Joseph Albrecht von Ittner
Joseph Albrecht von Ittner, also Joseph Albert von Ittner (born March 2, 1754 near Bingen (Rheinhessen), † March 9, 1825 in Konstanz ), was a German writer , lawyer and diplomat. 1786–1806 he was Chancellor of the Grand Priory of Germany of the Order of Malta and the rule of Heitersheim .
Life
Martin's Catholic son, an auditor in a regiment of the Electorate of Mainz , and Maria Franziska Heimes studied law in Mainz and Göttingen . He worked as a lawyer at the Reich Chamber of Commerce in Wetzlar, the Reichstag in Regensburg and the Reichshofratskanzlei in Vienna.
He then worked as a councilor and archivist to Prince Josef Friedrich Wilhelm von Hohenzollern-Hechingen . In 1786 he became Chancellor of the Grand Priory of Germany of the Order of Malta in Heitersheim .
After the Peace of Bratislava he was employed in the Baden state service from 1805 . 1806–1807 he carried out the secularization of the St. Blasien monastery on behalf of the Grand Duke . He was then a curator at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau . He also represented Baden 1807-1818 as envoy to the federal diets . In 1812 he became director of the Seekreis in Constance.
Ittner belonged to the Upper Rhine poet circle around Johann Georg Jacobi . Among his friends were Joseph von Laßberg , Ignaz Heinrich von Wessenberg , Heinrich Zschokke and Heinrich Schreiber . Even Therese von Artner spent several weeks with him in Heitersheim.
Through his botanical studies he came into contact with Karl Christian Gmelin , who named the genus of the mermaid herb Ittnera (CCGmel.) In his honor . Ittner was also active in the short-lived Patriotic Society of Doctors and Naturalists in Swabia .
Marriage and offspring
Ittner married Walburga Frank in Hechingen, the daughter of the Chancellor of Hohenzollern-Hechingen , Johann Daniel Marianus Frank. He had four children with her:
- Josephine (1778--16 July 1809)
- Karl (* 1782)
- Karoline (or Charlotte) (* 1784)
- Franz (February 11, 1787 - August 29, 1821)
literature
- Daniel Jacoby: Ittner, Joseph Albert von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 647 f.
- Adalbert Elschenbroich: Ittner, Johann Albrecht von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , pp. 203-205 ( digitized version ).
- JLHug: Joseph Albert von Ittner , in: New Nekrolog der Deutschen, third year 1825, first issue, pp. 325–338 Google digitized
- Heinrich Schreiber. Joseph Albrecht von Ittner's selected correspondence along with his life , Freiburg im Breisgau 1829 online
- Marco Jorio: Ittner, Joseph Albrecht von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Friedrich von Weech : Joseph Albert von Ittner. In: Friedrich von Weech (editor): Baden biographies. First Part, Heidelberg 1875, pp. 427–261 online in the Badische Landesbibliothek .
- Helmut Bender: Joseph Albrecht von Ittner. In: Badische Heimat, issue 2/1980, pp. 285–294
Individual evidence
- ↑ s. Schreiber pp. 139-141
- ↑ s. Schreiber p. 148
- ↑ Later, however, the name najas became established
- ↑ s. Schreiber p. 149
- ^ Fran [c] k, Johann Daniel Marianus, Lic. Iur. www.oberschwaben-portal.de; Retrieved July 25, 2016
- ^ Ittner, Franz von, index entry in: Deutsche Biographie, accessed on July 25, 2016
Web links
- Literature by and about Joseph Albrecht von Ittner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library
- Catalog to the group of poets
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ittner, Joseph Albrecht von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ittner, Joseph Albert von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, lawyer and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1754 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bingen , Rheinhessen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 9, 1825 |
| Place of death | Constancy |