Johann Peter von Feuerbach

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Johann Peter Feuerbach , from 1820 Johann Peter von Feuerbach (born August 1, 1761 in Wetzlar , † January 18, 1825 in Stuttgart ) was a German political official .

Life

Johann Peter von Feuerbach came from the simplest of circumstances and was the son of the stocking weaver Wilhelm Gottfried Feuerbach (born February 4, 1729 in Leun ; † June 20, 1780 in Wetzlar) and his wife Judith (née Hoch).

He attended school in Wetzlar; There he stood out for his accurate handwriting, so that his father suggested that he work as a copyist for a procurator of the Reich Chamber of Commerce. His father financed him a modest private tuition for school lessons, where he also learned Latin . In the course of time he developed the desire to attend higher schools and preparatory legal lectures, which were held in Wetzlar at the time. In 1774 he left school and got a job in the home of a private teacher.

Despite the death of his father in 1780, he continued his preparatory studies in his spare time and took the opportunity, when he received a free table in Göttingen in 1782 , to attend the university there. Shortly after his arrival in Göttingen, he was lucky enough to be accepted by a penniless former classmate. On the basis of a recommendation by the Privy Councilor of Justice Johann Stephan Pütter , he was able to attend lectures free of charge, but in order to earn a living he had to make copies of other students' college notebooks, write repetitions of the lectures and give lessons to several young people. He finished his studies in 1785 and accepted the invitation of a member of the Reich Chamber of Commerce traveling through Göttingen and returned to Wetzlar.

After receiving a job at the Reich Chamber Court , he carried out various work in the office of the procurators and assessors and received a comprehensive practical insight into the practice of the Reich Chamber Court.

In August 1786, he accompanied the Imperial Court Assessor Franz von Albini , than this from Mainz Elector Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal was appointed to the Privy Empire clerk in Vienna, as his private secretary . In order to increase his livelihood during his stay in Vienna, he worked in his free time in the office of the Reich agent von Fichte, whose long-term friendship he acquired here.

In August 1789, on the recommendation of Albini in the Swabian knightly canton of Kocher, he received the vacant second consultancy position and traveled from Vienna to Esslingen to the local chancellery there. His job there proved to be very difficult because he had no knowledge of local conditions, the chivalric constitution was very complicated and required his own studies and practical exercises, and he had to deal with many business backlogs; in addition, after the outbreak of the French Revolution, the business of knighthood increased. Even after the Treaty of Lunéville and the Imperial Deputation Recession of 1803, the chivalric constitution was retained for the time being, but it was foreseeable that changes were imminent, so in 1803 he traveled with the chivalrous deputation to Vienna and took part in the negotiations there.

After the outbreak of the war between France and Austria in 1805, the imperial knighthood was subsequently subjected to various former imperial estates and the knightly canton came under Württemberg sovereignty , but his employment in royal Württemberg services still depended on a dispute with Bavaria , which was also a knightly employee had to take over.

In September 1806 he was sent to Ehingen as royal Württemberg occupation commissioner on behalf of the general commissioner , albeit without a formal appointment . In Ehingen he collected all information about the knightly canton Danube and its local conditions in order to be able to use it later in the negotiations with Bavaria, which were opened in Ulm as a result of the Rhine Confederation Act ; When the negotiations were opened, he supported the royal plenipotentiary, who was able to achieve an amicable settlement for Württemberg.

With the ratification of the treaty, Johann Peter got a job as a lecturer council , with the character of a legation council , at the then cabinet ministry (ministry of foreign affairs). As a result of the Pressburg Peace and the Rhine Confederation Act, there were still numerous points of negotiation with the neighboring states, which involved disputes, compensation payments and the settlement of differences, which in turn led to new treaties. In 1808 he was appointed Privy Legation Councilor, and between 1808 and 1810 he signed all concluded state treaties either as an authorized representative or was responsible for processing them.

In October 1810 he was appointed co-plenipotentiary for the execution of a state assignment and purification contract (exchange of slopes) concluded with Bavaria in Paris and spent two years alternately in Ulm and Munich until the contract was concluded in 1812.

In 1815 he advised his regent at the Congress of Vienna and after its termination was promoted by the King to the Council of State and at the same time received the directorate of the chancellery and the office of foreign affairs for the German expeditions. Five months later he was appointed royal envoy to the Bundestag ; however, at his request, the dispensation was issued from this agency.

Until King Friedrich's death in October 1816, he took part in his personal conferences on foreign affairs and gave lectures or was given direct assignments. After the change of government, he remained in his office in the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in 1820 was appointed Real Ministerial Director in the Department of Foreign Affairs. King Wilhelm I of Württemberg ended the personal conferences and created the Privy Council as the supreme advisory authority; Johann Peter von Feuerbach was admitted to this council as an extraordinary member until his death in 1821.

He became the beginning of 1823 churchwardens of the Evangelical Reformed Church elected.

Johann Peter von Feuerbach married Karoline Sophie Johanna Friederike (born October 17, 1779 in Rostock , † August 13, 1826 in Stuttgart) on November 24, 1804 in Esslingen , daughter of his former colleague in Esslingen, the first consultant, Ehrhard Friedrich Weinland ( 1745-1812); together they had several daughters, of whom we know by name:

  • Marie Sophie Amalie Feuerbach (* December 1, 1806 in Esslingen; † unknown), married to Carl Friederich Christian Reuß (* 1794; † unknown).

Awards and honors

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann "Peter" von Feuerbach born. 1 Aug 1761 Wetzlar died 18 Jan 1825 Stuttgart: Family data from the Paul Wolfgang Merkel Family Foundation. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
  2. ^ Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Department Main State Archive Stuttgart - Finding aid J 53/1: Papers Weinland and Feuerbach - Introduction. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Austrian observer . A. Strauss, 1815, p. 1316 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
personal data
SURNAME Feuerbach, Johann Peter von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Feuerbach, Johann Peter; Feuerbach, Johann P. von; Feuerbach, Joh. Peter v.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political official
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Wetzlar
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 1825
Place of death Stuttgart