Barnabas Mattes

Barnabas Mattes

Barnabas Mattes (born February 26, 1805 in Nendingen ; † August 2, 1881 there ) was a member of the Württemberg state parliament and long-time mayor of Nendingen.

Political career

Barnabas Mattes was already the mayor and council clerk of the Nendingen community at the age of 25 . In September 1845 he was elected to the committee of the agricultural district association, which was an important political force at the time, and was confirmed in this position in 1847. In 1846 he was proposed as a member of the state parliament, but refused "under the current circumstances" ( Vormärz ).

In March 1848 , Barnabas Mattes had problems with state power because he showed "revolutionary tendencies". After the political change this year, Mattes decided to run for the newly created democratic state parliament. In the election in May 1848 he had to admit defeat to Wolfgang Menzel from Stuttgart . He then expressed “deeply touched thanks” to the voters and justified his defeat in the “over 60% share of evangelists in the Tuttlingen Oberamts district , to whom he was described ultramontaneously , and in the fact that Oberamtmann Hörner had not recommended him in any way. Nevertheless he wanted to fight regionally for his social ideas and the improvement of the situation of the rural population in the future . "

To a change in the law initiated by Mattes on the question of the tithe obligation , the Oberamtmann Hörner reacted with the warning of "the worst consequences, who would encourage the unlawful steps of the tithe." But this did not dissuade Mattes from his goal. Among other things, this is what Mattes makes a name for itself throughout the district .

On August 2, 1849, the election for the constitutional assembly took place, in which he was able to unite 1019 of 2042 votes. As a representative of the Tuttlingen District Office, after the opening of this meeting on December 4, 1849, he took part in the deliberations on a new Württemberg constitution.

In the state elections in April 1851 he lost the election against the senior tribunal councilor von Teuffel from Stuttgart as Tuttlinger representative in the state parliament , after a strong mood against him because of his critical attitude towards the king .

In the elections that took place in December 1855, Mattes lost against the Tuttling senior clerk Karl Friedrich Leypoldt with 270 to 333 votes. In total there were 667 people entitled to vote ( census voting rights : possessing male citizens) with over 25,000 inhabitants.

In 1859 he also gave up the office of mayor, although he continued to be a combative and recognized personality in the village and is still considered the most politically committed Nendinger to this day.

Private life

Barnabas Mattes was the father-in-law of German Wolf through his daughter Maria . His granddaughter Johanna was the wife of Georg Betzler .

literature

• Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 546 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gränzbote of May 26, 1848
2. ↑ Gränzbote of June 27, 1848