Würzburg