Sigmund Wilhelm Zimmer

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Sigmund Wilhelm rooms (* 4. March 1796 in Heidelberg ; † 9. June 1830 ibid ) was a German jurist . He was Professor of Law at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Jena .

Life

family

Sigmund Wilhelm came from a Jewish family . His father David Zimmer (1767-1845) was a respected trader and banker in Heidelberg. His mother Sara (1777–1832) was the daughter of the businessman Amschel Moses Flörsheim from Frankfurt am Main . Sigmund Wilhelm's younger sister Regine Jolberg founded a Protestant deaconess house and numerous kindergartens.

Professional background

He was initially taught by private tutors and later attended high school in his hometown. In October 1813 he began studying law at Heidelberg University. In February 1817 he received his doctorate there with the dissertation De juramento diffessionis for a doctorate in both rights . Zimmer spent half a year in Berlin and a year in Göttingen for further studies . He completed his habilitation at the Heidelberg Faculty of Law in 1818 and received the title of Grand Ducal Council of Baden in May 1821 .

In September 1821 he converted to the Lutheran Church in Karlsruhe . A month later, Zimmer received a full professorship in law at Heidelberg University. In the fall of 1826, Zimmer accepted the call as a full professor of law at the University of Jena. After the rejection of an offer to the University of Breslau in 1827, he was appointed academic councilor at the Higher Appeal Court in Jena . In the autumn of the following year he returned sick from a trip to his homeland and in the spring of 1829 felt compelled to stop his lectures. To recover, he intended to travel to southern France, but only got as far as Heidelberg. He spent the winter of 1829/1830 in the country and did not return to Heidelberg until the spring of 1830. He died there on June 9, 1830 at the age of 34. He was an honorary member of the Ducal Latin Society in Jena.

Zimmer left an extensive body of literature. In addition to numerous reviews and articles in various journals, he wrote several civil law works, which he published primarily in the archive for civilistic practice . From his main work History of Roman Private Law to Justinian , only the first volume was published in 1826 in two sections and in 1829 the third volume.

Marriage and offspring

Sigmund Wilhelm Zimmer married Karoline Walther from Hanau on September 26, 1823 . The marriage produced a daughter and a son.

Publications (selection)

  • De juramento diffessionis. Heidelberg 1817 (dissertation).
  • The system of the Roman noxal lawsuits. Heidelberg 1818 ( digitized version ).
  • Theses iuris controversi. Heidelberg 1818.
  • De Muciana cautione commentatio, quam pro obstinenda facultate legendi in Academia Ruperto-Carolina scripsit (…). Heidelberg 1818 (habilitation thesis).
  • Roman law investigations for science and practice with Leopold Joseph Neustetel, Heidelberg 1821 ( digitized version ).
  • Outline of the common inheritance law applicable in Germany. Heidelberg 1823 ( digitized version ).
  • De iudicio, quod vocant rescindente ac rescissorio. Jena 1826 ( digitized ).
  • History of Roman private law up to Justinian. Heidelberg 1826 ff.
    • Volume 1, Division 1: History of the sources and their processing. Heidelberg 1826 ( digitized version ).
    • Volume 1, Division 2: History of Legal Doctrine. Heidelberg 1826 ( digitized version ).
    • Volume 3: The Roman civil process in historical development up to Justinian. Heidelberg 1829 ( digitized version ).
  • About the diffession oath. Augsburg 1835 (German translation of the dissertation)

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personal data
SURNAME Zimmer, Sigmund Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zimmer, Siegmund Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1830
Place of death Heidelberg