Ludwig August Burckhardt
Ludwig August Burckhardt (also Burckhardt-Wick ; born April 29, 1808 in Basel ; † November 27, 1863 ibid) was a Swiss historian and lawyer .
Life
Ludwig August Burckhardt studied law at the universities of Basel and Heidelberg . Whether he was already on while studying doctorate in law doctorate was or was given this title later, is not known. In his hometown he was initially a clerk of appeal before he was president of the criminal court in Basel from 1844 to 1853. He then worked as a private scholar in the field of Basel history.
Burckhardt was involved in many different ways in his hometown. As a liberal-conservative politician, he sat on the Grand Council of the City of Basel for a time , and was also a founding member of the General History Research Society of Switzerland , the Historical Society and the Antiquarian Society in Basel. He was also a member of the Basler Kunstverein and belonged to the Basler Reading Society.
Since 1850 he was married to Luise Elisabeth Wick (1820-1853). Their second oldest of four sons was Emil Burckhardt .
Works (selection)
- The canton of Basel: historically, geographically, statistically portrayed. Huber, St. Gallen 1841.
- Notes on art and artists in Basel. Edited by the Art Association as an addition to this year's art exhibition. Basel 1841.
- with Christoph Riggenbach : The Dominican monastery church in Basel. Bahnmaier, Basel 1855.
- The court toboggan run by Dinghöfen in Basel churches and others on the Upper Rhine. Auckert, Basel 1860.
literature
- Wilhelm Vischer : Burckhardt, Ludwig August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 575.
- Daniel Kriemler: Participants in the Basel Reading Society 1825–1915. A collective biography in the social and political context of 19th century Basel history. LIBRUM, Basel 2016, ISBN 978-3-9524542-8-2 , p. 252 (No. 14).
Web links
- Works by and about Ludwig August Burckhardt in the German Digital Library
- Portrait of Ludwig August Burckhardt-Wick by Johann Friedrich Dietler on the page of the Basel Historical Museum
Individual evidence
- ↑ See data set of the State Archives Basel-Stadt (as of July 25, 2018).
- ↑ stroux.org: family tree. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burckhardt, Ludwig August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burckhardt-Wick, Ludwig August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss historian and lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 27, 1863 |
| Place of death | Basel |