Franz Friedrich Fronius

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Franz Friedrich Fronius (born January 9, 1829 in Nadesch , † February 14, 1886 in Agnetheln ) was a pastor, teacher and naturalist and local historian of the Transylvanian Saxons in the Austrian Empire .

Life

Franz Friedrich Fronius was the son of the Nadescher pastor Johann Georg Fronius (* 1789 in Donnersmarkt , † 1862 in Großalisch ) and Elisabeth Schlosser geb. Schenker (* 1794 in Birthälm † 1873 in Agnetheln ). He spent his childhood and early school years in his birthplace, Nadesch , before going to the Evangelisches Gymnasium Schäßburg in 1838 . After graduating from high school, he studied at the University of Leipzig from 1847 , where he was trained as a teacher and pastor.

In 1849 Fronius returned to Transylvania and in the following year took the position of private tutor in the house of the k. u. k. Generals and military district commanders Chavanne in Sibiu . After only six months, in October 1850, he got a job as a teacher of natural sciences, Hebrew and Greek at the Schäßburger Gymnasium. In 1859 he took up the post of pastor in the parish of Arkeden . From 1868 the Agnetheln community appointed him their local pastor, where he remained until the end of his life.

Franz Friedrich Fronius married the pastor's daughter Wilhelmine Friederike Seiwerth (* 1842 in Bodendorf †?) Around 1855 . From this marriage came the daughters Josefine (* 1856 in Schäßburg † 1894 in Sibiu ) and Agnes Irene (* 1873 in Agnetheln † 1911 in Schäßburg) and the son Dr. Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Fronius (* 1862 in Arkeden † 1945 in Graz). Franz Friedrich Fronius is the grandfather of the painter Hans Fronius .

Services

Franz Friedrich Fronius

Franz Friedrich Fronius was described by his friend and natural scientist Eduard Albert Bielz (1827–1898) as a man of "extensive knowledge and varied charitable work". Fronius was a member of the Transylvanian Society for Natural Sciences, the Transylvanian-Saxon Agricultural Society and a committee member of the Society for Transylvanian Cultural Studies. F. F. Fronius maintained a lively correspondence with the k. u. k. zoological-botanical society in Vienna and to several domestic and foreign botanists.

As far as his time allowed, he undertook group excursions to the Eastern and Southern Carpathians , which he described in the publications of his clubs. In his first parish office he was not only a pastor, but he also wrote the local monograph of Arkeden. As a pastor in Agnetheln, he finished the new school building and laid out a unique school garden, which also included ornamental shrubs and exotic plants. Thanks to Fronius, Agnetheln's first trade school was established. In addition, Fronius was also chairman of the savings and advance payment association in his municipality of Agnetheln, chairman of the reading and sociability association, chairman of the volunteer fire brigade and founder of the evangelical women's association. In addition, Fronius was dean of the Schenker chapter (church district) and its representative in the regional church assembly for several years . In 1874 he was sent to the general assembly in Stuttgart as a member of the Transylvanian-Saxon Gustav-Adolf-Hauptverein . A memorial stone on the school grounds in Agnetheln and in the entrance hall of the Natural Science Museum in Sibiu was dedicated to him for his extraordinary achievements. In 2000, his native Nadesch made him an honorary citizen posthumously .

Works

Franz Friedrich Fronius published a total of 33 papers, the most important of which are:

  • Two botanical excursions to the Frumoase and the Butschetsch . Negotiating and Mitt. No. 6, 1855
  • Flora of Schäßburg, a contribution to the flora of Transylvania . Schäßburg high school program, 1857–1858
  • Contributions to the development history of the Evangelical-Saxon community Arkeden . Sibiu 1866
  • German bathing life in Transylvania . Saxon housewife, 1860
  • In memory of Dr. Johann Christian Gottlob Baumgarten . In: Archives for Transylvanian Cultural Studies , New Series No. 11, 1873
  • Pictures from the Saxon peasant life in Transylvania , Graeser Verlag, Vienna 1879, 1883 and 1885
  • On the characteristics of the Carpathian flora . SKV yearbook, 1881
  • Litterae obscurorem virorum . (a series of politically humorous letters)

literature

Web links

  • FF Fronius: The Saxon Brotherhood . Closius, Hermannstadt 1862 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  • FF Fronius: A child baptism in the "thirteen villages" . In: Transylvania’s past and present . Steinhaußen, Hermannstadt 1857, p. 24–32 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baptismal registration 1829 FF Fronius . In: Wikipedia . 1829 ( file: baptismal register 1829 FF Fronius.jpg [accessed on January 17, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Fronius, Franz Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Natural scientist and local historian of the Transylvanian Saxons
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1829 or January 9, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Nadesch , Grand Duchy of Transylvania , Austrian Empire
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1886
Place of death Agnetheln , Kingdom of Hungary , Austria-Hungary