Heinrich Pfaff (politician)

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Heinrich Pfaff (born February 3, 1794 in Forchtenberg , † November 23, 1845 in Weinsberg ) was a German mayor and politician . From 1820 to 1845 he was the city councilor of Weinsberg and from 1833 to 1838 he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Württemberg Land estates .

Life

Heinrich Pfaff lost his parents at an early age and was brought up and taught by the then pastor of Neuenstein . He began his professional activity in the office and chancellery of Oberamtmann Gottlieb Benjamin von Wolf in Öhringen , who was also his superior in Backnang and later, after Pfaff's service with the Württemberg military and participation in campaigns in France , in Weinsberg.

Pfaff was a higher district court actuary and was accepted as a citizen of Weinsberg on September 30, 1819. On February 13, 1820, he was sworn in as the elected city schoolteacher.

In Weinsberg Pfaff and his friend, the city-based poet Justinus Kerner , made sure that the Lindenplatz, where the Weinsberg Blood Easter took place in 1525, was restored . From 1823 Pfaff also supported Kerner in his plan to save the Weibertreu castle ruins from further deterioration. In 1831, on Pfaff's initiative , an institution for the poor and poor was founded in Weinsberg 's new hospital , for which he drafted the statutes. He was on the board of directors and member of numerous assemblies and associations in the city that campaigned for charitable purposes.

In 1833 Pfaff ran for the Württemberg Chamber of Deputies in the Weinsberg constituency and, as the re-elected Karl Mayer did not accept the mandate, joined the Chamber as a member of the Chamber, where he represented the Upper Office until 1838. In 1838 Gustav Rümelin was elected as his successor. In the 1844 election, Pfaff ran again, but was not elected.

After a short illness, Pfaff died on November 23, 1845 and was buried on November 25. His successor as Stadtschultheiß was Franz Fraas .

family

In April 1820 Pfaff married Josephe Maximiliane Grebner, the daughter of the royal Hohenlohe court counselor Franz Christoph Grebner. Her brother was the sugar producer Franz von Grebner . Pfaff's wife was one of the co-founders of the women's association initiated by Justinus Kerner in 1823, which faithfully took on the ruins of the castle.

The couple had 12 children, 6 of whom died very early, one boy died when he was 12 years old. 3 sons and 2 daughters survived their father. A daughter died in Stuttgart in 1847 at the age of 18 and was buried by her relatives on October 4th in Weinsberg next to her father.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Martin Maurer : Justinus Kerner, the Burg Weinsberg and the women's association. In: Journal of Württemberg State History 58 . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1999, ISSN  0044-3786 , pp. 165-182, here pp. 169/170.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Pfaff, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German city school and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Forchtenberg
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1845
Place of death Weinberg