Franz Jacob Wigard
Franz Jacob Wigard (born May 31, 1807 in Mannheim , † September 25, 1885 in Dresden ) was a German doctor and liberal politician in the Kingdom of Saxony . He was a supporter of the Free Religious Movement and advocated shorthand . Before and after the founding of the German Empire , he was a member of the Reichstag .
life and work
Wigard studied from 1826 to 1832 Catholic theology , philosophy , law and camera science at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . In 1827 he became a member of the Corps Palatia Munich . He then completed training as a stenographer with Franz Xaver Gabelsberger and entered the Bavarian civil service. In 1834 he became a state parliament stenographer in Saxony , and in 1847 in Prussia as well . In 1834 he founded the Saxon Stenographic Institute in Dresden, and in 1843 he was appointed professor of shorthand. From 1845 Wigard was a leading representative of the German Catholic movement .
He was a member of the pre-parliament and from May 18, 1848 until the end of the rump parliament in June 1849, a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly as a member of the Dresden parliament. He was the chairman of the stenographer's office and the protocol commission. He was a member of the committee for the draft of the Paulskirche constitution . Due to his participation in the rump parliament, he was charged with high treason , but later acquitted.
1853 Wigard began Medicine study. From 1856 he worked as a doctor in Dresden. In 1858 he received his doctorate from the University of Jena as Dr. med.
In 1850 and 1869/70 Wigard belonged to the Saxon state parliament . From 1867 to 1871 he sat for the German Progressive Party in the North German Reichstag and then until 1874 in the same function in the Reichstag of the German Empire.
Wigard was an active freemason . In 1838 he was accepted into the Golden Apple Lodge in Dresden. Among other things, he was the representative of his lodge at the Grand State Lodge of Saxony . During his parliamentary time in Frankfurt he took an active part in the lodge life there.
In addition, in 1863 Wigard was one of the founding members of the Dresden Turner fire brigade , the first organized fire brigade in the Saxon state capital and thus a direct forerunner of the Dresden fire brigade .
Publications
- The first general church assembly of the German Catholic Church. Held in Leipzig, Easter 1845. Authentic report on behalf of the church assembly ed. by Robert Blum and Franz Wigard. Friese, Leipzig 1845
- The first three hours of edification for the German Catholics in Dresden . Edited by Franz Wigard. Arnold in Commisson, Dresden / Leipzig 1845
- Organic statute for German-Catholic parishes. Designed and ed. by Franz Wigard . Arnold in Commisson, Dresden / Leipzig 1845
- The solemn introduction by Pastor Dr. Eduin Bauer and the newly elected elders to the German-Catholic community in Dresden on August 31, 1845. In addition to those of Wigard and Dr. Farmer made speeches . Klinkicht, Meißen 1846
- The second general Christian Catholic church assembly. held in Berlin, Whitsun 1847. Authentic report . Edited by Robert Blum and Franz Wigard. Leipzig 1847 online
- My political creed . Dresden 1848 leaflet
- as Ed .: Stenographic report on the negotiations of the German constituent national assembly in Frankfurt am Main . Joh. David Sauerländer , Frankfurt am Main 1848. ( Digitization of further volumes in the Munich digitization center ).
- Protest and appeal against the initiation of criminal proceedings for participation in the German National Assembly in Stuttgart . Leipzig 1849
- Second and final protest and appeal against the initiation of criminal proceedings for participation in the German National Assembly in Stuttgart: together with the decision of the King. Saxon. Court of Appeal regarding the termination of the investigation . Matthes, Leipzig 1850
- Textbook of the art of speech drawing (shorthand) . Moritz Katz, Dessau 1853 online
Honors
A street in Dresden is named after Franz Jacob Wigard. Wigardstrasse runs from Carolaplatz to Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz and passes the State Chancellery , the Ministry of Environment and Agriculture and the Ministry of Culture .
Individual evidence
- ^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 175 , 249
- ↑ Specht, Fritz / Schwabe, Paul: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives . 2nd Edition. Carl Heymanns Verlag , Berlin 1904, p. 220
literature
- Albert Bielz: Funeral speech on the day of the funeral of City Councilor Prof. Dr. Franz Jacob Wigard . Dresden 1885.
- Robert Fischer (ed.): Correspondence between Gabelsberger and Wigard (1833–1849). Friedrich Geissler, Leipzig 1886.
- Julius Pagel : Wigard, Franz Jacob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 42, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1897, p. 458 f.
- Ernst Ahnert: Wigard and his own , in: Bunte Blätter, Heft 1, Wolfenbüttel 1927, pp. 249-256.
- Ruth Fuchs: Franz Jacob Wigard , in: Men of the Revolution . Verlag das Europäische Buch, West Berlin 1970, pp. 369–388 ISBN 3-920 303-46-6 .
- Egbert Weiß : Corps students in the Paulskirche . Once and Now , special issue 1990, Munich 1990, p. 46.
- Wigard, Franz Jacob In: Heinrich Best , Wilhelm Weege: Biographical manual of the members of the Frankfurt National Assembly 1848/49. Droste, Düsseldorf 1998, ISBN 3-7700-0919-3 , pp. 360-361.
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Jacob Wigard in the catalog of the German National Library
- Franz Jacob Wigard in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Franz Wigard: Stenographic report on the negotiations of the constituent German National Assembly in Frankfurt am Main , online scan of all volumes at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wigard, Franz Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (DFP), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1807 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 1885 |
| Place of death | Dresden |