Ignaz Engelberger

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Ignaz Engelberger (born July 31, 1750 in Rheinfelden ; † November 16, 1812 Freiburg ) was the last syndic of the Breisgau estates and the Baden district councilor and court councilor.

Life

Engelberger obtained a doctorate in law and took up his position as secretary of the state estates.

In 1786 Engelberger became a member of the Masonic lodge " Zur edlen Aussicht " in Orient Freiburg, where he also worked as a chair master from 1789 to 1790 and 1810 to 1812 . He was in correspondence with the poet Johann Georg Jacobi .

Initially a supporter of Josephinism , he was initially also positive about the ideas of the French Revolution . In view of the outbreaks of violence in the course of the revolution, he turned away and became a patriot against France. In the course of the French occupation of Breisgau in 1796, many officials fled, including the previous syndic of the estates, Dr. Baumann. Engelberger filled the void and tried to ease the occupation burdens in negotiations with the French. When Baumann returned in June 1797, Engelberger was able to hold himself in the position of syndic of all three estates (= common) with the support of the knighthood and the third estate, and the initially opposing prelate class soon gave in.

After the Breisgau was again awarded to the Duke of Modena as compensation in the Peace of Lunéville in 1801 , Engelberger tried, together with the abbot of the St. Blasien monastery , Berthold Rottler and the regional president of Upper Austria Joseph Thaddäus von Sumerau , the possessions of the monasteries and the state constitution in the Secure Breisgau through intervention at the Viennese court. He refused the position offered to him there and the promotion to the nobility. In the summer of 1803 Engelberger tried in vain on behalf of the estates to obtain the approval of the possessions of the Säckingen women's monastery in the Fricktal from the Swiss Diet .

With the takeover of government by Hermann von Greiffenegg , the district president of Archduke Ferdinand , the independence of the rural institutions was restricted. The legal representatives of the estates were made state officials. Engelberger vehemently opposed this change. In December 1803, Greiffenegg promoted him from the estates to the Austro-Modenese Council of Appeal ( Duchy of Modena-Breisgau ).

After the transition of the Breisgau to Baden , Engelberger wrote the " Presentation of the Breisgau knighthood to the Elector of Baden on June 11th, 1806. "

On October 13, 1807, Engelberger's appointment as Privy Councilor of the Upper Rhine District Government and Chairman of the Catholic Church Commission was published.

He was married and had a daughter who married the doctor Peter Joseph Schneider .

literature

  • Josef Bader : The former estates in Breisgau: presented according to their origin, their constitution, their achievements and fates , Dr. Engelberger, the last common lawyer . Karlsruhe: Macklot, 1846, pp. 196–207 online in the Google book search

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Individual references / comments

  1. ↑ s. Hugo Ficke: History of the Masonic Lodge for the noble view in Freiburg in Baden. Freiburg i. Br. 1874, pp. 6 and 11 (digitized version) ; (Digitized version)
  2. ↑ s. Bader p. 202
  3. ↑ s. Fridolin Jehle, Adelheid Enderle-Jehle: The history of the Säckingen monastery. Sauerländer, Aarau 1993, p. 311 (Contributions to Aargauergeschichte vol. 4), doi : 10.5169 / seals-110013
  4. ↑ printed by Josef Bader : The former Breisgau estates: presented according to their origin, their constitution, their achievements and fates , pp. 208–213 online in the Google book search
  5. ↑ s. Großherzoglich Baden Government Gazette, fifth year 1807, pp. 196–197 online in the Google book search
  6. ↑ Guide to the Paepcke, Hilken, and Nitze Families Papers 1806-2019. Accessed December 1, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Engelberger, Ignaz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Breisgau Land Syndic, Baden Court Councilor
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1750
PLACE OF BIRTH Rheinfelden
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1812
Place of death Freiburg