Franz Bachofen from Echt

Franz Bachofen Edler von Echt (born February 20, 1782 in Ehrenbreitstein , † August 1849 in Werschetz ) was an Austrian forest clerk.

Life

He was born as the third child of Franz Martin Maria Bachofen von Echt , an Elector of Trier , and Maria Anna Katharina Margaretha Susanne, nee. von Mainone, born on February 20, 1782 in Ehrenbreitstein (today's address: Humboldtstrasse 129 in Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein).

In 1804 Bachofen was appointed forester in Temesvar in the Banat by a forest intern . In 1809 Bachofen was promoted to forest director and soon took on the task of examining the Banat sand desert, reforesting it and binding the drifting sand . He presented his sand binding plans in 1815, revised in 1817 and enriched with practical experience again in 1832. In 1830 he and his brothers were raised to the hereditary nobility . Franz Bachofen Edler von Echt retired in 1841 and retired to Werschetz , where he died in August 1849 as a result of a stroke.

family

While Franz Bachofen von Echt presented his first plan to bind sand on the terrain of the Banat sand desert in Vienna , his older brother Karl Nepomuk Anton Josef Maria fought against Napoleon in Koblenz that same year . His youngest brother, Johann Philipp Franz, b. zu Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein on September 13, 1788, followed him to the Banat and became an Austrian major in the Banat military border in the German-Banat border regimental district No. 12.

literature

Anton Rochel: Botanical trip to the Banat in 1835 with occasional comments and a list of all wild phanerogenic plants found there up to that hour, including topographical contributions on the southeastern part of the Danube River in the Austrian Empire , Pesth 1838, by Gustav Heckenast; Leipzig with Otto Wigand

Joseph von Dorner: The Banat in a topographical-natural-historical relationship, with special consideration of the Hercules baths near Mehadia and their surroundings , Pressburg 1839, printed and published by CF Wigand

Josef Wessely: The European drifting sand and its culture: discussed with reference to the Banat sand desert in particular , Vienna 1873, Verlag Faesy & Frick

K. Adolf Bachofen von Echt: Contributions to the history of the Bachoven von Echt family, third increased edition with 137 family pictures , Vienna 1904, self-published by the author

Herbert M. Schleicher: Ratsherrenverzeichnis von Köln at the time of the imperial city from 1396-1796 , Cologne 1982, publications of the West German Society for Family Studies , New Series No. 19, West German Society for Family Studies eV

Individual evidence

↑ Josef WESSELY: The European Hugsand and its culture. Discussed with regard to Hungary and the Banat desert in particular. ... with a topographic map of the Banat desert . Verlag von Faesy and Frick, 1873 ( google.de [accessed October 27, 2019]).
^ Banat Swabian office: The Banat Swabians settled in the Banat 300 years ago - 53rd cultural conference in Sindelfingen - Banat Swabians. Retrieved October 27, 2019 (German).

personal data
SURNAME	Bachofen from Echt, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bachofen Edler von Echt, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian forest officer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 20, 1782
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ehrenbreitstein
DATE OF DEATH	August 1849
Place of death	Werschetz

[1] Josef WESSELY: The European Hugsand and its culture. Discussed with regard to Hungary and the Banat desert in particular. ... with a topographic map of the Banat desert . Verlag von Faesy and Frick, 1873 ( google.de [accessed October 27, 2019]).

[2] Banat Swabian office: The Banat Swabians settled in the Banat 300 years ago - 53rd cultural conference in Sindelfingen - Banat Swabians. Retrieved October 27, 2019 (German).