Franz Ackermann (lawyer)

Franz Xaver Josef Ackermann (born July 11, 1778 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † March 12, 1837 Rio de Janeiro ) was a lawyer in the Baden state service since 1807 and was retired on May 1, 1832. He was also a member of the Baden Estates Assembly and from August 1, 1833 he was consul in Rio de Janeiro.

Life

After graduating in 1794, Ackermann studied law and humanities (including history) at the University of Freiburg . On September 21, 1797 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD . After his applications for a professorship in world history failed in 1798 , he worked, among other things, as a tutor until he became a member of the commission for the construction of the Dreisam River in 1802 . Then he was a teacher at a private school.

Further stations in his professional career:

• 1803 intern and Secretary at kk front Austrian Government and then modenesischer government secretary in Freiburg
• September 17, 1807 bailiff at the Schönau district office
• April 23, 1813 clerk at the Oberkirch district office ; from September 21, 1814 Oberamtmann ibid
• June 27, 1815 Senior Administrator at the Gengenbach District Office
• October 26, 1815 Senior Administrator at the Ettlingen District Office
• September 2, 1817 Appointment to the government council
• January 23, 1822 Ministerialrat in the Baden Ministry of the Interior
• March 12, 1824 Director of the State Agencies Commission
• May 27, 1827 secret trainee lawyer in the Ministry of the Interior and in the same year real secret council
• May 1, 1829 to May 1, 1831 scientific trip to Brazil
• Retired May 1, 1832
• from August 1, 1833 consul in Rio de Janeiro

Political activity

• 1825 Member of the constituency 7 (offices of Säckingen , Kleinlaufenburg and Schönau in the Black Forest ) of the 3rd state parliament of the Baden state assembly ; Secretary of the second chamber of the state parliament
• 1828 member of the same constituency for the 4th state parliament

Works

• The Empire of Brazil. Observations and practical remarks for German emigrants together with the view of a facende and a map of the river basins of the Rio-Doce, Heidelberg 1834

literature

• Wolfram Angerbauer (Red.): The heads of the upper offices, district offices and district offices in Baden-Württemberg from 1810 to 1972 . Published by the working group of the district archives at the Baden-Württemberg district assembly. Theiss, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-8062-1213-9 , pp. 150 .
• Bernd Breitkopf: The old districts and their heads of office. The emergence of the districts and offices in today's district of Karlsruhe - biographies of the senior officials and district administrators from 1803 to 1997. Verlag Regionalkultur, Ubstadt-Weiher 1997, p. 91.