Ludwig Carl Christian Gisbert Friedrich von Bodelschwingh auf Velmede (10 December 1800 – 12 May 1873) was a Prussian politician. Von Bodelschwingh-Velmede was born in Velmede, near

Hamm Hamm (, Latin: ''Hammona'') is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northeastern part of the Ruhr area. As of 2016 its population was 179,397. The city is situated between the A1 motorway and A2 motorway. Hamm railwa ...

in the County of Mark as the son of Franz Christoph Gisbert Friedrich Wilhelm von Bodelschwingh, Herr auf Velmede (1754–1827) and his wife Friederike Charlotte Sophie Wilhelmine Henriette von Bodelschwingh, née Freiin von Plettenberg. After serving as a one-year volunteer in the Guards Rifles Battalion he studied law, and then entered public life, serving in a string of posts from 1837–45: as ''Landtag'' in Hamm, ''Oberregierungsrat'' in

Minden Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the greatest town between Bielefeld and Hanover. It is the capital of the district (''Kreis'') of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detm ...

, vice-president of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Münster, and president of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Arnsberg. In 1849 he entered politics at the Prussian level, entering the '' Abgeordnetenhaus'' (the Prussian lower house) as a conservative delegate. He served as Finance Minister from 1851–58 under Otto Theodor von Manteuffel and again from 1862–66 under

Otto von Bismarck Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (, ; 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, was a conservative German statesman and diplomat. From his origins in the upper class of J ...

. He resigned in 1866 from an unwillingness to take on the responsibility of procuring funds for the

Austro-Prussian War The Austro-Prussian War, also by many variant names such as Seven Weeks' War, German Civil War, Brothers War or Fraternal War, known in Germany as ("German War"), (; "German war of brothers") and by a variety of other names, was fought in 186 ...

. His brother, Ernst von Bodelschwingh-Velmede, was also active in Prussian politics.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bodelschwingh-Velmede, Karl von 1800 births 1873 deaths People from Hamm People from the County of Mark German Protestants German Conservative Party politicians Finance ministers of Prussia Members of the Prussian House of Representatives Members of the 1st Reichstag of the German Empire