Heinrich Bernhard von Andlaw-Birseck
Heinrich Bernhard Baron von Andlaw-Birseck (born August 20, 1802 in Freiburg im Breisgau , † March 3, 1871 in Hugstetten, now March (Breisgau) ) was a Baden politician and Catholic leader.
origin
Andlaw-Birseck was the son of the Baden minister Conrad Karl Friedrich von Andlau-Birseck and the younger brother of Franz Xaver von Andlaw-Birseck .
Life
He studied in Landshut , Freiburg and Heidelberg and was a dragoon officer in the Baden military service from 1821–1825 . After that, the nobleman continued his education in France and Italy, but lived largely as a private citizen.
His political activity only began when he was elected by the landlord nobility in 1835 to the 1st Chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly, in which he represented conservative, Catholic beliefs. Heinrich Bernhard von Andlaw-Birseck applied for a ban on the game of hazards and the establishment of a court of honor to prevent duels . From 1845 he was together with Joseph von Buß one of the most popular representatives of the Catholic movement in Baden. In 1848 he was a member of the preliminary parliament . From 1848 onwards, he was an activist of the Catholic associations , and his popular eloquence made him play an important role, especially at Catholic meetings. In correspondence, pamphlets and articles he promoted the establishment of a "free Catholic university". In 1850, 1861 and 1865 Andlaw-Birseck acted as President of the German Catholic Convention . In 1865 he was one of the founding members of the Baden Catholic People's Party . After an unsuccessful political attack against Interior Minister August Lamey because of the new School Supervision Act , the nobleman resigned from the Chamber of Estates in 1866.
He died March 3, 1871 on his Hugstetten estate near Freiburg.
His daughter Marie Henrike Sigismunda married the Baden cavalry officer Hermann Karl Peter von Mentzingen , who converted to Catholicism. One offspring of this connection was the politician Peter von Mentzingen (1854–1939).
Works
Heinrich Bernhard von Andlaw-Birseck wrote a. a .:
- The upheaval and upheaval in Baden, as a natural consequence of state legislation (Freiburg 1850); ( see: Baden Revolution )
- Priesthood and Christian Life (Freiburg. 1865)
- various pamphlets on political-religious topics.
See also
literature
- Franz Dor: Heinrich Bernhard v. Andlaw: a Baden politician and champion of Catholicism in his life and work . Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder, 1910
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz: Heinrich Bernhard von Andlaw-Birseck. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 164. ISBN 3-88309-013-1
- Friedrich von Weech : Andlaw-Birseck, Konrad Karl Friedrich Freiherr von und zu . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 431. In it Heinrich Bernhard von Andlaw-Birseck is also biographed.
- Martin Wellmer: Andlaw-Birseck, Heinrich Bernhard Freiherr von und zu. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 272 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich Bernhard von Andlaw-Birseck in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Archives: Members of the Pre-Parliament and the Fifties Committee (PDF file; 79 kB)
- ↑ David August Rosenthal : Convertite Pictures from the Nineteenth Century , Volume 1, Part 3, Page 515, Schaffhausen, 1872
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Andlaw-Birseck, Heinrich Bernhard von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Andlaw-Birseck, Heinrich Bernhard, Imperial Baron of |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baden politician and ultramontanist |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1802 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg in Breisgau |
DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1871 |
Place of death | March (Breisgau) |