Johann Baptist Jakob Adolf Pittschaft

Johann Baptist Jakob Adolf Pittschaft (born March 18, 1783 in Mainz ; † August 12, 1870 ) was a Hessian judge and liberal politician and a member of the 2nd Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

Johann Baptist Jakob Adolf Pittschaft was the son of the Electorate Chamber Councilor Georg Joseph Pittschaft and his wife Kunigunde, née Fritsch. Pittschaft, who was of Catholic faith, remained unmarried.

Pittschaft studied law and became a judge at the Mainz Higher Court . In 1827 he became Vice President and in 1840 President of the Supreme Court. In 1848 he retired.

From 1829 to 1830 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Estates. He was elected for the constituency of the city of Worms .

literature

• 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 , p. 294.
• Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , No. 676.
• Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (2nd Chamber) and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Vol. 5). Verlag des Historisches Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-922316-14-X , p. 209.

Web links

• Image by Johann Baptist Jakob Adolf Pittschaft at the German Digital Library
• Pittschaft, Johann Baptist Jakob Adolf. Hessian biography. (As of March 18, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).