Jakob Brand

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Jakob Brand
Bishop Jakob Brand in front of Limburg Cathedral
Title page of a prayer book by Jakob Brand.

Jakob Brand (born June 28, 1776 in Mespelbrunn ; † October 26, 1833 ) was the first bishop of the Limburg diocese from 1827 to 1833 .

Life

Jakob Brand was the son of the chief schultheissen and administrator of domestic goods and ironworks, Peter Brand (born June 29, 1753 in Hausen near Kleinwallstadt; † December 14, 1824 there) and Maria Eva née Roth (* 1756 in Neudorf).

Jakob Brand, from Neudorf im Spessart (today's name Mespelbrunn ), attended the Aschaffenburg grammar school from 1791 to 1796 and studied philosophy in Mainz and Aschaffenburg from 1796 to 1798. From 1797 he was a seminarist for the diocese of Mainz . In 1798 he completed his studies with a doctorate to become Dr. phil. from.

He was ordained a priest on July 6, 1802 . From 1804 he was initially a professor at the Gymnasium in Aschaffenburg, from 1809 to 1827 pastor in Weißkirchen / Taunus and six years later country dean of the Königstein chapter. Brand was assigned to the enlightened wing within the Catholic Church. He campaigned for the education of young people and founded the industrial school in Oberursel , a forerunner of today's vocational schools. Since there were hardly any suitable textbooks, Dechant Brand developed and published his own teaching materials. In 1817 Brand was appointed school inspector for the schools in the Königstein inspection district. From 1825 to 1832 he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Nassau State Parliament . In 1832 his election was initially declared invalid, but he was then re-elected.

Proposed in 1827 by the Duke of Nassau for the newly built bishopric in Limburg, it was accepted by Pope Leo XII. appointed Bishop of Limburg and received episcopal ordination on October 21, 1827 in the Church of St. Castor in Koblenz by Trier Auxiliary Bishop Johann Heinrich Milz .

During his entire tenure, Brand was heavily dependent on the Duke of Nassau , who repeatedly intervened in the internal affairs of the diocese. However, he was able to achieve greater freedom for his church through his diplomatic skills and winning personality. In this way he was able to establish a theological faculty in Limburg against the Nassau government, which, however, was closed again in 1834 after Brand's untimely death.

The bishop died on October 26, 1833 and was buried in Limburg Cathedral .

Works

Jakob Brand was also active as a theological writer, a. a. he wrote the prayer book "The Christ in Devotion", which was published several times.

Other works:

Honors

In 1821, fire was the University of Würzburg and 1830 by the University of Giessen to honorary doctor appointed. In 1825 he was appointed to the clergy .

literature

  • Ferdinand Ebert: Jakob Brand. Bishop of Limburg (1776–1833). In: Publications of the Society for Franconian History. Row 7: CVs from Franconia. Vol. 6, 1960, ISSN  0930-9314 , pp. 5-20.
  • Friedrich Lauchert :  Brand, Jakob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, p. 173 f.
  • Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , pp. 84-85.
  • Nassau parliamentarians. Part 1: Cornelia Rösner: The Landtag of the Duchy of Nassau 1818–1866 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Nassau. 59 = Prehistory and history of parliamentarism in Hesse. 16). Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1997, ISBN 3-930221-00-4 , No. 27, pp. 20-21.

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predecessor Office successor
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personal data
SURNAME Brand, Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brand, Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian, Bishop of Limburg
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1776
PLACE OF BIRTH Mespelbrunn
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1833