Franz Gedult von Jungsfeld

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Franz Edmund Johann Nepomuk Freiherr Gedult von Jungsfeld (1778–1840, contemporary illustration)

Franz Edmund Johann Nepomuk Freiherr Gedult von Jungsfeld (born May 28, 1778 in Mainz ; † September 16, 1840 there ) was the first mayor of Mainz after the French occupation under Napoleon I.

Career at the time of the French occupation of Mainz

Franz Freiherr Gedult von Jungsfeld came from the Mainz aristocratic family of the same name , whose roots go back to the Middle Ages and was born as the son of the Imperial Postal Director Franz Anton Xaver Joseph Gedult von Jungsfeld; his great-uncle was the auxiliary bishop of Worms Franz Xaver Anton von Scheben (1711–1779).

He married Maria Anna Therese nee von Sachs. The later senior judge and member of the state parliament, Arnold von Jungsfeld (1810-1893), emerged from the marriage.

He studied law at the universities in Mainz and Göttingen . During his studies, Gedult von Jungsfeld also met Franz Konrad Macké , his predecessor as well as his successor as mayor in Mainz. At the time of the French occupation of Mainz, the conservative nobleman withdrew to his agricultural estates in Weisenau near Mainz and was initially not politically active.

Mayor and Mayor

In January 1813, however, he took over from the Prefect of the Mont-Tonnere Department , Jeanbon St. André , the office of Maire von Weisenau and Laubenheim . After the deposition Franz Konrad Macke as mayor of Mainz, he took over on May 18, 1814 Office of the Mayor of Mainz . At the same time he became district director of Mainz, Kastel , Kostheim and Zahlbach. After Mainz fell to the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt in the course of the Congress of Vienna in July 1816 , Grand Duke Ludwig I confirmed his office.

This office, in which he was supported by Johann Baptist Heinrich as an adjunct from 1817 , he held until 1831, then he was replaced again as mayor by Franz Konrad Macké. After his tenure as mayor, he worked again for a few years as a senior judge in the civil service. Franz Freiherr Gedult von Jungsfeld died on September 16, 1840 at the age of 62 in his hometown Mainz. He is buried in the main cemetery in Mainz .

Work in Mainz

Jungefeld's merit was the cultural revival and the slow reconstruction of the city of Mainz, which was badly affected in 1792/93 and 1814. By virtue of his office, he was president of the civic Hospice Administration Commission and thus responsible for the Mainz orphanage and hospital , among other things . During his tenure, what is now the second oldest German gymnastics club ( MTV 1817 Mainz ) was founded in Mainz in 1817 . In 1827 regular steamboat traffic between Mainz and Cologne was established and the Sparkasse Mainz was founded as a Mainz savings and loan bank . In 1831 the first Mainz secondary school opened . During his 17-year term of office, Mainz also became a federal fortress with far-reaching consequences for the development of the city in the 19th century. The withdrawal of the stacking right with far-reaching consequences for the financial basis of the city fell in 1831 during his term of office.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: New general German Adels Lexicon , Volume 3, 1861, p. 465; (Digital scan)
  2. ↑ Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessian delegates 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. 146.
  3. ↑ Statistical Yearbook of the Province of Rheinhessen , Verlag von Zabern, 1825, p. 332
  4. ^ Wilhelm Huber: The Mainz Lexicon. Schmidt, Mainz 2002, ISBN 3-87439-600-2 .

literature

  • Wolfgang Balzer: Mainz: personalities of the city history. 3 volumes, Verlag Kügler, Ingelheim 1985–1993
    • Volume 1: Honorary citizens of Mainz, princes of Mainz, military personalities, Mainz mayors. ISBN 3-924124-01-9
  • Franz Dumont (ed.), Ferdinand Scherf , Franz Dumont, Ferdinand Scherf, Friedrich Schütz : Mainz - The history of the city. 2nd edition, Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1999, ISBN 3-8053-2000-0

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personal data
SURNAME Kindly von Jungsfeld, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Patience from Jungefeld, Franz Edmund Johann Nepomuk Freiherr
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH September 16, 1840
Place of death Mainz