Bruno Erhard Abegg (17 January 1803 – 16 December 1848) was a

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. Abegg was born in Elbing (Elbląg) in

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, where his father was a merchant and Privy TradeCouncil. Beginning in 1822, Abegg studied law at the universities of

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and

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, and practised in Danzig and

(now Gdańsk and Kaliningrad, respectively). In 1831, he purchased a manor in Fischhausen (now Primorsk), becoming head of this district on 23 April 1833. He then moved to Königsberg, where he became superintendent of the police. In 1835, he was given the title of Privy Council of the Government in Berlin and sent to Breslau (Wrocław). He became vice president of the ' (Commission of the Fifty) in

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. Later, he was a member of the National Assembly in Berlin, where he died of an illness. Abegg was a cousin of the criminalist Julius Friedrich Heinrich Abegg.

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1803 births 1848 deaths German police officers Heidelberg University alumni Members of the Prussian National Assembly People from Elbląg People from West Prussia University of Königsberg alumni {{Germany-politician-stub