Hermann Knapp (politician)

Hermann Knapp , from 1850 Hermann von Knapp , (born June 8, 1801 in Alpirsbach , † June 19, 1859 in Stuttgart ) was a Württemberg lawyer and politician .

Life

The son of a councilor born Knapp studied after attending the Lyceum in Tubingen, a clerk teaching in Backnang and his time as an assistant in a vineyard law in Tübingen . During his studies in 1820 he became a member of the Germania Tübingen fraternity . After his exams and doctorate as Dr. iur. In 1831 he was appointed chief magistrate in Neuenbürg , in 1836 chief justice advisor in Ellwangen and in 1839 senior teacher and senior consistorial advisor in Stuttgart. From 1839 to 1842 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Württemberg Landtag . From 1843 to 1859 he was director of the royal study council in Stuttgart. In 1847 he represented Württemberg at the Postal Congress in Dresden . He wrote some legal treatises.

Ennoblement

In 1850, Knapp was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown , which was associated with the personal title of nobility ( ennoblement ).

literature

• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 3: I-L. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0865-0 , pp. 110-111.
• Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 452-453 .