Johann Evangelist Engesser

Johann Evangelist Engesser (born December 31, 1778 in Fürstenberg ; † September 30, 1867 in Mundelfingen ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and politician from Baden .

Life

Born on December 31, 1778 in the town of Fürstenberg, he studied theology in Freiburg and was ordained a priest on September 19, 1801. He was parish curate in Altglashütten . He received his first pastor in Unterbaldingen . From December 22, 1814 he was pastor in Mundelfingen. As a clergyman , he was appointed a member of the Catholic Church Section in Karlsruhe on December 13, 1823 . In 1825 he was appointed director of the Catholic Church Section and two years later promoted to Grand Ducal Privy Council, 2nd class. In this function he was responsible for church and school affairs in the Grand Duchy of Baden . In 1827, on the occasion of the first enthronement of the Archbishop of Freiburg, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Freiburg . He remained in the position of director of the Catholic Church Section until his retirement in 1832. After that, he returned to the parish of Mundelfingen, which he had reserved for himself, and died there on September 30, 1867, very withdrawn.

On November 17, 1809, Engesser was admitted to the Masonic lodge Zur noble Aussicht . He left a great fortune and numerous art treasures (including a seated Madonna from the 15th century), which frequently changed hands in the following years.

politics

In 1825 he became a member of the Baden Estates Assembly in the constituency of Villingen and Hüfingen. In 1828 he became vice-president of the Baden Second Chamber and thus he was the only non-lawyer in the Chamber Presidium during the entire Vormärz .

The government of Grand Duke Ludwig proposed him as coadjutor to Archbishop Bernhard Boll . However, after the Grand Duke's death, the proposal was withdrawn and Engesser retired in 1832. His work as director of the church section responsible for school affairs brought him into the sights of the divergent forces of the time. On the one hand he was accused by Garnier of being involved in the kidnapping of Kaspar Hauser , on the other hand he had to justify himself to the ordinariate because of his saltpetre business. Finally, the saltpeter riots also included a school strike. He was in extensive correspondence with Ignaz Heinrich von Wessenberg , Vicar General of Constance and antipole of the Saltpeterer.

Engesser's letter

Awards

Both secular medals (1825 commander of the Zähringer Lion Order ) and the highest papal medals (1829 Knight of the Golden Spur ) were awarded to him.

In Freiburg and Karlsruhe streets are named after him.

literature

Friedrich Kössing : Johann Evangelist Engesser . In: Baden biographies . 1st chapter. Bassermann, Heidelberg 1875, p. 229 ( digitized version )
Complete collection of the Grand Ducal Baden Government Gazette , Volume 2, Karlsruhe 1834, p. 720 ( digitized version )

Individual evidence

^ F. Kössing: Johann Evangelist Engesser , in: Badische Biographieen . 1st chapter. Bassermann, Heidelberg 1875, p. 229.
↑ Hugo Ficke: History of the Freemason Lodge on the Noble View in Freiburg in Baden , Poppen & Sohn publishing house, Freiburg 1874, p. 32 (digitized version)
↑ Hans-Peter Becht: The Baden Second Chamber and its Members, 1819 to 1841/42. Investigations into the structure and functioning of an early German parliament. Dissertation University of Mannheim, Heidelberg 1985, p. 464
↑ Adolf Roth and Paul Thorbecke: The Baden state estates. Landtag manual. Verlag der G. Braunschen Hofbuchdruckerei, Karlsruhe 1907, p. 269
↑ Hans-Peter Becht: Baden Parliamentarism 1819 to 1870: a German parliament between reform and revolution , Droste-Verlag, Düsseldorf 2009, p. 108.
^ In a letter to the Ordinariat , City Library Konstanz; he defends himself against accusations of neglecting his pastoral care because of his saltpetre trade
↑ "Your Excellency's affair has already been submitted to the highest authority with all the reasons given to me in the most recent kind letter - and many others - and I look forward to favorable results. In the meantime, with the attitudes of friendship devoted to admiration ... ”In: Letter to Wessenberg , City Library Konstanz.

personal data
SURNAME	Engesser, Johann Evangelist
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Engeßer, Johann Evangelist
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Catholic clergyman and politician in Baden
DATE OF BIRTH	December 31, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH	Furstenberg
DATE OF DEATH	September 30, 1867
Place of death	Mundelfingen

[1] F. Kössing: Johann Evangelist Engesser , in: Badische Biographieen . 1st chapter. Bassermann, Heidelberg 1875, p. 229.

[2] Hugo Ficke: History of the Freemason Lodge on the Noble View in Freiburg in Baden , Poppen & Sohn publishing house, Freiburg 1874, p. 32 (digitized version)

[3] Hans-Peter Becht: The Baden Second Chamber and its Members, 1819 to 1841/42. Investigations into the structure and functioning of an early German parliament. Dissertation University of Mannheim, Heidelberg 1985, p. 464

[4] Adolf Roth and Paul Thorbecke: The Baden state estates. Landtag manual. Verlag der G. Braunschen Hofbuchdruckerei, Karlsruhe 1907, p. 269

[5] Hans-Peter Becht: Baden Parliamentarism 1819 to 1870: a German parliament between reform and revolution , Droste-Verlag, Düsseldorf 2009, p. 108.

[6] In a letter to the Ordinariat , City Library Konstanz; he defends himself against accusations of neglecting his pastoral care because of his saltpetre trade

[7] "Your Excellency's affair has already been submitted to the highest authority with all the reasons given to me in the most recent kind letter - and many others - and I look forward to favorable results. In the meantime, with the attitudes of friendship devoted to admiration ... ”In: Letter to Wessenberg , City Library Konstanz.