Carl Scriba (politician)

Carl Scriba

Carl Scriba (also Karl Scriba ) (born January 1, 1823 in Dieburg , † December 9, 1883 in Friedberg , Grand Duchy of Hesse ) was a German bookseller and member of parliament in Hesse.

origin

Carl Scriba was the son of Johann Philipp Friedrich Scriba (1795–1865) and his wife Sophia geb. Fischer († 1879), daughter of the high school teacher in Semd , Philipp Fischer. Scriba, who was a Catholic denomination, married Elisabetha (Lisette) Maria Anna born on May 17, 1853. Müller (1833–1912), the daughter of Heinrich Wilhelm Müller, tannery owner in Friedberg / Hessen.

Life

Scriba attended the Ludwig-Georgs-Gymnasium . After graduating from high school, he studied Protestant theology at the Hessian Ludwig University . On October 30, 1841 , Starkenburgia renounced in the Corps . On August 18, 1842 he was reciprocated (like Ferdinand von Herff ) . On 11 December 1842, in the winter semester 1844/45 by the University relegated , he was on 14 December 1845 by Starkenburgia as "honorary member" (honorary without inactivation added). On August 7th and 9th, 1846, the Giessen student body moved to Staufenberg to protest against police attacks. The action still had a pre-political quality, but on this occasion the potential for unrest among the Giessen students was able to form. A general student body was formed, which lasted a few months after the event. Karl Scriba was one of the leaders who formed the executive committee of the student body. One and a half years later, his fellow students from all the student camps with whom he sat here distinguished themselves as staunch supporters of the German Revolution of 1848/1849 . From autumn 1847 Scriba attended the preachers' seminary in Friedberg . A group of opposition-minded candidates came together here and immediately took action when the March Revolution broke out. Details are not known; but Scriba exposed himself to such an extent that he had to break off his training and leave the seminary. The seminar leader, who judged him as "suspicious, talented, (but with) a very negative direction", regretted at least that "his undoubted talent ... did not find its way into training in the crowd of other endeavors". Scriba's theological career was over. He accepted a position as a private tutor near Friedberg.

Scriba was one of the leading liberals in the Wetterau in 1848 . When the long-awaited freedom of the press had been achieved, Scriba took hold of it and became the publisher of the “Wetterauer Volksblatt”. The paper appeared twice a week and took radical, republican positions. The publisher was C. Chr. Nagel in Friedberg, it was printed by Kohler and Teller in Offenbach, and later by M. Kuhl in Butzbach. In the broad spectrum of the political landscape of the time, Scriba took a far left position. He represented republican goals, ie the idea of a German Federal Republic with echoes of the United States model . He by no means ruled out the use of force to change society in his mind. So he openly sided with the insurgents who took up the fight with the reactionary forces in Baden, Frankfurt / Main, Vienna and Budapest. He was active in political associations, was a co-founder and board member of the German People's Association and the Democratic Association in Friedberg. He was also a member of the board of the military committee for the Wetterau.

A statement about the use of force in his Wetterauer Volksblatt led to his arrest on June 18, 1849. He spent 123 days in the Giessen criminal prison under degrading conditions. On October 19, 1849, he stood before a jury in Giessen , accused of inciting an armed uprising for the purpose of violently changing the Hessian constitution and preparing provocative writings with treasonable intent. After eight hours of trial, the jury unanimously ruled not guilty. They saw, as a contemporary daily newspaper remarked, "quite correctly that it was a question of a political tendency process". The population of Giessen paid homage to the acquitted Scriba.

After the arrest of its editor-in-chief, the Volksblatt had to cease operations on June 30, 1849. Scriba had to look for a new job. With his brother Heinrich he founded a bookstore in Friedberg in 1852, which also had a printing company attached. After the end of the reaction era, the liberals regained their strength. In 1859 Scriba became a member of the municipality council in Friedberg and in 1875 a member of the district council and the district committee of the Friedberg district . From 1879 to 1883 he was mayor of Friedberg and in 1880 a member of the district school commission of the Friedberg district. From 1872 to 1883 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . He represented the constituency of Friedberg-Stadt.

literature

Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (2nd Chamber) and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Vol. 5). Verlag des Historisches Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-922316-14-X , No. 810.
Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 354.

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Remarks

↑ The fact that the acquittal was so clear and that the government, on whose instructions the indictment had been brought, had to accept the accusation of cabinet justice and be exposed in public, was thanks to the skilful defense of Scriba by the Darmstadt lawyer August Metz . He was himself a staunch supporter of the revolution, one of the leading figures in the Hessian democratic movement, who specialized in the defense of accused like-minded people. And: He was a Corps brother of Scribas, a strong citizen, whose restless spirit had decisively shaped the Corps after the reconstitution in 1838 and whose corps and academic career were in no way inferior to that of Karl Scriba in terms of detours and crossways. However, the two had not met during their activity. Metz had graduated about a year before Scriba's entry.

Individual evidence

↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 38/122.
^ Carl Scriba: The War of Independence of the United States of America, told for the people , 1851.
↑ Christian Waas (ed.): Die Chroniken von Friedberg in der Wetterau , Vol. 3. Friedberg 1963, p. 88.
^ Michael Wettengel: The revolution of 1848/1849 in the Rhine-Main area . Wiesbaden 1989, p. 518.

personal data
SURNAME	Scriba, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Scriba, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Mayor and member of the state parliament in the Grand Duchy of Hesse
DATE OF BIRTH	January 1, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH	The castle
DATE OF DEATH	December 9, 1883
Place of death	Friedberg (Hesse)

[5] The fact that the acquittal was so clear and that the government, on whose instructions the indictment had been brought, had to accept the accusation of cabinet justice and be exposed in public, was thanks to the skilful defense of Scriba by the Darmstadt lawyer August Metz . He was himself a staunch supporter of the revolution, one of the leading figures in the Hessian democratic movement, who specialized in the defense of accused like-minded people. And: He was a Corps brother of Scribas, a strong citizen, whose restless spirit had decisively shaped the Corps after the reconstitution in 1838 and whose corps and academic career were in no way inferior to that of Karl Scriba in terms of detours and crossways. However, the two had not met during their activity. Metz had graduated about a year before Scriba's entry.

[1] Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 38/122.

[2] Carl Scriba: The War of Independence of the United States of America, told for the people , 1851.

[3] Christian Waas (ed.): Die Chroniken von Friedberg in der Wetterau , Vol. 3. Friedberg 1963, p. 88.

[4] Michael Wettengel: The revolution of 1848/1849 in the Rhine-Main area . Wiesbaden 1989, p. 518.