Franz Josef Ignaz von Linden

Franz Josef Ignaz Baron von Linden (born December 5, 1760 in Mainz , † January 3, 1836 Stuttgart ) was a German lawyer and Württemberg politician .

Life

He came from the Linden family , from the marriage of the Privy Council and head of the financial administration of the Electorate of Mainz (director of the court chamber) Johann Heinrich Freiherr von Linden (1719–1795) with Elisabeth Ursula born. Baroness von Escherich (1723-1800). Franz Josef Ignaz von Linden was married four times and had a total of eight children, including Joseph von Linden , Ludwig von Linden and Carl von Linden .

Linden studied law in Mainz and was awarded a Dr. jur. PhD. In 1785 he joined the Electorate of Mainz and became court and government councilor in Mainz and constitutional law teacher at the University of Erfurt . From 1790 he led diplomatic negotiations in Munich and Vienna as a delegation counselor. In 1796 he became assessor at the Reich Chamber of Commerce . When the Imperial Court of Justice was dissolved in 1803, he and his family moved to Württemberg. He became co-owner and from 1830 owner of the Neunthausen estate (Oberamt Sulz).

In 1807 Franz Josef Ignaz von Linden became President of the Catholic Church Council in Württemberg, and in 1809 President of the Higher Justice College in Tübingen. In 1814/1815 he was sent to the Congress of Vienna as a plenipotentiary , later he was Minister of State of Württemberg at the Bundestag in Frankfurt . In 1817 King Wilhelm appointed him regional president of the Black Forest district in Reutlingen. He held this office until 1835.

politics

In 1829 Linden was appointed a lifelong member of the First Chamber of the Württemberg state parliament . He carried out this mandate until his death.

In 1830 he was honored with the Knight's Cross of the Friedrich Order .

literature

• Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 507 .