Ferdinand von Meggenhofen
Ferdinand von Meggenhofen (born February 14, 1760 in Teufenbach Castle near Taufkirchen an der Pram , Upper Austria ; † October 26, 1790 drowned near Hagenau im Inn ) was a civil servant and member of the Order of Illuminati .
Meggenhofen, an extensive relative of the Chancellor Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl , who died in 1750 , studied from 1777 at the University of Ingolstadt with Adam Weishaupt . Through him he became a member of the Illuminati Order . In 1787 he became the imperial district school commissioner in Ried in the Austrian Waldviertel .
In 1790, at the age of 30, he drowned in the Inn.
Works
- My story and apology. A contribution to the history of the Illuminati. Nuremberg 1786.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Meggenhoffen, Ferdinand Freiherr von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 17th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1867, pp. 262–267 ( digitized version ).
- Norbert Hierl-Deronco: “With very strange fame and eyes”. CVs of Bavarian soldiers 1700–1918 . Krailling 1984, ISBN 3-929884-00-3 (chapter Meggenhofen)
- Uwe Puschner: Meggenhofen (Meggenhoffen, Meggenhoven), Ferdinand Freiherr von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 612 f. ( Digitized version ).
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| SURNAME | Meggenhofen, Ferdinand von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meggenhoffen, Ferdinand von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bavarian-Austrian civil servant and member of the Illuminati Order |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1760 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Teuffenbach Castle near Taufkirchen an der Pram , Upper Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 1790 |
| Place of death | near Hagenau |