Franz Cölestin von Beroldingen

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Franz Egon Coelestin Freiherr von Beroldingen, painting by Johann Heinrich Ramberg , 1789, Gleimhaus Halberstadt

Franz Egon Cölestin Freiherr von Beroldingen (born October 11, 1740 in St. Gallen , † March 8, 1798 in Walshausen near Hildesheim ) was a theologian and speculative geologist.

He was the fifth child of Joseph Euseb Anton von Beroldingen , Herr zu Gündelhard, Hürrhausen and Beerenberg, and his wife Maria Anna Roll von Bernau .

He was cathedral capitular in Hildesheim , then in Osnabrück , archdeacon in Elze and finally obedientiar in Walshausen, where he a. a. Baron Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein visited.

In addition, he was self-taught in the mineralogical and geognostic subjects.

Joseph Anton Siegmund von Beroldingen (1738–1816), canon in Speyer and Hildesheim , friend of Goethe and St. Clement Maria Hofbauer , was his brother. The Württemberg diplomat Paul Joseph von Beroldingen (1754–1831) was one of his half-siblings.

Works

  • Observations, doubts and questions regarding minerals ; 1788
  • Description of the Driburger Gesundbrunnen ; 1782
  • Via high fog or high smoke ; 1784
  • Remarks from a trip through the Palatinate-Zweibrücken mercury mines ; 1784
  • The volcanoes of ancient and modern times ; 2 volumes; 1791

literature

  • Friedrich Cast: Historical and genealogical book of the nobility of the Kingdom of Württemberg , Stuttgart, 1844, pages 132-137; Digital scan

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PDF document from the University of Hildesheim, mentioning the place of death
  2. ^ Wilhelm von Gümbel:  Beroldingen, Franz Cölestin Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 506 f.
  3. ↑ http://www.hildesheim.de/pics/download/1_1255636067/Beroldingen.pdf
  4. ↑ Historical website with mention of the visit by Freiherr vom Stein
personal data
SURNAME Beroldingen, Franz Cölestin von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beroldingen, Franz Egon Cölestin Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and geologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1740
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Gallen
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1798
Place of death Walshausen (Hildesheim)