Andreas Buchner (historian)

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Portrait by Andreas Buchner (around 1830)

Andreas Buchner (born November 28, 1776 in Altheim near Essenbach ; † December 13, 1854 in Munich ) was a German theologian , historian and classical philologist . He became known for his multi-volume story of Bavaria .

Life

Joseph Andreas Buchner was born in Altheim, today a suburb of Essenbach in Lower Bavaria . His parents, who owned half a farm there, designated Buchner for the clergy. He first attended the grammar school in Landshut and then came to Ingolstadt . There he finished his philosophical studies in autumn 1796. After completing his humanistic studies at Georgianum in Munich he received on September 23, 1798 minor orders and he was on 1 September 1799 in Regensburg for priests ordained.

Back in Altheim, Buchner initially became a temporary priest. On February 29, 1800 appointed supernumerar, he received an associated chaplaincy , which he entrusted until 1804. He turned down a call from the theological faculty in Königsberg as well as his appointment to the Regens of the Georgianum and in 1804 preferred a professorship at the Lyceum in Dillingen . One of his first works, Das Wesen und die Formen der Religion , appeared there in 1805, and a second, completely revised edition was published in Landshut in 1809. In it and in another paper on knowledge and philosophy (1806) he called for a scientific justification of religious questions. In 1808 his textbook on the theory of reason followed. These publications caused a sensation. On October 29, 1811 Buchner became professor of history at the Lyceum in Regensburg. He began with archaeological and historical studies and published other writings. In 1820 the first volume of his main work in the history of Bavaria was published , which met with great approval. For the continuation of this project he received 150 guilders from the cabinet from King Maximilian I in October 1821 and a commemorative medal from Queen Caroline in November of the same year .

In addition to his work as a historian, Buchner also took on philosophical lectures at the Lyceum. After he had submitted the manuscript for the third volume to the historical department of the Academy of Sciences in Munich in 1822 , which led to the Roman Limes in Bavaria, he was offered a transfer to the state capital and a raise. In October of the same year he received permission to study for four months in the Reich Archives .

After Buchner had written a 20 ducat prize-winning paper on historical jurisdiction for the Academy in 1823, the recommendation to move to Munich was repeated. In August 1824 he became a corresponding member of the academy and in October he was transferred to the Munich Lyceum. In 1825 the Academy of Sciences appointed him an extraordinary member and in 1826 he became an extraordinary professor for Bavarian history at the University , which had moved from Landshut to Munich . On January 30, 1827 he received an honorary degree as a doctor of philosophy and in October 1828 full professor . In 1835 he was appointed a full member of the Academy. He is continuing work on his work on the history of Bavaria, which lasted until the reign of King Ludwig I and appeared in ten volumes. In 1840 he appointed Buchner to the royal clergy .

The philosophical lectures and studies led to his principles of philosophy, published in 1843 and 1844, which dealt with logic and metaphysics as well as morality and legal philosophy. Andreas Buchner died of cholera on December 13, 1854 at the age of 78 in Munich . He was buried in the Old Southern Cemetery in Munich, the grave site is in the grave field 36 - row 12 - place 18/19 location .

Further honors

Works (selection)

  • The essence and forms of religion. 1805 and 1809
  • The first principles of ethics. 1807
  • Journey on the Devil's Wall. 1818
  • Travel on the Devil's Wall. 1821-1831
  • General history textbook. 1827-1830
  • Charter of Bavaria at the time of the Romans. 1831
  • New contributions to patriotic history, geography and statistics. 1832
  • History of Bavaria. 1820-1855

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Andreas Buchner  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Körner "The Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art and its Members" in: Journal for Bavarian State History, Vol. 47 (1984), pp. 299–398. Online at: http://periodika.digitale-sammlungen.de/zblg/kapitel/zblg47_kap28
personal data
SURNAME Buchner, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buchner, Joseph Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1776
PLACE OF BIRTH Altheim near Essenbach
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1854
Place of death Munich