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Max von Neumayr (born 29 July 1808 in
His grave is located in the
Estate of the von Neumayr Family in the Staatliche Bibliothek Regensburg
(PDF; 204 kB) (in German)
(in German) {{Authority control 1808 births 1881 deaths German jurists Members of the Frankfurt Parliament Politicians from Munich 19th-century German politicians 19th-century German lawyers
Max von Neumayr (born 29 July 1808 in Munich
Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...
; died 14 January 1881 in Munich) was a German administrative lawyer and parliamentarian in the Kingdom of Bavaria. For a short time, he served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Bavaria
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Biography
Max von Neumayr was the son of State Councillor and later General Director in the Ministry of Finance, Clement von Neumayr (1766–1829). His younger brother was Ludwig von Neumayr, a judge. He attended the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich. After completing secondary school, he studiedlaw
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and philosophy
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at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...
from 1826 to 1831. In 1827, he became an active member of the Corps Bavaria Munich.
In 1836, Neumayr joined the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior as a secretary. He was promoted to Ministerial Secretary (Regierungsassessor) in 1841 and then to Ministerial Assessor (Regierungsrat) in 1842. In 1847, he moved to the Ministry of Culture as an Oberstudienrat; by the time of the German revolutions of 1848–1849
The German revolutions of 1848–1849 (), the opening phase of which was also called the March Revolution (), were initially part of the Revolutions of 1848 that broke out in many European countries. They were a series of loosely coordinated p ...
, he served as a Ministerialrat in that ministry.
From 27 May 1848 to 7 May 1849, he was a deputy in the Frankfurt National Assembly
The Frankfurt National Assembly () was the first freely elected parliament for all German states, including the German-populated areas of the Austrian Empire, elected on 1 May 1848 (see German federal election, 1848).
The session was held fr ...
for the constituency of Burghausen. There, he supported the Greater German solution. In 1849, he was assigned to handle diplomatic affairs in the Kingdom of Württemberg
The Kingdom of Württemberg ( ) was a German state that existed from 1806 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Electorate of Württemberg, which existed from 1803 to 1806.
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, becoming chargé d’affaires in 1850 and Minister Resident
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in Stuttgart
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in 1859.
Neumayr returned to Munich in 1859 to become Minister of the Interior in the cabinet under Karl von Schrenck. During the ministerial crisis of 1864, he temporarily also administered the Ministry of the Royal Household and Foreign Affairs (which included the chairmanship of the Council of Ministers), following Karl von Schrenck’s departure. That crisis eventually ended with the reappointment of Ludwig von der Pfordten to that position on 31 December 1864 and led to Neumayr’s resignation (tendered on 4 November 1865) as Interior Minister.
At the insistence of composer Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most o ...
in the autumn of 1866, King Ludwig II of Bavaria
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appointed Neumayr as Cabinet Secretary; however, by the end of the year, Neumayr asked to be relieved of this office. In 1868, he was elected to the Zollparlament representing Reichstagswahlkreis Oberbayern 7. He spent much of his later life on his estate near Miesbach
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Max von Neumayr died in Munich in 1881 at the age of 72.
Grave
His grave is located in the Alter Südfriedhof
The Alter Südfriedhof (''Old South Cemetery'') also known as "Alter Südlicher Friedhof" is a cemetery in Munich, Germany. It was founded by Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, Duke Albrecht V as a plague cemetery in 1563 about half a kilometer so ...
in Munich (Mauer Rechts Platz 242/243 at grave field 14).
Descendants
He was the father of the paleontologistMelchior Neumayr
Melchior Neumayr (24 October 1845 – 29 January 1890) was an palaeontologist from Austria-Hungary and the son of Max von Neumayr, a Bavarian Minister of State. He specialized on the Jurassic and Cretaceous of the Alps. Neumayr introduced the co ...
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Honors
* Commander’s Cross of the Württembergian Order of the Crown (Michaelorden) (1859) * Grand Cross of the WürttembergFriedrich Order
The Friedrich Order ( or ''Friedrichsorden'') was an order of merit of the German Kingdom of Württemberg. It was instituted on 1 January 1830 by the second king of Württemberg, Wilhelm I in remembrance of his father, King Friedrich I. In 1918, ...
(1859)
Literature
*References
External links
Estate of the von Neumayr Family in the Staatliche Bibliothek Regensburg
(PDF; 204 kB) (in German)
(in German) {{Authority control 1808 births 1881 deaths German jurists Members of the Frankfurt Parliament Politicians from Munich 19th-century German politicians 19th-century German lawyers