Johannes Guittienne

Johannes Guittienne (born April 9, 1809 in Niedaltdorf ; † May 10, 1889 ibid) was a German politician .

His parents were the landowners Johann or Jean Mathias Guittienne (1775–1848) and Margarethe (1768–1829), née. Heitz. His brothers were Mathias and Nicolaus (1804–1866).

Johannes Guittienne attended schools in Trier and Saarbrücken , was a year-old volunteer in the infantry regiment "Graf Werder" (4th Rheinisches) No. 30 in 1828/29 , where he became a lieutenant and later a lieutenant in the Landwehr . From 1829 he studied law in Bonn , Munich , Heidelberg and Berlin . Fritz Reuter called him "De Franzos". In 1831 he and his brother Nicolaus Bernhard married Richard's daughters Katharina (1816–1863) and Elisabeth (1810–1861).

In 1832 he took part in the Hambach Festival , accompanied his political mentor Karl Heinrich Brüggemann in June and was a member of the Burschentag in Frankfurt am Main in autumn (as did Gustav Körner ) . "In 1833 he was arrested because of his membership in the fraternity in Bonn, the Germania in Munich, the Franconia in Heidelberg and the press association , and in 1834 he was brought to Magdeburg " in the fortress there, where he was, among other things, fellow prisoner of Fritz Reuter. In 1836 he was sentenced to death in Berlin with the other fraternity members Brüggemann and Heinrich Jacoby (1811–1890) from Alt-Strelitz and Hermann Müller (1812–1893) from Neubrandenburg for high treason , but the death penalty was commuted to 30 years imprisonment . In Magdeburg he lived with Peter Haßlacher .

As a result of Friedrich Wilhelm IV's accession to the throne , he was amnestied on August 10, 1840 , returned to Niedaltdorf and lived as a landowner. In 1848 he was elected both mayor in Him and a member of the Prussian National Assembly in Berlin, where he found a place among the extreme left . The second chamber was dissolved in 1849. As a supporter of the revolutionary party, he was dismissed as mayor in 1851. In 1847/48 he also became a member of the Frankfurt pre-parliament . In 1849 and 1855–1861 he was also a member of the Second Chamber of the Prussian House of Representatives . 1861–1865 he was a representative of the rural communities of the Saarlouis district in the Rhenish provincial parliament in Düsseldorf . In 1870 he was awarded the Order of the Crown . 1872–1885 he was mayor of Oberesch . He was also a member of the Saarlouis district assembly. According to Pastor Rausch's obituary, he is said to have held 23 offices.

His final resting place is in the family grave to the right of the entrance to the Niedaltdorf parish church. A place is named after him at his place of birth. In May 2014 he became the first honorary citizen of Rehlingen-Siersburg .

literature

• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 2: F-H. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0809-X . Pp. 202-203.
• Velhagen & Klasings monthly books, volume 19 (1905); Pp. 668-676.

Web links

• Entry on Johannes Guittienne in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database

Individual evidence

1. ^ Entry on Nicolaus Guittienne in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database , accessed on March 19, 2017 .
2. ^ Entry on Johannes Guittienne in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database , accessed on March 19, 2017 .
3. ^ Gustav Raatz: Truth and Poetry in Fritz Reuters Works ; P. 91
4. ↑ http://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/saarland/saarlouis/Niedaltdorf-will-frueheren-Politiker-Guittienne-zu-Ehrenbuerger-machen;art2807,3011212 ( Memento from July 28, 2014 on WebCite )
5. ↑ http://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/saarland/saarlouis/Johannes-Guittienne-Niedaltdorf-Ehrenbuerger-Rehlingen-Siersburg;art2807,5243608 ( Memento from July 28, 2014 on WebCite )
6. ↑ Johannes A. Bodwing: Late honor for a freedom fighter. Rehlingen-Siersburg municipality awards Johannes Guittienne honorary citizenship to Niedaltdorfer. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung from April 29, 2014.