Johann Jakob Schoppmann

Johann Jakob Schoppmann , also Johann Jakob Schopmann (born November 21, 1767 in Neustadt an der Haardt ; † March 28, 1840 there ) was a German lawyer , politician and landowner. He campaigned for the preservation of freedom of the press and freedom of expression in Germany and was one of the organizers of the Hambach Festival of 1832.

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Johann Jakob Schoppmann was born on November 21, 1767 in Neustadt an der Haardt as the son of a pharmacist . He studied law in Heidelberg and was later referred to as the landowner and owner of a timber business. From a young age he took part in the city's political life.

In the spring of 1794 Schoppmann was taken hostage by the French in Landau and later in Zabern . After the conquest of the left bank of German territory by French revolutionary troops he was in the French period of the " Rhine District (later Bavarian influence" Rheinpfalz ") operates" from 1798 to 1814 in several offices - including Justice of the Peace, 1798 President of the District Court, 1802-1814 Councilor in the Département du Mont-Tonnerre and Mayor of Neustadt. After the Congress of Vienna he continued the mayor's office of Neustadt. Since the 1820s Schoppmann has been elected to the Bavarian state parliament four times , where he is counted among the liberal opposition along with others like Friedrich Schüler . From 1826 to 1830 he was a member of the "Landrath" of the Palatinate (today district parliament).

In 1832, Schopmann worked for the political magazine Deutsche Tribüne, published by Johann Georg August Wirth , and became a member of the German Press and Fatherland Association . In the run-up to the Hambach Festival , he signed the letter of invitation, but he had to hand over the opening speech of the festival to Philipp Hepp due to illness . His house was also the meeting place for a meeting on May 28, 1832 for leading opposition figures. He took over the banners of the Hambach Festival as a senior (elder) for safekeeping.

In 1834 he was sentenced to imprisonment for signing protests against the repression of the German Confederation . Schoppmann died on March 28, 1840 in his hometown.

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↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f biographies of Johann Jakob Schoppmann (1767-1840). Retrieved January 21, 2013 .

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↑ ^a ^b ^c NWonline - About Neustadt - Neustadt personalities. Retrieved January 21, 2013 .
^ Johann Georg August Wirth: The national festival of the Germans in Hambach . Neustadt 1832, p. 94 ( online at: books.google.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Schoppmann, Johann Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schopmann, Johann Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 21, 1767
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neustadt an der Haardt
DATE OF DEATH	March 28, 1840
Place of death	Neustadt an der Haardt

[demokratiegeschichte-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f biographies of Johann Jakob Schoppmann (1767-1840). Retrieved January 21, 2013 .