Johann Christoph von Zabuesnig

Epitaph Johann Christoph von Zabuesnigs on the outer wall of St. Michaels Church

Johann Christoph von Zabuesnig (born November 9, 1747 in Augsburg ; † June 27, 1827 there ) was a German writer who was also mayor of Augsburg from 1813 to 1818 .

Life

Zabuesnig was born the son of a clothing dealer in Augsburg. He attended the Jesuit college of St. Salvator and lived in Paris and Trieste from 1765 . In 1772 he married the daughter of the Augsburg bookseller and publisher JA Veith. Zabuesnig caused a stir when he gave a lecture on February 15, 1796 as the spokesman for the merchants against the abuses of the patrician rule in the Grand Council. After the transition from Augsburg to Bavaria between 1807 and 1813, he became mayor of the city of Augsburg. He was ordained a priest on April 24, 1817 , his wife, with whom he had 15 children, had died shortly before. Zabuesnig published many religious and philosophical works. He also published fables, poems of homage, including on Mozart, and translations from French and Latin.

Zabuesnig was the supporter of the only public concert by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the Russian Hall of the Fugger Houses in Augsburg.

literature

Günther Grünsteudel , Günter Hägele, Rudolf Frankenberger (eds.): Augsburger Stadtlexikon. 2nd Edition. Perlach, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-922769-28-4 , ( online )

Web links

Literature by and about Johann Christoph von Zabuesnig in the catalog of the German National Library
Augsburg commemorative dates

Individual evidence

↑ Martin Kluger: The Mozart city of Augsburg: "the vatterstadt of my papa". regio Augsburg, archived from the original on March 27, 2009 ; Retrieved June 24, 2013 .

personal data
SURNAME	Zabuesnig, Johann Christoph von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer and mayor of the city of Augsburg (1813-1818)
DATE OF BIRTH	November 9, 1747
PLACE OF BIRTH	augsburg
DATE OF DEATH	June 27, 1827
Place of death	augsburg

[1] Martin Kluger: The Mozart city of Augsburg: "the vatterstadt of my papa". regio Augsburg, archived from the original on March 27, 2009 ; Retrieved June 24, 2013 .