Franz von Kettner
Wilhelm Franz Freiherr von Kettner (born January 7, 1801 in Mannheim , † August 19, 1874 in Karlsruhe ) was a Baden forester and court official.
Life
Franz von Kettner was the elder of two sons of the Baden forest director Johann Franz von Kettner (1765–1839). He enrolled as a stud. phil. to study forest sciences at the University of Heidelberg and in 1819 became a member of Corps Suevia Heidelberg . In 1824 Kettner became a forester in Gernsbach . In 1845 he was promoted to head forester in Baden. Starting in 1852, after his retirement from the Baden forest administration, he was appointed as director of the Hof-Domainen Hofbeamter in Karlsruhe, in 1857 as grand-ducal upper castle captain and in 1859 as chief hunter master of Baden. Franz von Kettner was a member of the first chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly from 1839 to 1860, and most recently its second vice-president. He retired from public life in 1864 and then wrote numerous articles for the Natural Science Association in Karlsruhe. His natural history cabinet went to the grand ducal collections, today's State Museum for Natural History Karlsruhe .
Together with his brother, the Baden Chamberlain and Privy Legation Councilor Ludwig von Kettner , who was born in 1802 , he owned the Reichartshausen manor .
Since 1827 he was married to Ida Freiin von Fischer (1809–1895), a daughter of Major General Freiherr von Fischer and long-time president of the department for women's education and care in the Baden women's association .
Fonts
- Description of the Murg and Oosthals in Baden , Frankfurt am Main 1843 ( digitized version )
Awards
- Title excellence
- 1853: Order of the Zähringer Lion , Knight
- 1856: Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class
literature
- Baden biographies , part 1, p. 463 ff ( digitized version )
- Armin Danco: The Yellow Book of the Corps Suevia zu Heidelberg, 3rd edition (members 1810–1985), Heidelberg 1985, No. 133
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Franz von Kettner in: New Nekrolog der Deutschen , Volume 33, Voigt, 1841, No. 53, p. 176 ff .; Fr. Cast: Historical and genealogical book of the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Stuttgart: Cast 1845, p. 122
- ^ Fr. Cast: Historical and genealogical book of the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Stuttgart: Cast 1845, p. 122
- ^ Badische Biographieen 5/2, p. 913
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SURNAME | Kettner, Franz von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kettner, Wilhelm Franz Freiherr von (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baden forester and court official |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1801 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
DATE OF DEATH | August 19, 1874 |
Place of death | Karlsruhe |