Bertram, Philipp Anton Jacob

Lawyer, politician

Born: 12.11.1812 in Winkel

died: 06.04.1899 in Wiesbaden

Bertram already came into contact with politics at home, as his father, the wine merchant Peter Jacob Franz Bertram (1779-1857), was a member of the Nassau State Assembly of Deputies. Bertram studied law in Heidelberg, graduating with a doctorate in 1833.

In 1836 he entered the Nassau civil service. In 1844 he was appointed government councillor, and in 1848 ministerial councillor. As a consultant, he played a leading role in the formulation of the Stockbuch Act of 1851 and the Domain Act of 1861. In 1858, he was appointed Director of the Nassau Chamber of Accounts. Five years later, he was given the same position at the Nassauische Landesbank. In 1864, Bertram became Director of the Court and Court of Appeal in Wiesbaden. After the annexation of the Duchy of Nassau, he was Vice President of the Prussian Court of Appeal in Wiesbaden for two years.

Bertram wrote numerous legal works, including "Das nassauische Privatrecht" (1873), "Das nassauische Familien- und Vormundschaftsrecht" (1876), "Die nassauische Gemeindeordnung" (1876), "Die nassauische Gemeindegesetzgebung" (1887).

From 1852-54 he was a member of the First Chamber of the Duchy of Nassau for constituency I (Rennerod). In Prussian times, Bertram was a city councillor in Wiesbaden from 1868. From 1878 to 1899, he was a member of the Nassau Municipal Parliament as a representative of the Wiesbaden city district and was its senior president from 1886-99.

For his services, he was appointed the first honorary citizen of Wiesbaden in 1892. In the same year, he became an honorary citizen of Hachenburg. A street in Wiesbaden is named after him.