Ludwig Carl Christian Gisbert Friedrich von Bodelschwingh auf Velmede (10 December 1800 – 12 May 1873) was a

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...

n politician. Von Bodelschwingh-Velmede was born in Velmede, near Hamm in the

County of Mark The County of Mark (german: Grafschaft Mark, links=no, french: Comté de La Marck, links=no colloquially known as ) was a county and state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle. It lay on both sides of the Ruhr Rive ...

as the son of Franz Christoph Gisbert Friedrich Wilhelm von Bodelschwingh, Herr auf Velmede (1754–1827) and his wife Friederike Charlotte Sophie Wilhelmine Henriette von Bodelschwingh, née Freiin von Plettenberg. After serving as a one-year volunteer in the

Guards Rifles Battalion The Guards Rifles Battalion (German: ''Garde- Schützen-Bataillon''; French: ''Bataillon des Tirailleurs de la Garde''; nicknamed: ''Neuchâteller'' in High German; ''Neffschandeller'' in Berlin German dialect) was an infantry unit of the Prussi ...

he studied law, and then entered public life, serving in a string of posts from 1837–45: as ''Landtag'' in Hamm, ''Oberregierungsrat'' in Minden, vice-president of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Münster, and president of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Arnsberg. In 1849 he entered politics at the Prussian level, entering the '' Abgeordnetenhaus'' (the Prussian lower house) as a conservative delegate. He served as

Finance Minister A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", ...

from 1851–58 under

Otto Theodor von Manteuffel Otto Theodor von Manteuffel (3 February 1805 – 26 November 1882) was a conservative Prussian statesman, serving nearly a decade as prime minister. Biography Born into an aristocratic family in Lübben (Spreewald), Manteuffel attended the Lande ...

and again from 1862–66 under Otto von Bismarck. He resigned in 1866 from an unwillingness to take on the responsibility of procuring funds for the Austro-Prussian War. His brother,

Ernst von Bodelschwingh-Velmede Ernst Albert Karl Wilhelm Ludwig von Bodelschwingh auf Velmede (26 November 179418 May 1854) was a Prussian politician. Von Bodelschwingh-Velmede was born in Velmede, near Hamm in the County of Mark as the son of Franz Christoph Gisbert Friedrich ...

, was also active in Prussian politics.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bodelschwingh-Velmede, Karl von 1800 births 1873 deaths People from Hamm People from the County of Mark German Protestants German Conservative Party politicians Finance ministers of Prussia Members of the Prussian House of Representatives Members of the 1st Reichstag of the German Empire