Joseph Maria Weissegger from Weißeneck

Coat of arms from the nobility diploma for Joseph Weissegger von Weißeneck, 1804

Joseph Johann Maria Weissegger von Weißeneck (also Weissenegg ; * July 12, 1755 in Riegersburg (Styria) near Graz ; † March 14, 1817 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was an Austrian writer , historian , lawyer , philosopher and translator in the late phase of the Enlightenment and the Napoleonic period .

Weissegger was professor of world history at the University of Freiburg from 1784 and its rector from 1797. On October 9, 1804, he was ennobled with the title "von Weißeneck". In 1784 he became a member of the Freiburg Freemason Lodge Zur noble Aussicht .

Philipp Jakob Siebenpfeiffer (1789–1845), lawyer, political journalist and initiator of the Hambach Festival , was his son-in-law.

Works

Historical paintings or biographical descriptions of all the rulers and princes of the most illustrious ore house of Habsburg Oestreich, from Rudolph I to Maria Theresia (5 volumes, 1800–03).

Constantin von Wurzbach : Weißegger von Weißeneck, Joseph Maria . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 54th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1886, p. 165 f. ( Digitized version ).
Alexander Hollerbach: Philosophy of Law in Freiburg (1805–1930) . In: Rüdiger Herren (ed.): Culture, crime, criminal law: Festschrift for Thomas Würtenberger on his 70th birthday on October 8, 1977. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1977, pp. [9] -37. (About Joseph Maria Weissegger von Weißeneck, page 14).

personal data
SURNAME	Weissegger von Weißeneck, Joseph Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Weissegger von Weisseneck, Joseph Johann Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian writer, historian, lawyer, philosopher and translator
DATE OF BIRTH	July 12, 1755
PLACE OF BIRTH	Riegersburg (Styria) near Graz
DATE OF DEATH	March 14, 1817
Place of death	Freiburg in Breisgau