Franz von Zwerger

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Franz von Zwerger
Family coat of arms dwarfs (copy of the nobility diploma from 1737)

Franz Seraphim Benedikt Constanz Johann Nepomuk von und zu Zwerger (born December 10, 1792 in Waldkirch , † June 18, 1856 in Ravensburg ) was a German politician ( center ). From 1821 to 1856 he was the city ​​councilor of Ravensburg and from 1831 to 1844 a member of the Württemberg state parliament .

family

Franz von Zwerger was born in Waldkirch im Breisgau, then in Upper Austria, as the second oldest of five children. His father Dr. iur. Johann Anton von Zwerger (also dwarfs ; 1744–1813) was imperial-royal mayor and later senior bailiff. His mother Maria Alexia was the daughter of the Schwyzer Landammann Franz Michael Xaver Reichmuth.

After the father's retirement, the family moved from Tettnang to Ravensburg in 1811.

Life

Franz von Zwerger studied at the University of Tübingen and entered the civil service. He was an intern at the Oberamt Ravensburg and took his service exam at the Württemberg Ministry of the Interior on December 15 and 16, 1817 . As a lawyer with administrative experience, he was in great demand in Ravensburg and in 1820 became administrator of the municipal school authorities. On March 2, 1820, he was also elected as a city councilor to the building and fire committee. In 1820 he won the election to Ravensburger Stadtschultheiß (Lord Mayor). The long term of office of the versatile and liberal Catholic was marked by numerous reforms in administration, trade and commerce.

From 1831 to 1844 he represented the Oberamt Ravensburg and in 1848/49 the Oberamt Neckarsulm in the Württemberg state parliament in Stuttgart.

Together with the manufacturer Deffner, he also ran the largest cotton spinning mill, Zwerger, Deffner & Weiss, in Ravensburg.

literature

  • Alfred Lutz : The era of Franz von Zwerger: 1820, 21-1856 . Volksbank Ravensburg, Ravensburg 1990 ( Ravensburger Stadtgeschichte . Volume 19)
  • Alfred Lutz: Between persistence and departure. Ravensburg 1810-1847 . Aschendorff, Münster 2005, ISBN 3-402-05912-6 ( content )
  • 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. 1075 .

Web links

Commons : Franz von Zwerger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alfred Lutz: Between persistence and departure. Ravensburg from 1810 to 1847 . (At the same time dissertation from the Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, 1999). Aschendorff, Münster 2005, ISBN 3-402-05912-6 , p. 202
  2. ^ Helmut Binder, Alfred Lutz, Markus Glonegger: The Ravensburger Rutenfest in the past and present . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach 1997, ISBN 3-924489-87-4 , p. 218
  3. ^ Gert Kollmer-von Oheimb-Loup : Zollverein and Innovation. The reaction of Württemberg textile manufacturers to the German Customs Union 1834–1874. Scripta Mercaturae, St. Katharinen 1996, ISBN 3-89590-029-X , p. 360 ( Contributions to Southwest German economic and social history . Volume 22)
  4. ^ Revolution in the Southwest. Sites of the democracy movement 1848/49 in Baden-Württemberg . Edited by the working group of full-time archivists in the Baden-Württemberg City Council. 2nd Edition. Info Verlag, Karlsruhe 1998, ISBN 3-88190-219-8 , p. 504
  5. ^ Hugo Riede: The development of the Württemberg textile industry. Glasses & Kümmerle, Bietigheim (Württ.) 1937, p. 55
predecessor Office successor
Johann Jakob Motz Lord Mayor of Ravensburg
1821–1856 		Karl Friedrich Zaisser
personal data
SURNAME Zwerger, Franz von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Waldkirch
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1856
Place of death Ravensburg