Franz von Matuschka

Franz Xaver Victor Maria Graf von Matuschka and Toppolczan (born December 1, 1859 in Schöneiche , † April 24, 1943 in Berlin ) was a German geologist and politician . From 1890 to 1893 he was a member of the German Reichstag .

origin

His parents were Viktor Amadeus Bernhard Anton Maria von Matuschka (1824-1909), Count von Matuschka Freiherr von Toppolczan and Spaetgen and his wife Countess Johanna Josepha Hedwig von Ballestrem (born June 22, 1832 - † December 23, 1888).

Life

Franz Graf von Matuschka was born on his father's estate in Schöneiche, Wohlau district. A little later the family moved to Breslau. Matuschka received private tuition there until the fall of 1878 and then switched to the Prima of the Dom-Gymnasium in Fulda, where he passed the school leaving examination at Easter 1880. He then attended the universities in Breslau , Berlin, Munich and Göttingen . Count Matuschka initially studied natural sciences, later devoted himself to studying law and economics, especially the worker question. Since his studies in Breslau he was a member of the Catholic student association KDStV Winfridia Breslau . In Göttingen he was the founding senior of the AV Palatia Göttingen association . In 1886 he received his doctorate on the subject of the Berleburg roof slate in geology. In 1890 he married Alice von Schalscha-Ehrenfeld (1869-1935) , a daughter of the Reichstag member Alexander von Schalscha-Ehrenfeld . The marriage has two daughters. From 1905 he lived in Berlin, where he had an extensive mineral collection with more than 4,000 specimens. Matuschka was a city councilor in Schöneberg and head of the city council from 1910 to 1917.

From 1890 to 1893 he was a member of the German Reichstag for the constituency of Opole District 10 Neustadt OS and the German Center Party .

His grave is in the Protestant cemetery Alt-Schöneberg , Hauptstrasse 47, field 7-3-26.

Memberships

1882 German Geological Society
Founding senior of the student association AV Palatia Göttingen

Web links

Count Matuschka, Franz in the database of members of the Reichstag
Biography of Franz Graf-Comte Matuschka . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)

Individual evidence

↑ Ulf Lückel: Franz Matuschka von Toppolczan , review of the again available dissertation from 1886 In: Wittgenstein, Blätter des Wittgensteiner Heimatverein eV, Jg. 99, Vol. 75, H. 1, March 2011, pages 40-41.
↑ Biographical information of the doctoral candidate, Göttingen 1886.
^ Franz Graf Matuschka von Toppolczan: Die Dachschiefer von Berleburg. Inaugural dissertation to obtain the philosophical doctorate at the Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen 1886.

personal data
SURNAME	Matuschka, Franz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Matuschka and Toppolczan, Franz Xaver Victor Maria Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German geologist and politician (center), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	December 1, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH	Beautiful oak
DATE OF DEATH	April 24, 1943
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Ulf Lückel: Franz Matuschka von Toppolczan , review of the again available dissertation from 1886 In: Wittgenstein, Blätter des Wittgensteiner Heimatverein eV, Jg. 99, Vol. 75, H. 1, March 2011, pages 40-41.

[2] Biographical information of the doctoral candidate, Göttingen 1886.

[3] Franz Graf Matuschka von Toppolczan: Die Dachschiefer von Berleburg. Inaugural dissertation to obtain the philosophical doctorate at the Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen 1886.