Benedict Jacob Römer-Büchner

Benedict Jacob Römer-Büchner (born May 5, 1792 in Frankfurt am Main ; † April 28, 1863 there ) was a German lawyer and local historian .

After completing his law degree, Römer worked as an accessist from the end of 1815 , i.e. without salary, in the Frankfurt city registry, which later became the city archive . After the engagement to the daughter of the lay judge and Syndikus Büchner, Römer applied for a permanent position as a second archivist, but the creation of this position was not approved. His application for the office of land clerk and court clerk for the city of Frankfurt am Main, which he held from August 1818 until his death, was more successful . He published numerous treatises on the history of Frankfurt and its surroundings and collected art and antiquities, the latter mostly from Heddernheim . After Römer-Büchner's death, this collection was sold to the Count of Solms-Rödelheim.

Works (selection)

Monographs

De testamentis ordinandis inprimis ex reformatione Francofurtana , Diss. Jur. Giessen 1814 ( digitized version ).
Directory of stones and animals which are found in the area of the Free City of Frankfurt and its nearest bypass. 1827 ( digitized ).
The seals of the German emperors, kings and opposing kings. 1851 ( digitized ).
The development of the city constitution and the citizens' associations of the city of Frankfurt am Main. 1855 ( digitized version ).
The electoral and coronation church of the German emperors at St. Bartholomäi in Frankfurt am Main. 1857 ( digitized ), 1858 ( digitized )
The bailiwick dishes. A contribution to German legal history. 1859 ( digitized version ).

Essays

Bonames. Castle and spots. In: Archive for Frankfurt's History and Art , New Series, Issue 10 (1862), pp. 167–237 ( digitized in the Google book search).

literature

Reinhard Frost: Römer (called R.-Büchner), Jacob Benedict. In: Wolfgang Klötzer (Ed.): Frankfurter Biographie . Personal history lexicon . Second volume. M – Z (= publications of the Frankfurt Historical Commission . Volume XIX , no. 2 ). Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-7829-0459-1 . P. 205.
Wolfgang Leesch : The German archivists 1500–1945. Volume 2: Biographical Lexicon. Saur, Munich a. a. 1992, ISBN 3-598-10605-X .
Wilhelm Stricker: Römer, Jacob Benedict . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 29, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 125 f.
Obituary in the section “On the daily history of Frankfurt” , Frankfurter Nachrichten of May 6, 1863, p. 421 .

Web links

Publications by Benedict Jacob Römer-Büchner in the OPAC of the Regesta Imperii

Remarks

^ Rudolf Jung: The Frankfurt City Archives. Its holdings and its history. Baer, Frankfurt 1909 (publications by the Historical Commission of the City of Frankfurt a. M., I), p. 348 and p. 354–355; Wolfgang Leesch: The German archivists 1500–1945. Volume 2, Saur, Munich a. a. 1992, p. 494.
^ Wilhelm Stricker: Römer, Jacob Benedict . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 29, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 125 f .; Reinhard Frost: Römer (called R.-Büchner), Jacob Benedict. In: Wolfgang Klötzer (Ed.): Frankfurter Biographie. Personal history lexicon. Second volume M - Z. Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1996 ISBN 3-7829-0459-1 (Publications of the Frankfurt Historical Commission, XIX / 2), p. 205; Wolfgang Leesch: The German archivists 1500–1945. Volume 2, Saur, Munich a. a. 1992, p. 494.

personal data
SURNAME	Römer-Büchner, Benedict Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and local historian
DATE OF BIRTH	May 5, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH	April 28, 1863
Place of death	Frankfurt am Main

[1] Rudolf Jung: The Frankfurt City Archives. Its holdings and its history. Baer, Frankfurt 1909 (publications by the Historical Commission of the City of Frankfurt a. M., I), p. 348 and p. 354–355; Wolfgang Leesch: The German archivists 1500–1945. Volume 2, Saur, Munich a. a. 1992, p. 494.

[2] Wilhelm Stricker: Römer, Jacob Benedict . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 29, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 125 f .; Reinhard Frost: Römer (called R.-Büchner), Jacob Benedict. In: Wolfgang Klötzer (Ed.): Frankfurter Biographie. Personal history lexicon. Second volume M - Z. Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1996 ISBN 3-7829-0459-1 (Publications of the Frankfurt Historical Commission, XIX / 2), p. 205; Wolfgang Leesch: The German archivists 1500–1945. Volume 2, Saur, Munich a. a. 1992, p. 494.