Georg Ignaz Brock

Georg Ignaz Brock (born October 15, 1746 in Würzburg ; † February 1, 1821 there ) was a German author and politician. From 1796 until his death he was first mayor of Würzburg and satirical writer .

Life

Georg Ignaz Brock began his professional career from 1776 as senior councilor, from May 27, 1779 he was city councilor and from 1802 court councilor.

From 1796 he succeeded Georg Ferdinand Schönig (1741–1796) as the first legally qualified mayor of Würzburg. He held this office until his death. He was friends with Rudolf Graf von Rechteren-Limpurg (1751–1842). In 1804 he threatened Friedrich Koenig with deportation by the police, about which Koenig complained to the Bavarian State Commissioner General Friedrich Karl von Thürheim .

In the Xenien written by Brock, he commented on the fate of the city of Würzburg in the Napoleonic era in a satirical way. These documents are lost.

He was married to Maria Susanna von Brock for 44 years until his death.

literature

Clemens Maria Tangerding: The urge for the state: Lebenswelten in Würzburg between 1795 and 1815, p. 219

Web links

Death note (franconica.uni-wuerzburg.de)

Individual evidence

↑ Dirk Götschmann : Würzburg 1814–1869. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 ), pp. 25–57 and 1249–1253; here: pp. 32–33, plate 2 ( memorial sheet on the occasion of Georg Ignaz Brock's admission to the city council ).
↑ Ulrich Wagner: Würzburg rulers, Bavarian minister-presidents, chairmen of the district council / district council presidents, regional presidents, bishops, lord mayors 1814–2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1221-1224; here: p. 1223 f.
^ Bruno Rottenbach: Friedrich Koenig. In: Heinz Otremba, Bruno Rottenbach (ed.): 15 centuries of Würzburg. A city and its history. , Echter, Würzburg 1979, pp. 116 and 118; here: p. 116.

personal data
SURNAME	Brock, Georg Ignaz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German author and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 15, 1746
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wurzburg
DATE OF DEATH	February 1, 1821
Place of death	Wurzburg

[1] Dirk Götschmann : Würzburg 1814–1869. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 ), pp. 25–57 and 1249–1253; here: pp. 32–33, plate 2 ( memorial sheet on the occasion of Georg Ignaz Brock's admission to the city council ).

[2] Ulrich Wagner: Würzburg rulers, Bavarian minister-presidents, chairmen of the district council / district council presidents, regional presidents, bishops, lord mayors 1814–2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1221-1224; here: p. 1223 f.

[3] Bruno Rottenbach: Friedrich Koenig. In: Heinz Otremba, Bruno Rottenbach (ed.): 15 centuries of Würzburg. A city and its history. , Echter, Würzburg 1979, pp. 116 and 118; here: p. 116.