Franz Christoph Braun

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Franz Christoph Braun (born November 13, 1766 in Kreuznach ; † June 9, 1833 in Oppenheim ) was pastor of the Reformed Church , Rheinhessen politician and member of the 2nd Chamber of the Land estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

family

Franz Christoph Braun was the son of the preceptor and organist Heinrich Christian (also: Christoph) Braun and his wife Maria Jakobina nee Sauermann. He was married to Philippina Jakobina nee Petry. Son Wilhelm studied theology at the University of Giessen from 1818. He was later a pastor in Nieder-Florstadt .

education and profession

Franz Christoph Braun studied from 1785 in Halle , Jena and Heidelberg theology , was from 1789 to 1790 as vicar in Seckenheim used and was from 1790 to 1797 second and 1797 to 1824 the first reformed pastor and "spiritual Inspector" in Oppenheim and neighboring Dienheim-Ludwigshöhe. After the church union, he was a Protestant pastor at the same place from 1824 to 1833.

Fonts

  • Ferdinand and Elise, or return from enthusiasm to reason. A play in 4 acts. FL Pfähler, Heidelberg 1789. “Sr. Grace / the High Born Reichsfreyherrn / Johann Christian v. Frank / my gracious patron and friend / sincerely dedicate this / the author. "
  • Marianne von Lindheim, or the size of a woman and a weak man. A play in 1 act. Löffler, Mannheim 1789.
  • The beautiful ash near Babenhausen or Bürgerfreude und Bürgerglück to celebrate the Peace of Hesse with the Republic of France. A family painting in 5 elevators. Behrens, Frankfurt am Main 1795.
  • Friedrich the Victorious, Elector of the Palatinate, the Marc Aurel of the Middle Ages, faithfully edited according to history. 2 volumes. Leipzig 1796.
  • Historical overview of the multiple accidents which the municipality of Rudelsheim (province of Rheinhessen) has suffered from ice drifts and floods, which is why Sr. K. Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine, etc., graciously permitted this municipality to move to the mountainous area of ​​its district . Please to noble human friends etc. Mainz 1820.
  • Accountability of the charity committee for the unfortunate community of Rudelsheim on the work done so far due to the relocation of the village to the higher districts under the name Ludwigshöhe, with the addition of the lithograph. Blueprint; along with a short message about the festivities that took place when the foundation stone was laid on August 25th. J. took place. Mainz 1822.

politics

In the 1st and 2nd electoral periods (1820-1824) Franz Christoph Braun was a member of the second chamber of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. In the state estates he represented the constituency Rheinhessen 6 / Oppenheim . Among other things, he submitted an application to the Darmstadt state parliament in 1821 to dry up the Old Rhine in the Bechtheim canton in favor of the extraction of meadow land.

literature

  • Heinz-Günter Beutler-Lotz: Franz Christoph Braun (1766-1833). Oppenheim pastor between enlightenment and restoration - a picture of life and time from the Rhine-Hesse region. Evangelical Congregation Dienheim-Ludwigshöhe 2014.
  • The deputies of the evangelical reformed clergy in the lands of the Rhenish Palatinate on the left bank of the Rhine: Franz Christoph Braun, (...) pastor of Oppenheim and Dienheim; President of the Consistory there (and 4 others), in: Johann Ludwig Klüber (Ed.): Acts of the Vienna Congress in the years 1814 and 1815. 5th issue. Second edition. JJ Palm and Ernst Enke. Erlangen 1817, p. 272.
  • Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 85.
  • Johann Georg Meusel: The learned Germany. Volume 1, 5th edition, Meyer, Lemgo 1796.
  • Ernst Ludwig Posselt (Hrsg.): European annals year 1796. 2nd volume. JG Cotta, Tübingen 1796.
  • Rassmann's Pantheon, di Friedrich Rassmann (ed.): Pantheon of German poets who are still alive and writers who intervene in fiction. CG Fleckeisen, Helmstedt 1823, p. 37.
  • Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , No. 73.
  • Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (2nd Chamber) and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Vol. 5). Verlag des Historisches Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-922316-14-X , p. 71.
  • Heinrich Eduard Scriba: Braun, Georg Christoph , in: Biographisch-literärisches Lexikon the writers of the Grand Duchy of Hesse in the nineteenth century. 2nd division: The writers of 1843 (...) together with the necrologists of the writers who died between 1800 and 1843 (...). G. Jonghaus, Darmstadt 1843, pp. 87-88.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Scriba (1843), p. 86
  2. ^ Register of the matriculations and inscription books of the University of Gießen, WS 1807/08 to WS 1850, compiled by Franz Kössler. Gießen 1987, p. 19: Braun, W., from Oppenheim, son of Inspector B., stud. Theol. 8.6.1818
  3. ^ Scriba (1843), p. 87
  4. ^ New General Political Annals. 15th volume. JG Cotta, Stuttgart and Tübingen 1829
  5. ↑ Johann Samuelansch (Ed.): General Repertory of Literature for the years 1791 to 1795. Volume 2. Second half. Industrie-Comptoir, Weimar 1800, No. 3625: Fr. Cp. Brown (sic!)
  6. ^ Meusel's learned Teutschland, Volume 11. Meyer, Lemgo 1805
  7. ^ Scriba II (1843), p. 88
  8. ^ August Friederich Wilhelm Crome (Ed.): Handbook of Statistics of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (...). CW Leske, Darmstadt 1822, p. 403
personal data
SURNAME Braun, Franz Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Pastor in Oppenheim and member of the state parliament for the Grand Duchy of Hesse
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1766
PLACE OF BIRTH Kreuznach
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1833
Place of death Oppenheim