Carl Wilhelm Thalbitzer (17 March 1801 - 11 September 1867) was a

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landowner and politician. He was a member of the 1848

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Early life

Thalbitzer was born in

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, the son of Consul Henry Talbitzer (1767–1818) and Sophie Dorothea Zinn (1774–1851). His maternal grand father was the wealthy

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-based merchant

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. He became exam.jur. in 1824.

Landowner and local politics

Thalbitzer purchased the estate Cathrinebjerg in the parish of Sengeløse in 1826 and nearby Frederiksholm in 1844. He was an excellent farmer. He chaired the local parish council in 1842–44. In 1842, he was a co-founder of the local association of farmers /''landboforening'') and in 1843 of ''Den Frisindede Landkommunalforening'' and served as its chairman in 1844–46). He was a member of the County Council in 1842–62.

National politics

Thalbitzer was in 1847 elected for Roskilde Provincial Assembly and later for the 1848

. He joined the

Society of the Friends of Peasants The Society of the Friends of Peasants ( da, Bondevennernes Selskab) was a liberal Danish political society founded on 5 May 1846 by members of the provincial consultative assemblies Johan Christian Drewsen and Balthazar Christensen, with the inte ...

and voted for a unicamerali model and

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. He became a board member of the Society of the Friends of Peasants in 1848–51 and was a member of the landsting from 1849 and 1864–66 also of rigsrådets landsting. He was a member of almost all committees related to agriculture. He left the Society of the Friends of Peasants in 1855 and later joined the National Liberal Party. He voted for the revised constitution in 1866. He was in 1851 a co-founder of Østifternes Kreditforening and served as president of its board of representatives until his death. He was also a co-founder of a local

folk high school Folk high schools (also ''Adult Education Center'', Danish: ''Folkehøjskole;'' Dutch: ''Volkshogeschool;'' Finnish: ''kansanopisto'' and ''työväenopisto'' or ''kansalaisopisto;'' German: ''Volkshochschule'' and (a few) ''Heimvolkshochschule;'' ...

which was later converted into an agricultural school.

Personal life

Thalbitzer, married Elisabeth Brøndsted (1804-1871, a daughter of provost Gerhard Johan Brøndsted (1773– 1846) and Charlotte Hedvig Fridsch (1777–1863), on 18 October 1826 in Asminderød Church. He died on 11 September 1867 and is buried at Frederiksberg Old Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thalbitzer, Carl Wilhelm 19th-century Danish landowners 19th-century Danish politicians People from Helsingør 1801 births 1867 deaths Members of the Constituent Assembly of Denmark 19th-century Danish farmers