Adam of Aretin

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Johann Adam Freiherr von Aretin

Johann Adam Freiherr von Aretin (born August 27, 1769 in Ingolstadt , † August 16, 1822 at Haidenburg Castle , Lower Bavaria ) was a German politician in the Kingdom of Bavaria .

Live and act

He came from the family of the Barons von Aretin . In 1783 he graduated from the electoral grammar school in Munich (today Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich ) as Primus and then began studying law at the University of Ingolstadt at the age of 14 . In 1785 he had to leave the university and the country because of his contacts with the Illuminati Order. In 1788 he was accepted into the Bavarian civil service and quickly rose. When the French marched in in 1796, was with the fleeing court of the elector and his government. In 1798 he was appointed Vice Chancellor.

From 1802 he was general commissioner responsible for the secularization of the previously independent Hochstift Freising . Later, the date for came Archbishopric of Salzburg belonging Mühldorf his remit. In 1808 he came to the legislative commission and created the Bavarian feudal law as Oberlehnhofkommissar. In the same time, the first modern topographic map of Bavaria was created under his leadership. In 1811 he acquired the Aldersbach monastery, which had been abandoned by secularization, and the Aldersbach brewery .

His draft constitution dates from 1814. For a short time he was General Commissioner to Aschaffenburg . Between 1814 and 1817 he campaigned for Bavaria to become a member of the German Confederation in the Foreign Affairs Committee . From 1817 he was the successor of Aloys von Rechberg as Bavarian envoy to the Bundestag (German Confederation) , who appointed him to the constitutional commission. Since 1807 he was an honorary member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

Baron Aretin died shortly before his 53rd birthday at Haidenburg Castle in Lower Bavaria.

literature

  • Karl Theodor von Heigel:  Aretin, Adam Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 517 f.
  • Sebastian Gleixner: The incorporation of Freising into the Electorate of Bavaria 1802-1804. In: Hubert Glaser (Hrsg.): Freising becomes Bavarian. Administrative history and biographical studies at the turn of 1802 (= collective sheet of the historical association Freising. Volume 37). Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2002, ISBN 3-7954-1506-3 , p. 33.
  • Hans-Michael Körner, Bruno Jahn: Large Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia. Volume 1. De Gruyter Saur, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-598-11460-5 , p. 58.

Web links

Remarks

  1. ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich. 4 vols., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 3, p. 170.
  2. ^ Tobias C. Bringmann: Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815-1963: Foreign Heads of Mission in Germany and German Heads of Mission abroad from Metternich to Adenauer. Berlin 2001, p. 35.
  3. ↑ Member entry by Adam Freiherr von Aretin at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on December 17, 2016.
predecessor Office successor
Aloys von Rechberg Bavarian envoy in Frankfurt am Main
1817–1822 		Christian Hubert von Pfeffel
personal data
SURNAME Aretin, Adam of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aretin, Johann Adam Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1769
PLACE OF BIRTH Ingolstadt
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 1822
Place of death Haidenburg Castle