You are bidding on one letterfrom 1883 out of Berlin.

TheDistrict Judge Moritz von Schaewen (listed as such in the Berlin address book) addresses the Berliner District judge Heinrich Althaus (1845-1894) and congratulates him on his engagement Marie von Dechend (1855-1917), a daughter of Reichsbank President Hermann von Dechend (1814-1890).

Rudolf Constanz Moritz from Schaewen was born around 1835 in Groß-Mausdorf (Marienburg district, West Prussia) as the son of the pastor Konrad Gustav Eduard von Schaewen and Anna Katharina, née. Bielefeldt (both died in Elbing). He married Sophie Julie Ambrosi and died on February 20, 1913 in Berlin as a retired district judge

1-page letter (18.3 x 11.4 cm) dated Berlin, 29. November 1883. -- With the original envelope.

Transcription: "Dear colleague! In response to the announcement I received, I have the honor to send you my warmest congratulations on your engagement. With best regards, M. v. Schaewen."

With beautiful embossed coat of arms “MvS”

Condition: paper slightly browned; Cover heavily stained. bitPlease also note the pictures!

Internal note: Althaus 2023-3 Novooo folder

About Hermann von Dechend (source: wikipedia):

Hermann Friedrich Alexander Dechend, from Dechend from 1865 (*2. April 1814 in Marienwerder, West Prussia; † 30. April 1890 in Berlin) was a German lawyer in the Prussian financial administration. He was the first president of the Reichsbank and sat on the Prussian State Council.

Life: Dechend was the son of the lawyer Theodor Dechend in Marienwerder. He married Adelgunde Wilke (* 20. November 1823 in Berlin; † 1915). His daughter Susanne (1859–1929) married Hugo von Kathen, who later became General of the Infantry, in Berlin in 1884.

Dechend attended the Marienwerder high school and graduated on the 17th. October 1834 the Abitur exam. He studied law and camera studies at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität. In 1835 he became a member, later an honorary member, of the Borussia Bonn Corps. After the exams, he first went to the regional and city courts, then to the higher regional court in Marienwerder. He moved to Prussia's internal administration and was a government trainee from 1837. He became a government assessor in 1841 and completed technical and commercial training in Berlin in 1844/45. In the province of Westphalia he worked for the government in Arnsberg in 1846 and in Münster in 1847. In 1848 he came to the main bank, but soon afterwards he was put in charge of the Prussian Loan Fund. In 1849 he became a government councilor in the Ministry of Commerce. From 1851 onwards he was a member of the main bank management board of the Prussian Bank. In 1853 he became Privy Chief Financial Officer. In 1863 he was promoted to vice president and finally to president of the Prussian Bank in 1864. He held the office of president until 1875. After the founding of the German Empire, Dechend was the first president of the newly founded German Reichsbank from 1876 to 1890, which took over the organization of the Prussian Bank to create a central bank.

The Prussian Bank essentially owed its development from a simple central bank to one of Europe's leading central banks to Dechend. Herrmann von Dechend was therefore significantly involved in creating the organizational requirements for the Reichsbank, which later emerged from the Prussian Bank. The banknotes of the Preußische Bank from 1867 to 1874 and the German Reichsbanknotes from 1876 to 1884 bear Dechend's signature.

From 1867 to 1869, Dechend was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives as a member of the Reich and Free Conservative Party (RFKP), and from 1872 until his death (1890) he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives. In 1884 he became a member of the State Council. Since 1877 he was the Imperial Privy Councilor. Because of his achievements, Dechend was appointed on the 12th. Raised to the Prussian nobility in June 1865.

Hermann von Dechend died in Berlin in 1890 at the age of 76 and was buried in Cemetery I of the Jerusalem and New Church in front of the Halle Gate. The grave has not been preserved.

Dechend attended the Marienwerder high school and graduated on the 17th. October 1834 the Abitur exam. He studied law and camera studies at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität. In 1835 he became a member, later an honorary member, of the Borussia Bonn Corps. After the exams, he first went to the regional and city courts, then to the higher regional court in Marienwerder. He moved to Prussia's internal administration and was a government trainee from 1837. He became a government assessor in 1841 and completed technical and commercial training in Berlin in 1844/45. In the province of Westphalia he worked for the government in Arnsberg in 1846 and in Münster in 1847. In 1848 he came to the main bank, but soon afterwards he was put in