Johann Ludwig Koch

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Johann Ludwig Koch (born November 1, 1772 in Niederklein , † May 2, 1853 in Wiesbaden ) was a German clergyman , politician , canon lawyer and librarian .

Life

Koch is said to be descended from Justus Jonas the Elder . He lost his parents early, which is why an uncle who was a clergyman provided for his education. He attended grammar school in Mainz , made friends with Johannes Weitzel and then studied philosophy and theology at the University of Mainz . In 1791 he passed the philosophical exam. The study of theology was interrupted several times by the effects of the politically unstable situation, so that he could not be ordained a priest until autumn 1798 . In 1802 he became a chaplain at the Church of St. Agatha in Aschaffenburg . From 1802 to 1805 he served as pastor in dam near Aschaffenburg , was then pastor at Kirdorf and 1,807 private secretary Elector-Archbishop Karl Theodor von Dalberg . He sent him to the University of Würzburg for further studies . There he was enrolled on January 3, 1807 and September 11, 1807 the dissertation De praescriptione longissimi temporis adquisitiva ... the Doctor of Laws PhD .

Koch was employed as a professor at the University of Aschaffenburg in 1807 and taught there at the theological and law faculties. In addition, he became assessor at the clerical court in Aschaffenburg and in 1810 judge in civil matters for clergy. In 1811 he accompanied Dalberg to the baptism of Napoleon Franz Bonaparte . When Aschaffenburg fell to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814 , a dissolution of the university was foreseeable and in 1815 Koch accepted an appointment as a secret church and high school councilor to the government of the Duchy of Nassau in Wiesbaden. There he opposed priestly celibacy in 1817 , in 1818 became Nassau's representative at the Frankfurt negotiations to regulate the conditions of the Catholic Church and fought for a liberal church constitution. In 1821 he was released from the clergy, married and converted to the Protestant faith. In 1821 he was also appointed a secret councilor with no special department, as he could no longer be responsible for school and church affairs.

Koch became director of the pawnshop commission in 1828 and a member of the general Nassau examination commission in 1833. It was not until 1837 that Koch left the government council in Wiesbaden. In the same year he took over the position of senior librarian at the Nassau State Library from his school and college friend Johannes Weitzel. He was also still working as an expert in church affairs and entered 1851 in the retirement .

Works (selection)

  • Attempt to systematically present the doctrine of testamentary inheritance law according to the Code Napoleon , Frankfurt am Main 1814.
  • Canon law study on the basis for future Catholic Church institutions in Germany , Andreä, Frankfurt am Main 1816.
  • Detailed legal opinion on the proceedings of the Roman court in the matter of the Constanz diocese administration of the Capitular-Vicars Freiherrn von Wessenberg , Andreä, Frankfurt am Main 1819.
  • Revision of the detailed legal opinion on the procedure of the Roman court in the matter of the Constance diocese administration of the vicar of the capitular Freihrn. v. Wessenberg , Bamberg 1820.

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SURNAME Koch, Johann Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman, canon lawyer and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1772
PLACE OF BIRTH Little one
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1853
Place of death Wiesbaden