Christian Theodor Overbeck (16 May 1818, in

Lübeck Lübeck (; or ; Latin: ), officially the Hanseatic League, Hanseatic City of Lübeck (), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 220,000 inhabitants, it is the second-largest city on the German Baltic Sea, Baltic coast and the second-larg ...

– 23 March 1880, in Lübeck) was a German

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and politician. His father was the lawyer and Court of Appeals judge,

Christian Gerhard Overbeck Christian Gerhard Overbeck (5 January 1784, Lübeck – 29 January 1846, Lübeck) was a German jurist and judge. Life and work Overbeck was born on 5 January 1784. He was the eldest of five children born to Christian Adolph Ov ...

. He studied at the

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, graduating in 1838. After studying law and obtaining his Doctorate, he became a lawyer and

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in 1843. He was appointed Secretary of the Lübeck Senate (City Council) in 1850 and was elected a Senator in 1870. During his tenure, he served as President of the Churchyard and Funeral Commission (1873–1880), the Deputation for the Poor (1871–1876) and the City Land Office (1878–1880). His collection of paintings and drawings by

Friedrich Overbeck Johann Friedrich Overbeck (3 July 1789 – 12 November 1869) was a German painter and a founder of the Nazarene art movement. Early life and education Overbeck was born in Lübeck in 1789. His family had been Protestant pastors for three genera ...

(his uncle) and

Theodor Rehbenitz Theodor Markus Rehbenitz (2 September 1791, Borstel, Schleswig-Holstein, Borstel - 19 February 1861, Kiel) was a German painter and draftsman, associated with the Nazarene movement. Life and work He was born on an estate where his father se ...

(his aunt's husband) was bequeathed to the city of Lübeck. They are currently held at the

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museum. He was married to Charlotte Krüger, the daughter of Senator .Emil Ferdinand Fehling: ''Lübeckische Ratslinie'', Lübeck 1925, # 986 The poet and

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Christian Adolph Overbeck Christian Adolph Overbeck (21 August 1755 in Lübeck – 9 March 1821 in Lübeck) was a German poet, and the Burgomaster of Lübeck. Life Family Overbeck was the son of the lawyer, Georg Christian Overbeck (1713–1786) and his wife Eleo ...

, was his grandfather.

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19th-century German lawyers German politicians 1818 births 1880 deaths Politicians from Lübeck {{Germany-politician-stub