Kasimir Walchner

Kasimir Maria Walchner (born October 10, 1773 in Eichstätt , † April 13, 1837 in Konstanz ) was a German historian, lawyer and editor.

Walchner, son of Wollmatinger forester Franz Walchner, studied in Ingolstadt jurisprudence . In 1795 he became a lawyer in Meersburg , in 1804 a Baden civil servant in Pfullendorf , and in 1811 a senior magistrate in Radolfzell on Lake Constance , where he remained until 1824.

Walchner dealt with research on the history of Baden, in particular with the Lake Constance region.

His son was the geologist Friedrich August Walchner .

Fonts (selection)

History of the town of Pfullendorf from 916 to 1811 , Constanz 1825
History of the city of Radolfzell , Freiburg i. Br. 1825
The guild system. Historically and politically with regard to the negotiations of the Baden Estates Assembly , Freiburg i. Br. 1825
Neck court order of Emperor Maximilian I for the city of Radolfzell , Heidelberg 1826
Johann Heuglin von Lindau , Freiburg i. Br. 1827 ( digitized version )
Biography of the Truchsessen Georg III. von Waldburg , Constanz 1832
Johann von Botzheim, Canon of Constanz, and his friends , Schaffhausen 1836

Franz Heinrich Reusch : Walchner, Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 657. (very incorrect ADB first entry)
Peter Paul Albert : Walchner, Kasimir . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, pp. 777-780. (corrected ADB entry)
Heinrich Schreiber : Freiburg im Breisgau with its surroundings . Herder, Freiburg 1825, p. 391 books.google.com

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