Christian Pfaff (politician)
Christian Pfaff (born January 6, 1770 in Antwerp , † May 2, 1845 in Aschaffenburg ) was a German merchant . From 1818 to 1824 he was the first mayor of the Lower Franconian city of Aschaffenburg in the Free State of Bavaria .
Life
The city of Aschaffenburg got back parts of its self-administration rights through the new Second Community Edict (May 17, 1818). After the proclamation of the Bavarian constitution (May 27, 1818), the end of the "provisional government of the city and principality of Aschaffenburg" and the "oath to the royal crown of Bavaria" (May 31, 1818), the new magistrate became on September 28, 1818 and the mayor elected. As the first mayor after the end of the “ Dalberg era”, the city magistrate, in agreement with the local authority, appointed the trader Christian Pfaff, formerly deputatus and accountant of the pawn shop. The solemn introduction to his office took place on February 5, 1819 on Stiftsplatz.
Christian Pfaff came to Aschaffenburg to settle down there as a trader. On February 23, 1811 he applied for his acceptance as a citizen and asked for admission as a member of the trade stand; Both were granted to him on March 29, 1811 after the necessary documents had been submitted. As early as 1801 he had married Anna Ursula Bertha (1778-1823) from Aschaffenburg, who bore him eleven children (five sons, six daughters). One of the sons, Adolph Pfaff (* 1805; † 1856), was a student at the forest school and a professor there in 1844. In this position he headed the Freikorps formed by the forest candidates as captain in the revolutionary year of 1848 . In 1855 he became forester in Köthen / Rhön, but died a year later. The withdrawal of market rights and the abolition of the water tariff meant that Pfaff's tenure was marked by major financial problems. After disagreements between the magistrate and the parish council, he resigned from his position in the summer of 1824.
On May 2, 1845, Christian Pfaff died of old age in Aschaffenburg.
literature
- Carsten Pollnick: Mayor of Aschaffenburg. Volksblatt Verlagsgesellschaft, Würzburg 1983, ISBN 3-429-00875-1 .
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Christian Pfaff (1818–1824) | Gottlieb Leo (1824–1827) | Franz Josef Feller (1827–1831) | Gottlieb Leo (1831–1835) | Adalbert von Herrlein (1835–1864) | Bernhard Emil Vogler (1864–1867) | Magnus Will (1867–1877) | Friedrich Ritter von Medicus (1877–1904) | Wilhelm Matt (1904–1933) | Wilhelm Wohlgemuth (1933–1945) | Jean Stock (1945) | Vinzenz Schwind (1946–1970) | Willi Reiland (1970–2000) | Klaus Herzog (2000–2020) | Jürgen Herzing (since 2020)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pfaff, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German merchant and mayor of Aschaffenburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1770 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1845 |
| Place of death | Aschaffenburg |