Karl August von Faber

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Karl August Friedrich Faber , from 1841 by Faber , (born September 8, 1782 in Zaisersweiher ; † April 18, 1850 in Reutlingen ) was a German theologian.

job

After studying Protestant theology in Tübingen, Karl August Faber began his professional career in 1802 as a master's degree. In 1812 he succeeded his father as parish administrator and later as pastor in Zaisersweiher. In 1821 he became pastor in Altenstadt (Oberamt Geislingen), at the same time dean of the Diocese of Geislingen. From 1822 to 1831 he was also pastor of Eybach . In 1832 he went to Reutlingen as dean, and in 1839 he became prelate and general superintendent in Hall . From 1841 he was Reutlingen prelate and general superintendent with official seat in Stuttgart. Karl August von Faber died of a heart attack on an official trip.

politics

The general superintendents of the Protestant regional church were privileged members of the second chamber of the Württemberg state parliament by virtue of their office . That is why Faber entered the state parliament in 1839 after his appointment in Hall. He held the office until 1849.

family

Karl August Faber was the son of the pastor Karl Friedrich Faber (1742-1812) from Zaisersweiher and the Regina Sophie Friederike Speidel. In 1819 he married Charlotte Haug, the daughter of a Stuttgart law firm. With her he had the two daughters Friedericke (1820-1845) and Charlotte (1821-1846) as well as the three sons Eduard (1822-1907), who was Justice Minister of the Kingdom of Württemberg from 1883 to 1896, Karl (* 1828, 1872 to 1880) Pastor in Möckmühl ) and Gustav (1829–1871, district judge in Stuttgart).

Honors

The Knight's Cross of him was in 1841 the Order of the Württemberg Crown granted that with the personal title of nobility ( ennoblement ) was associated.

literature

  • Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 187 .
  • Eberhard E. von Georgii-Georgenau : Biographical-genealogical sheets from and about Swabia . Emil Müller, Stuttgart 1879, Faber, p. 189–194, especially pp. 193–194 ( p. 193 in Google Book Search USA ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The town church of Möckmühl. Its history in twelve centuries (815 to 1974) . Evang. Parish Council Möckmühl, Möckmühl 1974, p. 91.
  2. ↑ Royal Württemberg Court and State Manual 1847 , p. 43
personal data
SURNAME Faber, Karl August von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faber, Karl August Friedrich von; Faber, Karl August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1782
PLACE OF BIRTH Zaisersweiher
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1850
Place of death Reutlingen