Felix Hauptmann (lawyer)

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Karl Joseph Ferdinand Felix Hauptmann (born February 8, 1856 in Bonn , † October 24, 1934 in Remagen ) was a German lawyer , local researcher and heraldist .

Live and act

Hauptmann was a son of the publisher and center politician Peter Hauptmann (1825–1895) and a brother of the publisher and writer Carl Hauptmann . He attended the Jesuit grammar school in Bonn and finally the grammar school in Vechta . This was followed by a law degree at the universities of Bonn , Leipzig and Strasbourg . In Göttingen he was awarded a Dr. jur. PhD . After his habilitation in 1894, Hauptmann was professor of law at the universities of Freiburg in Switzerland (from 1896) and Bonn; In 1931/32 he was also the rector of the University of Freiburg. In many of his writings he dealt with the legal field of the coat of arms . His position on the view that the coat of arms was already legally regulated from the beginning, met with criticism in professional circles. In addition, he dealt with Bonn's homeland history in several publications and was politically committed to Catholicism ; after the First World War he also campaigned for the Rhenish Republic .

Hauptmann was a city ​​councilor in Bonn from 1891 to 1896 and a member of the Prussian House of Representatives for the center from 1895 to 1918 as a member of the Cologne 3 constituency (Stadt- und Landkreis Bonn - Landkreis Rheinbach) .

Hauptmann died of a stroke in Remagen on a job-related trip to Switzerland. He was buried in the old cemetery in Bonn .

Works

  • The right to coat of arms of the commoners. Bonn 1882.
  • Two aristocratic farms in Oberdrees. Hauptmann, Bonn 1896. ( digitized version )
  • Heraldry. Munich, Berlin 1914.
  • The coat of arms law: Historical and dogmatic representation of the legal principles applicable in the coat of arms; a contribution to German private law. Bonn 1896. ( online )
  • All sorts of things from the old days. Hauptmann, Bonn 1897. ( digitized version )
  • Bonn. Its history, its sights and its surroundings . Hauptmann, Bonn 1900.
  • The story of the Wessel family. Hauptmann, Bonn 1901. ( digitized version )

Editorships

  • Bonn archive . Bonn 1889-1893 (captain 1889-1892, Hanstein 1893).
  • Rheinische Geschichtsblätter: Journal for the history, language and antiquities of the Middle and Lower Rhine . Hanstein, Bonn 1894–1914.

literature

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Otto Wenig: Book printing and book trade in Bonn . Ludwig Röhrscheid Verlag, Bonn 1968, pp. 230-232.
  2. ^ Mann, Bernhard (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne . Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 169 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3); for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 709-711.
  3. ↑ a b Lexikon der Heraldik, Gert Oswald, VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, 1984

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personal data
SURNAME Captain, Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hauptmann, Karl Joseph Ferdinand Felix (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and heraldist
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1934
Place of death Remagen