Dominik Konstantin Munich

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Dominik Konstantin Munich , (born June 26, 1763 in Dudeldorf , Eifel , † December 16, 1818 in Gent ) was a German theologian and historian, brother of the lawyer Philipp Karl Munich .

Life

Dominik Konstantin Munich was the son of the notary and judge Nikolaus Munich and Maria Friederike Leist. He was sent to the college in Luxembourg as a child, but left the community at the age of 19 as a primus and began studying theology in Trier . In 1786 he took first place out of 300 applicants for the pastor's examination in Luxembourg. From 1788 to 1790 Munich was professor and prorector at the branch seminar in Luxembourg, which was repealed by Joseph II in 1790. From 1790 to 1793 he was pastor of Schankweiler. Dominik Konstantin Munich was pastor and mayor of Diekirch from 1793 to 1803 and took the oath on the French constitution. On October 24, 1800, he renounced the mayor's office and in 1803 the parish. Munich first became a teacher, then director of the central and secondary school in Luxembourg. While he was mayor he had a calming effect on the rebellious lace warriors and helped Diekirch to prosper and rise. In 1812 he was commissioned by the French government to review all school teachers in the Forêts department (Département des Forêts, former Duchy of Luxembourg) and introduced teacher preparation and training courses for this area, which took place in Buchholz under the direction of his brother Wendelin Munich. Dominik Konstantin Munich was the first Luxembourger to write a statistically comparative regional history of his homeland. Munich is also said to have acted as a moderating court advisor in the trials after the lace war, the uprising of the rural population, some of whom were only armed with sticks, against the French occupation, so that some judgments were mild due to its translations.

In the spring of 1818 he became the first professor at the Department of Philosophy at Ghent University. Dominik Konstantin München died a few months later at the age of 55 in Ghent, Belgium.

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SURNAME Munich, Dominik Konstantin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Munich, Dominik Constantin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1763
PLACE OF BIRTH Dudeldorf
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1818
Place of death Ghent