Christian Friedrich Scharnweber, born 10 February 1770 in Weende and died 1822 in

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, was a

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n officer. He was the state councillor of

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from 1817 onwards, and had considerable influence over

Karl August von Hardenberg Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg (31 May 1750, in Essenrode-Lehre – 26 November 1822, in Genoa) was a Prussian statesman and Prime Minister of Prussia. While during his late career he acquiesced to reactionary policies, earlier in his career ...

Barbara Vogel, ''Preußische Reformen 1807–1820'', Meisenheim, 1980, p. 14.

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