Heinrich Joseph Watteroth

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Heinrich Joseph Watteroth (born January 17, 1756 in Worbis ; † August 13, 1819 in Vienna ; also Heinrich Joseph Watterroth ) was a German-Austrian law scholar and university professor .

Life

Relics of the House of Watteroth

Watteroth was initially intended by his parents for a career as a clergyman . On the other hand, he devoted himself to law during his university studies. From 1774 he studied at the University of Erfurt , then moved to the University of Göttingen , where he completed his studies in 1777. In the same year he found employment with the Reichshofrat in Vienna. He also attended legal lectures at the University of Vienna . He also became a doctor of law doctorate .

In 1781 Watteroth received a position as associate professor for statistics and political science at the University of Vienna and in 1783 became professor for statistics at the Theresianum . In August 1783, he joined the Illuminati Lodge in Vienna, On True Unity , and rose to become a master in the same year. In 1786 he switched to the Lodge Zur Truth as a member . He was also appointed full professor for legal history at the University of Vienna in 1786 .

Watteroth was reported to the emperor by Archbishop Christoph Anton von Migazzi of Vienna in 1790 because of anti-church efforts. As a result, he had to give up the chair for church history, but in 1791 he was transferred to the chair for political science and also became a kk book censor . His work For Tolerance in General and Civil Rights of Protestants in Catholic States , published in Vienna in 1781 , had already been placed on the index of forbidden books by decree of the Roman Catholic Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 1783 .

Watteroth's Viennese house at Erdbergstrasse 17 was a meeting place for numerous artists. Franz Schubert also lived in the house, where he wrote the Prometheus cantata on behalf of Watteroth's students , which was performed for the first time on July 24, 1816 in the garden of the house. In addition, was also attended by Johann Mayrhofer , Joseph von Spaun and Josef Kriehuber at Watteroth.

Watteroth was made an honorary citizen of the City of Vienna in 1810 .

Works (selection)

  • The Reformation in Germany at the end of the eighteenth century , Hartl, Vienna 1781. ( digitized version )
  • For tolerance in general and civil rights of Protestants in Catholic countries , Vienna 1782.
  • Defense of the Reformation in Germany at the end of the 18th century: as the 2nd part of the Reformation , Wizler, Vienna 1782.
  • The Dalailama's journey from Putola to Beijing to the Emperor in China: a fragment from the history of the Popes , Hartmann, Frankfurt am Main 1784.
  • About art and artists in Austria , Vienna 1791.
  • Political lectures on paper money and bank notes with regard to the patent dated February 20, 1811 , 4 booklets, Wimmer, Vienna 1811.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Watteroth, Heinrich Joseph. In: Jesús Martínez de Bujanda , Marcella Richter: Index des livres interdits: Index librorum prohibitorum 1600–1966. Médiaspaul, Montréal 2002, ISBN 2-89420-522-8 , p. 937 (French, digitized ).
personal data
SURNAME Watteroth, Heinrich Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Watterroth, Heinrich Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian lawyer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1756
PLACE OF BIRTH Worbis
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1819
Place of death Vienna