Leopold von Hartmann

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Baron Leopold von Hartmann (* 1734 in Vienna ; † February 24, 1791 in Burghausen ) was a German civil servant and farmer.

Life

Leopold von Hartmann was the son of the knight Johann Carl Hartmann (* 1694 in Wetzlar , † 4 December 1761 in Neuburg an der Donau ), Electoral Palatinate d'affaires at the imperial court in Vienna, later to baron ennobled and real Councilor and Vice-Chancellor in Neuburg an the Danube appointed, born.

Leopold von Hartmann attended high school in Neuburg an der Donau and then studied philosophy and law in Ingolstadt . In 1754 he became electoral councilor in Burghausen , later also a privy councilor in the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg and treasurer in the duchies of Palatinate-Zweibrücken and Württemberg .

Joseph Franz Xaver von Hoppenbichl (1721–1779) founded the Society of Fine Sciences in Öttingen am Inn in 1765 , which was founded in 1769 by Elector Maximilian III. Joseph was confirmed as a Bavarian agricultural society and received all the privileges and freedoms of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in Munich . In 1769 Leopold von Hartmann became its vice-president; In 1772 the company moved to Burghausen and was renamed the Moral and Economic Society . The society was supported by the elector annually with 900 guilders, but expired with the death of Leopold von Hartmann.

In Burghausen, Leopold von Hartmann worked intensively on improving agriculture and the country's culture; he was also active as a writer.

He was in contact with many scholars in Bavaria , Saxony , Austria and Swabia .

In 1784 Leopold von Hartmann married a young countess.

Honors

Memberships

  • Permanent Vice-President of the Moral and Economic Society in Burghausen.
  • Member of several learned societies.

Fonts (selection)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Anemones from an old pilgrim's diary . P. 170 f. Friedrich Frommann, 1845 ( google.de [accessed September 1, 2018]).
  2. Ludwig Hammermeyer: The Burghausen Moral-Economic Society and its "Baierisch-Ökonomischer Hausvater" (1779–1786). Journal for Bavarian State History, accessed on September 1, 2018 .