Conrad von Heiligenstein

Conrad von Heiligenstein (also Konrad ; born September 8, 1774 in Mannheim ; April 21, 1849 ibid) was a German lawyer and astronomer .

Life

Heiligenstein first went to Heidelberg University to study law around 1790 . In 1793 he moved to the University of Göttingen . Before 1800 he was Accessist on Palatine Hofgericht Mannheim . In 1800 his promotion to council was postponed. In 1802 he was still an accessist. At the latest under the rule of Baden and before 1813 he was appointed court judge. Before 1834 he retired .

Heiligenstein also devoted himself to astronomy. He calculated ephemeris and elements for various comets and, together with the court astronomer Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried Nicolai, made observations on celestial phenomena near Mannheim. He also published in the Astronomical News . He published essays on a Bessel equation of the third degree as well as on a proof of a Gaussian method with the reduction of the circummeridian heights of the sun.

The astronomer and mathematician Anton von Heiligenstein was his son.

literature

Karl Christian Bruhns : Heiligenstein, Konrad von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 316.

Web links

Heiligenstein, Konrad from on leo-bw.de
Publications by C. v. Heiligenstein in the Astrophysics Data System (incorrectly listed there as A. v. Heiligenstein )

Individual evidence

↑ Gustav Toepke (Ed.): The register of the University of Heidelberg , Part 4, Heidelberg 1903, p. 355 refers to the fact that no entries were made from 1788 to 1791. He is entered in the register of the University of Göttingen with the matriculation number 17966, there with the information that he previously studied in Heidelberg ( Götz von Selle (ed.): The matriculation of the Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen 1734-1837 , Hildesheim 1937 , P. 356.).
^ The protocols of the Bavarian State Council 1799 to 1817 , Volume 1, Munich 2006, No. 75, p. 287.
↑ Churfürstlich-Pfalzbaierischer Hof- und Staatskalender: to the year 1802 , p. 234.
↑ General European State and Address Handbook: for the year 1813 , p. 19.
↑ No mention in the Court and State Manual of the Grand Duchy of Baden , Braun, Karlsruhe 1834.

personal data
SURNAME	Heiligenstein, Conrad von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Heiligenstein, Konrad von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer, mathematician and astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 8, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH	April 21, 1849
Place of death	Mannheim

[1] Gustav Toepke (Ed.): The register of the University of Heidelberg , Part 4, Heidelberg 1903, p. 355 refers to the fact that no entries were made from 1788 to 1791. He is entered in the register of the University of Göttingen with the matriculation number 17966, there with the information that he previously studied in Heidelberg ( Götz von Selle (ed.): The matriculation of the Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen 1734-1837 , Hildesheim 1937 , P. 356.).

[2] The protocols of the Bavarian State Council 1799 to 1817 , Volume 1, Munich 2006, No. 75, p. 287.

[3] Churfürstlich-Pfalzbaierischer Hof- und Staatskalender: to the year 1802 , p. 234.

[4] General European State and Address Handbook: for the year 1813 , p. 19.

[5] No mention in the Court and State Manual of the Grand Duchy of Baden , Braun, Karlsruhe 1834.