Roderich von Stotzingen

Roderich Freiherr von Stotzingen (born May 1, 1822 in Steißlingen , † March 23, 1893 ibid) was a Baden landowner and politician.

Life

Roderich of Stotzingen attended from 1832 to 1840, the high schools in Konstanz and Mannheim . He then studied in Heidelberg , Freiburg and Berlin . Later he took over the management of his estates in Steißlingen and Wiechs .

From 1851 to 1866 he was a member of the First Chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly and from 1868 to 1870 he was a member of the Baden 1 constituency ( Konstanz , Überlingen , Stockach ) in the customs parliament , where he represented the Greater German direction. Roderich von Stotzingen is considered a co-founder of political Catholicism in Baden.

The eldest son Albrecht von Stotzingen (1864–1938) continued his father's political work. The younger son Fidelis von Stotzingen (1871–1947) was a Benedictine and 1901–1913 abbot of the Maria Laach monastery ; from 1913 to 1947 he was the Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation (head of all Benedictines worldwide).

personal data
SURNAME	Stotzingen, Roderich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Baden landowner and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 1, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH	Taillings
DATE OF DEATH	March 23, 1893
Place of death	Taillings