Gustav Adolph Ackermann

Gustav Adolph Ackermann (16 January 1791 – 19 February 1872) was a German lawyer and author of a notable book on European knightly orders.

Ackermann was born in Auerbach in Vogtland, Saxony. He was ''Königlich Sachsischer Appelationsrat'' oyal Saxon appeal councillorat the courthouse in Dresden, Saxony and a great connoisseur of the 19th-century and medieval German and European knightly orders.

In 1855 his ''Ordensbuch'' rders bookappeared in Annaberg with the subtitle ''Sämtlicher in Europa blühender und erloschener Orden und Ehrenzeichen'' omplete gathering of flourishing and extinct orders and honorific decorations in Europe Despite its title, the book is not a complete description of orders and decorations, but it is a valuable resource for researchers.

As a lawyer he also published in his field. In 1849 his ''Rechtssätze aus Erkenntnissen des Königl. Oberappelationsgerichts zu Dresden'' aw sets about findings of royal high appeal court in Dresden a work on the then applicable jurisprudence, appeared in Saxony. He died in Dresden on February 19, 1872.

Works

*

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ackermann, Gustav
1791 births
1872 deaths
People from Auerbach (Vogtland)
Jurists from Saxony
19th-century German lawyers
19th-century German jurists