Joseph Aloys von Hofstetten

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Hofstetter's coat of arms from 1789

Joseph Aloys von Hofstetten (born October 30, 1736 in Straubing , † May 19, 1797 in Munich ) was a German engineer .

Life

Hofstetten grew up in Munich and graduated from the Jesuit high school there in 1752 (today Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich ). He then completed the compulsory basic studies (= philosophy) at the adjoining lyceum and began studying law at the University of Ingolstadt in autumn 1754 . In 1757 he entered Bavarian services as a real councilor. Most recently, from 1789, he was Vice Director of the Electoral Court Chamber College in Munich , and received the honorary title of Privy Councilor . In 1792 he was appointed commissioner in the silk breeding general directorate in Bavaria. He was also electoral castner and salt official in Rosenheim .

As a civil engineer, he was in the service of Elector Karl Theodors as the Palatinate Bavarian General Construction Director for road construction , bridge construction and hydraulic engineering . Together with Adrian von Riedl, he pushed ahead with the institutionalization and professionalization of construction and surveying .

Hofstetten married Maria Barbara Freiin von Schönhub . From this marriage came the government director Johann Theodor von Hofstetten (1773-1836).

Memberships

In 1773 Hofstetten was a member no.29 of the Society for Morality and Agriculture in Baiern zu Altenötting , which he had joined on November 15, 1769. In 1777 he was master of the chair and first head of the Munich Freemason lodge Zur Cautiousness , which only existed from 1773 to 1783. At the same time he belonged like other of his lodge brothers to the secret society of the Illuminati .

Web links

Commons : Joseph Aloys von Hofstetten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Electorically most graciously privileged Münchner Wochen- or Anzeigsblatt dated May 24, 1797.
  2. ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vol., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 3, p. 46.
  3. ↑ His Churfurstlichen Durchleucht zu Pfalzbaiern Court and State Calendar , 1793, p. 230 ( digitized ).
  4. ↑ His Churfurstlichen Durchleucht zu Pfalzbaiern Court and State Calendar , 1793, p. III ( digitized ).
  5. ↑ New philosophical treatises of the Bavarian Academy of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , Volume 5, 1789, p. 414 ( digitized version ).
  6. ↑ Kunst- und Gewerbeblatt des Polytechnisches Verein für das Kingdom Bayern , Volume 15, 1837, p. 471 ( digitized version ).
  7. ↑ Churbaierisches Intellektivenblatt , 1773, p. 182 ( digitized version ).
  8. ↑ Certificate of the Munich Freemasons Lodge "Zur Bewutsamkeit", given in the Orient in Munich, May 7, 1777 , with seal and signatures, including that of the "Master of the Chair" Aloys Basselet from La Rosée .
  9. ↑ Extensive list of the members of the Illuminati Order ( Memento of August 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Hofstetten, Joseph Aloys von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer and general building director of the Palatinate
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1736
PLACE OF BIRTH Straubing
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1797
Place of death Munich