Friedrich Maassen
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Friedrich Bernhard Christian Maassen , even Maassen (* 24. September 1823 in Wismar ; † 9. April 1900 in Wilten , Tyrol) was a German-Austrian law professor and journalist .
Maassen studied history and law in Jena, Berlin, Kiel and from 1845 in Rostock. During his studies he became a member of the Fürstenkeller Burschenschaft in 1841 and of the Burgkeller Burschenschaft in Jena in 1842/43 . He practiced as a lawyer and became Syndicus of the Mecklenburg Knighthood . Together with Franz Chassot von Florencourt , he founded the anti-revolutionary magazine Norddeutscher Correspondent in 1849 . In 1851 he converted from Protestantism to the Catholic Church together with Franz Chassot von Florencourt, Karl von Vogelsang and Emil von Bülow and moved to Bonn. In 1853 he wrote the work The Primacy of the Bishop of Rome and the Old Patriarchal Churches as part of his teaching activity in Bonn .
In 1855 he was appointed associate professor of Roman law at the University of Pest , and in the same year at the University of Innsbruck . In 1860 he became a full professor of Roman and canon law at the University of Graz , in 1870 he published there the history of sources and literature of canon law in the West until the Middle Ages . Also in Graz he published nine chapters on the free church and freedom of knowledge (1876). From 1871 to 1894 he taught at the University of Vienna . He stood up against the dogma of infallibility , but in 1882 expressly distanced himself from the Old Catholics . His main area of work was canonical source research. In 1873 he became a member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences . From 1885 he was also a member of the Austrian manor house . In the same year he became an honorary member of the Catholic student association KÖStV Austria Vienna . Since 1891 he was a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . In 1882 he influenced the Prussian culture war with his work on the reasons for the struggle between the pagan state and Christianity . He is buried in the Wilten cemetery in Innsbruck.
literature
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 4: M-Q. Winter, Heidelberg 2000, ISBN 3-8253-1118-X , pp. 1-3.
- Nikolaus Grass: Maassen, Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 603 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Nikolaus Grass: Maassen Friedrich Bernhard. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 384 f. (Direct links on p. 384 , p. 385 ).
- Obituary in the Almanac of the Imperial Academy of Sciences. Volume 50, Vienna 1900, pp. 365-371.
- Gunter Wesener : Roman Law and Natural Law (= History of the Law Faculty of the University of Graz , Part 1), Graz 1978, pp. 48–51.
Web links
- Maassen, Friedrich Bernhard Dr. iur. . Short biography on the website of the Austrian Parliament
- Literature by and about Friedrich Maassen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature about Friedrich Maassen in the state bibliography MV
- Catholic Encyclopedia Friedrich Bernhard Christian Maassen
- Employee site at Monumenta Germaniae Historica
Remarks
- ^ Entries in the Rostock matriculation portal
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maassen, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maassen, Friedrich Bernhard Christian (full name); Maassen, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Austrian law professor and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wismar |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 1900 |
| Place of death | Wilten |