Adolph Franz

Adolph Franz (born December 21, 1842 in Langenbielau , Reichenbach district , Silesia ; † November 6, 1916 in Baden-Baden ) was a German Catholic theologian , editor and politician of the Center Party .

Life

Franz attended the Catholic grammar school in Glatz , where he passed the Abitur. He then studied theology at the Universities of Breslau and Münster , which he completed with a doctorate in theology . After his ordination in 1867, he was given a chaplaincy in Sprottau .

Later he was appointed to the repetition of the episcopal Konvikt in Breslau. Between 1872 and 1873 he was editor-in-chief of the Catholic-oriented Schlesische Volkszeitung . He performed the same function from 1874 to 1877 at the Silesian Church Gazette. Between 1878 and 1881 he succeeded Paul Majunke as editor-in-chief of Germania , one of the leading Catholic daily newspapers based in Berlin. He owed this position in particular to the advocacy of Ludwig Windthorst .

In Breslau he was canon from 1882 to 1892 as well as councilor of the prince-bishop's secret chancellery and curator of various orphanages.

Franz was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives for the Center Party between 1875 and 1882 . In a substitute election on September 18, 1876, he was elected to the German Reichstag in the constituency of Opole 3 (Großstrehlitz - Kosel) , to which he belonged until his resignation on February 23, 1892. During the great miners' strike in the Ruhr area in 1889 , he showed understanding for the miners despite his own economic interests in mining. In the context of the trade union dispute after the turn of the century, he was on the side of the integralists of the Berlin direction.
During the Kulturkampf , Franz was a vehement opponent of Otto von Bismarck , whom he repeatedly attacked as a member of parliament and even more so in polemical newspaper articles. The resulting charges often resulted in fines and even imprisonment.

When Robert Herzog was appointed Prince-Bishop of Breslau in 1882 , he brought Franz to the Breslau Cathedral and appointed him a member of the cathedral chapter . Prince-Bishop Georg von Kopp also served Franz as an advisor.

In 1893 he moved to Gmunden in Austria. In 1907 he was appointed honorary professor for liturgy in Munich . Most recently he lived in Baden-Baden. From a scientific point of view, he has particularly researched the medieval liturgy.

Honors

Publications (selection)

M. Aurelius Cassiodorius [sic!] Senator. A contribution to the history of theological literature . Breslau 1872 ( online )
Johannes Baptista Baltzer . A contribution to the recent history of the Diocese of Wroclaw . 1873
Heinrich Förster , Prince-Bishop of Breslau . 1875
The Catholic Church Property . 1875
The church policy of Frederick II of Prussia . 1878
Mixed marriages in Silesia. Edited by the Görres Society for the Care of Science in Catholic Germany. GP Aderholz, Breslau 1878 (dedicated to "Sr. Princely Grace the Most Revered Prince-Bishop of Breslau Dr. Heinrich Förster")
Matthias von Liegnitz and Nicolaus Stör von Schweidnitz. Two Silesian theologians from the 14th / 15th centuries Century. In: Der Katholik 78 = 3. F. 17 (1898), pp. 1–25 ( online )
The fair in the German Middle Ages. Contributions to the history of the liturgy and popular religious life . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1902 ( online ); Reprint Darmstadt 1963
The ritual of St. Florian . 1904
Three German Minorite preachers from the 13th and 14th centuries . 1907
The church benedictions in the Middle Ages . 2 volumes, Freiburg im Breisgau 1909; Reprint Graz 1960
The ritual of Bishop Henry I of Breslau . 1912

literature

Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Franz, Adolph. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 111. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )
Walther Killy (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-23163-6 (Vol. 3, p. 413)
Bernhard Stasiewski: Franz, Adolf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 373 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Literature by and about Adolph Franz in the catalog of the German National Library
Adolph Franz in the database of members of the Reichstag
Biography of Adolph Franz . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)

Individual evidence

^ Mann, Bernhard (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne . Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 135 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3); for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 337-339.
^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1907. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd edition supplemented by an appendix. Addendum. The Reichstag election of 1907 (12th legislative period). Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1908, p. 85; compare also Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890–1918. Alliances, results, candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 15). Half volume 1, Droste, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 391-394.

personal data
SURNAME	Franz, Adolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theologian, editor and politician (center), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	December 21, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH	Langenbielau , Reichenbach District (Owl Mountains) , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	November 6, 1916
Place of death	Baden-Baden

[1] Mann, Bernhard (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne . Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 135 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3); for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 337-339.

[2] Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1907. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd edition supplemented by an appendix. Addendum. The Reichstag election of 1907 (12th legislative period). Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1908, p. 85; compare also Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890–1918. Alliances, results, candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 15). Half volume 1, Droste, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 391-394.