Franz Bonn

Bertha Bonn, née Promoli

Franz Bonn (born July 18, 1830 in Munich , † July 7, 1894 in Regensburg ) was a German writer, humorous poet, lawyer and politician.

Life

After graduating from the Wilhelm Gymnasium München Bonn studied from 1846 to 1851 in Munich jurisprudence . Initially he was Staatsanwalts- substitute in Donauwörth , Ansbach and Bayreuth , then prosecutor at the Higher Regional Court in Munich . In 1880 he entered the service of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis , most recently as president of the domain chamber and director of the civil collegial court in Regensburg. He was a member of the Bavarian state parliament from 1881 to 1886.

The versatile Franz Bonn wrote under various pseudonyms ( Franz von Münchberg, Freiherr von Rachwitz and von Miris ) numerous youth writings, stories, dramas, opera texts and poems. He achieved great success with Lustige Naturgeschichte or Zoologia comica , which was followed by Volume 2 with botany and mineralogy (Munich at Braun & Schneider, 1877 f.). He also wrote humorous poetic contributions for the Fliegende Blätter and the Münchener Bilderbogen .

Franz Bonn was married to Bertha Promoli and the father of the actor Ferdinand Bonn (1861-1933).

literature

Hyacinth Holland : Bonn, Franz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, p. 105 f.
Hyacinth Holland: The poet and humorist Franz Bonn ("v. Miris"). In: Biographische Blätter. Yearbook for life history art and research. Volume 1, 1895, pp. 391-397, ZDB -ID 541849-5 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Preface. In: Ferdinand Bonn: Collected works. Volume 1. Xenien-Verlag, Leipzig 1911 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Works

Franz Bonn: The pig gone wild . (Illustrations: Lothar Meggendörfer ) Munich 1900, urn : nbn: de: 0111-bbf-spo-15279122 .

Web links

Commons : Franz Bonn - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Franz Bonn - Sources and full texts

Franz Bonn in the Bavarian literature portal (project of the Bavarian State Library )

Individual evidence

^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich. Volume 4: 1830/31 - 1858/59, register. Self-published, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-406-10900-4 , p. 35.
↑ Both volumes in full text at Wikisource ; Volume 1: Funny natural history or zoologia comica . Volume 2: Funny botany and mineralogy .
↑ Bertha Promoli died of a typhus epidemic in Munich around 1872. Source: Ferdinand Bonn: Collected Works. Volume 1. Xenien-Verlag, Leipzig 1911, p. 4 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Bonn, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer, lawyer and politician, MdL
DATE OF BIRTH	July 18, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich
DATE OF DEATH	July 7, 1894
Place of death	regensburg

[1] Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich. Volume 4: 1830/31 - 1858/59, register. Self-published, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-406-10900-4 , p. 35.

[2] Both volumes in full text at Wikisource ; Volume 1: Funny natural history or zoologia comica . Volume 2: Funny botany and mineralogy .

[3] Bertha Promoli died of a typhus epidemic in Munich around 1872. Source: Ferdinand Bonn: Collected Works. Volume 1. Xenien-Verlag, Leipzig 1911, p. 4 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).