Anton von Aries

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Family coat of arms on the tombstone in the old south cemetery in Munich

Anton Widder , from 1861 Ritter von Widder (born January 13, 1809 in Munich ; † June 22, 1893 ibid), was a German lawyer .

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Widder was the son of Government President Gabriel Bernhard von Widder (1774–1831) and his wife Anna Maria, née von Bonin; his grandfather Johann Goswin Widder (1734–1800) wrote a four-volume description of the Electoral Palatinate as a civil servant , which is still one of the fundamental sources in Palatinate historical research.

In 1827 Anton von Widder graduated from the (today's) Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich . He then studied law in Munich and Würzburg and entered the Bavarian administrative service.

From 1854 to 1870 he was the second legally qualified mayor of Munich. At the 13th German Catholic Day in Munich in 1861, Anton von Widder was one of the honorary members of the assembly. From 1858 to 1869 he served as prefect (chairman) of the Marian Congregation for Men at the Bürgersaal in Munich .

According to the grave inscription, he was the owner of the Knight's Cross of the Order of St. Michael and since 1861 the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown , which gave him the personal title of nobility.

Widder's grave is located in the Old Southern Cemetery in Munich (Gräberfeld 3 - Row 12 - Place 54).

Anton von Widder was married to Amalie, born in 1839. von Braunmühl (1818–1905).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vol., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 3, p. 277.
  2. ↑ Book scan from the commemorative publication for the Munich Katholikentag 1861, mentioning Anton von Widder as an honorary member .
  3. ^ Congregation website .
  4. ↑ Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria 1870, p. 21.
  5. ↑ Bayerische Landbötin , Munich, year 1839, p. 1152; (Digital scan) .
personal data
SURNAME Aries, Anton von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Widder, Anton Ritter von; Aries, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1893
Place of death Munich