Joseph Max von Vallade

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Joseph Max von Vallade (born August 7, 1825 in Landau (Palatinate) ; † July 15, 1882 in Großbockenheim ) was a Catholic priest in the diocese of Speyer , as well as an influential supporter of the community of Großbockenheim.

biography

Coat of arms of the noble family von Vallade, 1838
The pastor's brother Heinrich von Vallade (far right), with the later King Ludwig III. (next to him), the co-educator Ferdinand von Malaisé and Prince Leopold of Bavaria (far left)
Gravestone of the priest with the inscription “Here rests the revered Mr. Joseph von Vallade, royal. Catholic pastor "

Joseph Max von Vallade came from an old Bavarian noble and officer family with French roots. He was the son of the captain in the 10th Bavarian Infantry Regiment , Joseph Carl Franz von Vallade and his wife Sophia Elisabetha Henriette, born in Landau . Bellon.

Vallade wanted to become a clergyman and was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Speyer on August 20, 1850 by Bishop Nikolaus von Weis in the Speyer Cathedral . Two days later he took up his post as chaplain of Heiligenstein , on July 12, 1852 he moved to Deidesheim in the same position , on December 7, 1854 he became administrator (parish administrator) and from February 8, 1855 pastor of Bayerfeld . On September 4, 1864, von Vallade took up his last pastorate in Großbockenheim (now Bockenheim an der Weinstrasse), where he stayed until his death.

Special

What raised Pastor Joseph Max von Vallade from the circle of his fellow ministers was less his spiritual work than his good relationships with the Bavarian ruling house Wittelsbach , which he also used for the benefit of the communities entrusted to him. The priest's brother Heinrich von Vallade (1830–1870), a Bavarian officer, was together with Ferdinand von Malaisé from 1855 tutor and private tutor for the children of the later Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria . In particular, Princes Ludwig (who later became King Ludwig III), Leopold and Arnulf were looked after by him. After the latter had turned 18, Heinrich von Vallade resigned from court service in the Bavarian Infantry Body Regiment in 1870 and was fatally wounded on December 8th in the Franco-German War near Beaugency .

Joseph Max von Vallade achieved through these connections with his brother, together with the Protestant pastor Frey and the local mayor Klingel, that the school conditions in Bockenheim improved significantly. When the route between Grünstadt and Monsheim in Hesse was to be realized for the Palatinate Northern Railway , but the project stalled due to high costs and terrain difficulties, the Bockenheim community sent the priest to Munich in 1868 and 1869 as a deputy . Thanks to his good relationships, he was supposed to ensure the progress of the construction work and the routing via Bockenheim, which he succeeded. When he returned from his second trip, he was able to announce in Bockenheim that the railway construction was finally secured. The line was completed in 1873 and Bockenheim was given a train station, which gave the village an enormous boost.

At the inauguration of the newly built Bockenheim railway station, the local mayor, Emil Wagner, recalled the role of the pastor in connection with the railway connection in his celebratory speech on May 17, 2002.

When the priest died in 1882 at the age of only 57, he was buried in the Großbockenheim cemetery. Because of his services to the community of Bockenheim, his bones were exhumed in 1948 and reburied next to the Catholic Church of St. Lambertus (Stiegelgasse 10). The old tombstone, which is one of the official cultural monuments of the village, was also placed there. The grave has been preserved to this day (2013) and is maintained.

literature

  • Schematism of the Diocese of Speyer , edition 1873, page 21

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Landauer Wochenblatt , No. 49, of December 7, 1847, a brother's birth report, with information on the parents; Digital scan
  2. ^ Hans Michael Körner: Leopold Prince of Bavaria, Pustet Verlag Regensburg, 1983, various places, ISBN 3-7917-0872-4
  3. ↑ Biographies of the officers of the Bavarian Army who died in the war against France, Verlag Sigmund Soldan, Nuremberg 1871, pages 24 and 24 25; Digital scan
personal data
SURNAME Vallade, Joseph Max von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vallade, Joseph Max de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Landau in the Palatinate
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1882
Place of death Bockenheim on the Wine Route