Johann Baptist Ignaz Fischinger

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Johann Baptist Ignaz Fischinger, detail from a medallion, painted around 1836 by his wife. The medallion is exhibited in the Fricktaler Museum in Rheinfelden.

Johann Baptist Ignaz Fischinger (born July 16, 1768 in Freiburg im Breisgau , † February 14, 1844 ) was a politician in the Fricktal . The citizen from Mumpf held the two most important offices in the newly formed Rheinfelden district . He was president of the district court and senior magistrate.

biography

Fischinger's handwriting in a letter to Pastor Vögelin in Mumpf

Fischinger studied philosophy for four years at the University of Freiburg i. B. and four years of law studies in Vienna . He soon joined the public services of the Upper Austrian administration: in 1793 as a legal trainee in the Offenburg Oberamt, in 1794 in the Upper Austrian Troop Division Chancellery, and in 1797 as an assistant at the Provincial Commissariat. In 1799 he organized and accompanied the retreat of the Austrian army to Vienna.

After the abolition of Austrian rule in Fricktal, the canton of Fricktal was proclaimed under French patronage in 1802 . Fischinger answered a friend's call, became the sole responsible office clerk in the still young canton and helped set up an independent administration. In 1803 the canton of Fricktal was assigned to the canton of Aargau . He accepted the position as chairman of the Rheinfelden District Court and soon afterwards as senior bailiff . In 1831 there was a separation between judicial and executive powers. So he gave up the judge's office.

As soon as he entered the Fricktal, the Mumpf community granted him citizenship . In the register of grand councils, "Fischinger Johann Baptist Ignaz von Mumpf" is listed as Aargau's grand councilor from 1808 to 1831 .

In his work as a senior bailiff, he created a clear, systematic file management system with a preference for clear tabular representations and statistics, which were considered exemplary for a long time. He had got to know this type of file management and the course of business from the ground up in the Austrian administration. The writing of documents, deeds, contracts, notices and accounting was done by hand. Most of them had to be available in multiple versions, so that the district office was booming.

Fischinger set himself other tasks: he was a member of the legislative assembly in Solothurn in 1811 and in Zurich in 1813 . From 1807 to 1835 he also served as president of the district school council. He was elected as a Catholic Church Councilor by the Aargau government.

Fischinger, who was married to Maria Kresenzia Cäcilia, born Wachsman († 1838), died in 1844 of an incurable stomach ailment.

Soon after his death, the brook from Schupfart to Mumpf was named Fischingerbach in the Siegfried Map of 1880 and the valley was named Fischingertal .

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personal data
SURNAME Fischinger, Johann Baptist Ignaz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1768
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Breisgau
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1844