Joseph von Rotteck
Joseph Ferdinand von Rotteck (born November 11, 1806 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † December 12, 1884 there ) was mayor of Freiburg from 1833 to 1839 and from 1848 to 1849 .
Life
Joseph von Rotteck was the son of Joseph von Rotteck senior, nephew of Karl von Rotteck and cousin of Karl von Rotteck junior . When the Baden government did not confirm the election of his uncle Karl as mayor of Freiburg in 1833 and threatened the city with serious political and economic consequences by insisting on the election result, the elected recommended his nephew for the office of mayor.
For Ludwig Börne this by-election was a “joke”, because after a short “heroic fever” the Freiburgers voted “out of sheer gratitude that Karl von Rotteck spared them conflicts with the government, the colorless and conformist nephew Joseph. The government was probably satisfied and glad that it got away so cheaply ”.
In 1839 the citizens elected the conservative Friedrich Wagner as Rotteck's successor . During the Baden Revolution , Wagner resigned on March 7, 1848. He was succeeded on March 28th by Joseph von Rotteck, who was considered a moderate liberal. During the Hecker uprising during the siege of Freiburg by government troops on April 23, he, as mayor, delivered the ultimatum of the Grand Ducal General Staff to the Republicans entrenched in the city and asked in vain for a positive answer. From now on Joseph was considered a fickle democrat.
When his cousin Karl von Rotteck founded a radical republican people's association in Freiburg on January 29, 1849, Joseph von Rotteck and other constitutional liberals called for the founding meeting of a patriotic association loyal to the prince on February 18. Then Joseph and Karl fought a bitter propaganda war about the future form of government.
When the revolution became radicalized as a republican, the lawyer and Karl Friedrich Heunisch appointed civil and military commissioner in May 1849 ordered Joseph von Rotteck's arrest. He resigned on May 20 and fled to Switzerland. On May 31, 1849, the remaining Republicans elected Alexander Buisson with 731 of 749 votes to succeed Rottecks.
After the capture of Freiburg by Prussian troops reinstated as mayor, Joseph von Rotteck thanked the Prince of Grapes , the Prussian Crown Prince Wilhelm, for suppressing the "uprising, which was both criminal and disastrous".
Later senior official in Emmendingen, he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly from 1869 to 1870 as a member of the Breisach constituency .
literature
- Michaela Hartmann, Heiko Haumann , Annette Lindner, Rüdiger von Treskow and Hartmut Zoche: The stain of revolutionism and an end in horror (1815-1849). In: Heiko Haumann and Hans Schadek (eds.): History of the City of Freiburg im Breisgau , Volume 3. Konrad Theiss Verlag GmbH, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 978-3-8062-1635-6
- Karin-Anne Böttcher: Flying changes in troubled times before and during the revolution . Badische Zeitung from October 6, 1998
Individual evidence
- ↑ in Böttcher
- ↑ in Hartmann, page 65
- ^ Gustav Struve: History of the three popular surveys in Baden, Verlag von Jenni, Sohn, Bern 1849
- ↑ in Hartmann, page 109
- ↑ Adolf Roth and Paul Thorbecke: The Baden state estates. Landtag manual. Verlag der G. Braunschen Hofbuchdruckerei, Karlsruhe 1907, pp. 283, 347
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Raimund Bannwarth |
Mayor of Freiburg im Breisgau 1833–1849 |
Friedrich Wagner and Alexander Buisson |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rotteck, Joseph von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Freiburg Mayor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg in Breisgau |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1884 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |