Julius Wiggers

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Julius Wiggers

Julius Otto August Wiggers (born December 17, 1811 in Rostock ; † March 7, 1901 there ) was a German theologian, university professor and writer.

Life

Julius Wiggers was the older son of the Rostock theologian, university professor and later university rector Gustav Friedrich Wiggers . From May 1831 he studied philosophy and Protestant theology at the University of Rostock . He later moved to the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin for the same subjects . At the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn he could in 1835 his studies successfully with the promotion of Dr. phil. break up.

Habilitated in 1840 , he became an associate professor of theology at the University of Rostock. Politically interested and committed since his studies, Wiggers was elected to the first democratic parliament in Mecklenburg in 1848/49 with his brother Moritz Wiggers as a member of the constituent assembly of representatives of the two states Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz , to which he belonged until it was dissolved in 1850.

As had many staunch Democrats of his time Wiggers after the German Revolution 1848/49 the Reaktionsära to bear, resulting in virtually banned from working and career end with him too. In 1850/51 he was still able to successfully defend himself against the illegal house search by the Bützow Criminal Investigation Board; in the summer of 1852, however, he was relieved of his academic teaching post. In 1853 he was charged with high treason in Rostock and sentenced to 15 months in prison, which he served until 1857. After that, Wiggers was denied another job as a university lecturer. He returned to Rostock, where he made his way as a freelance writer from then on.

In 1867 Wiggers was elected to the Reichstag (North German Confederation) as a member of the constituency Mecklenburg-Schwerin 6 ( Güstrow - Ribnitz ) , to which he belonged until the Reichstag election in 1871 . From 1877 to 1881 he again represented the constituency as a member of parliament. He did not join any parliamentary group in the Reichstag and remained an independent liberal.

Julius Wiggers was born in 1853 with Auguste. Schnell (1832–1884) married, the daughter of his comrade in arms and democratic comrade, the lawyer and landowner Samuel Schnelle (1803–1877). The marriage had at least four children, including several sons. Wiggers died at the age of 89.

Works (selection)

  • History of the Evangelical Mission. 2 volumes. Hamburg 1845/1846
  • [with Moritz Wiggers ]: History of the three Mecklenburg monasteries Dobbertin, Malchow and Ribnitz. First half: From the foundation of the three monasteries to the transfer of the same to the estates in 1572. GB Leopoldsche Universitätsbuchhandlung, Rostock 1848 ( digitized copy of the Bavarian State Library ), no more published
  • Grammar of the Low German language. Based on the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania dialect. Hamburg 1858.
  • Church history of Mecklenburg. 1840 ( digitized copy from the Bavarian State Library )
  • Ecclesiastical statistics or representation of the entire Christian according to their present external and internal conditions . 2 volumes. Perthes, Hamburg / Gotha 1842/43
  • The church movement in Germany in a number of public. Going lectures presented. Leopold, Rostock 1848 ( digitized copy from the Bavarian State Library )
  • The Mecklenburg Constituent Assembly and the preceding reform movement. A historical account. 1850 ( digitized copy from the Bavarian State Library )
  • Constitutional law in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Berlin 1860
  • Forty-four months in pre-trial detention. A contribution to the history of the Rostock high treason trial. Berlin 1861 ( digitized copy of the copy from the Bavarian State Library )
  • Out of my life. Hirschfeld, Leipzig 1901 ( digitized copy of the Rostock University Library )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Registration of Julius Wiggers in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ↑ compare: Discussion: Friedrich Dornblüth # on the high treason trial
  3. ↑ Specht, Fritz / Schwabe, Paul: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymanns Verlag , Berlin 1904, p. 271.
personal data
SURNAME Wiggers, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wiggers, Julius Otto August (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, university professor and politician (NLP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Rostock
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1901
Place of death Rostock