Heinrich von Friedberg (27 January 1813 – 2 June 1895) was a German jurist and statesman. Friedberg was born in Märkisch Friedland in

West Prussia The Province of West Prussia (german: Provinz Westpreußen; csb, Zôpadné Prësë; pl, Prusy Zachodnie) was a province of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and 1878 to 1920. West Prussia was established as a province of the Kingdom of Prussia in 177 ...

. He studied law at the

University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative ...

, earning his degree in 1836. He was attached to the

Kammergericht The Kammergericht (KG) is the ''Oberlandesgericht'', the highest state court, for the city-state of Berlin, Germany. As an ordinary court according to the German Courts Constitution Act (''Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz''), it deals with criminal a ...

at Berlin, where he became district attorney in 1848. Transferred to

Greifswald Greifswald (), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (german: Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald, Low German: ''Griepswoold'') is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rosto ...

, he was appointed (1850) attorney, and became privatdozent at the university. In 1854 he was called to the Prussian Department of Justice in Berlin. He became a member of the

Prussian House of Lords The Prussian House of Lords (german: Preußisches Herrenhaus) in Berlin was the upper house of the Landtag of Prussia (german: Preußischer Landtag), the parliament of Prussia from 1850 to 1918. Together with the lower house, the House of Re ...

(1872); assistant secretary of the Prussian Department of Justice (1873); "Kronsyndikus" (treasurer of the crown of Prussia (1875); German secretary of justice (''Reichsjustizminister'') (1876); and received the same portfolio for Prussia (1879). In 1888 he was knighted and decorated with the Prussian

Order of the Black Eagle The Order of the Black Eagle (german: Hoher Orden vom Schwarzen Adler) was the highest order of chivalry in the Kingdom of Prussia. The order was founded on 17 January 1701 by Elector Friedrich III of Brandenburg (who became Friedrich I, King ...

by Emperor Frederick III. He resigned from his official positions in 1889. Friedberg became a

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early in his career. He died in Berlin. Among his works may be mentioned "''Entwurf einer Deutschen Strafprozessordnung''", Berlin, 1873

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* 1813 births 1895 deaths People from Mirosławiec Jurists from Berlin Members of the Prussian House of Lords Academic staff of the University of Greifswald German untitled nobility German Lutherans Converts to Protestantism from Judaism 19th-century German Jews People from West Prussia 19th-century Lutherans Justice ministers of Prussia {{Germany-politician-stub

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