Carl Anton von Krafft
Carl Anton von Krafft (born November 18, 1743 in Ehingen an der Donau , † March 19, 1830 in Mainz ; actually Carl Anton Reichsfreiherr Krafft von Festenberg on Frohnberg ) was senior magistrate and district judge of the county of Nellenburg .
Life
Krafft completed his studies at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau in 1763 with a doctorate in law, in 1767 he became Hofrat and Oberamtmann in the Cistercian monastery of Heiligkreuztal . In 1770 , Empress Maria Theresa raised him to the hereditary nobility for his services to the “Vorderösterreichische Lande” . He was with Antonia Philippina, geb. Freiin von Tautphoeus , daughter of the princely councilor and Lord von Schlachtegg , baron Gottfried Jacob von Tautphoeus (* 1714, † 1781), married. His marriage had a daughter and two sons.
In 1781, Carl Anton Krafft von Festenberg on Frohnberg , as he was now called by his full name, bought the Zizenhausen inheritance and the "Spohnsche Haus" in Stockach and made this his residence. Commissioned in 1782 to abolish several monasteries, in 1783 he was appointed by Emperor Joseph II as district judge of the Landgraviate of Nellenburg and Madach .
During the Second French Revolutionary War and after the Battle of Ostrach (1799), Archduke Karl of Austria set up his headquarters in the house of Carl Anton von Krafft in Stockach. As a member of the Imperial Knighthood of the Upper Austrian canton of Hegau and lord of the Zizenhausen manor, he built Zizenhausen Castle in 1785 . After the ceremony a high award, in 1800, on behalf of the Emperor for its exemplary organization of national defense, he was on 7 April 1805 by Emperor Franz II. Into the realm baron conditions applicable.
With the transition of the Upper Austrian Landgraviate of Nellenburg to the Kingdom of Württemberg (in 1806 after the Peace of Pressburg between France and Austria) he became the "Royal Württemberg secret councilor", and after his retirement he moved to his son Josef Anton von Krafft ( * 1782), kk lieutenant colonel, to Mainz , where he died on March 19, 1830.
literature
- Karl Werner Steim: "From Enlightenment to Repeal - The End of the Heiligkreuztal Monastery", "BC - Heimatkundliche Blätter", production and publisher: Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei GmbH & Co.KG, 88400 Biberach, special issue 1/2005, 28th year. 2005, page 46 u. 47, ISSN 1430-9475
- Kurt Schmid: "Zizenhausen. The youngest community in the Landgraviate of Nellenburg". City of Stockach (Ed.), Primo Verlag, A. Stähle, Stockach, 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-030815-4 (Hegau Library, Volume 143)
- Edwin Ernst Weber (Ed.): Monasteries in the Sigmaringen district in the past and present , art publisher Josef Fink, Lindenberg i. Allgäu 2005, ISBN 3-89870-190-5 , p. 324 ff.
- Württemberg nobility and coat of arms book, written by Otto v. Alberti, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1889–1898, 1st volume, p. 419 ff.
- Süddeutscher Adelsheros, ("History and genealogy of the nobility in the Grand Duchy of Baden"), Fr. Cast, Second Section, First Volume, Verlag JFCast'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart 1845, p. 272 ff
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krafft, Carl Anton von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carl Anton Krafft from Festenberg on Frohnberg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chief magistrate and district judge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1743 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ehingen on the Danube |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1830 |
| Place of death | Mainz |