Theodor Frank (politician)

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Theodor Frank (born September 14, 1826 in Teningen ; † October 3, 1889 ibid) was a member of the Baden state parliament , farmer, mayor , veterinarian and warden master .

Life

Theodor Frank was the son of Friederika Engler, his father Wilhelm Frank was a veterinarian and messenger .

Frank attended the Latin school in Emmendingen and the grammar school in Freiburg and settled in Teningen after his military service as a farmer and veterinarian . Frank was later appointed District Veterinarian for Emmendingen.

From 1864 to 1875 he was Teninger Mayor . In the period from 1869 to 1880 he was a member of the Baden state parliament in Karlsruhe , where he belonged to the National Liberal parliamentary group and usually received over 80% of the electoral votes in the elections.

In 1873 Frank was chairman of the committee meeting of the Agricultural Credit Association , which was the forerunner of the Volksbank Emmendingen credit cooperative founded in 1875 and of which Frank was appointed to its first board member.

family

Theodor Frank came from the local executioner family for the margraviate of Baden-Hachberg . His ancestor Georg Adolf Franck had taken over the Teningen office of executioner and warden master in 1695, which passed on to the family descendants up to his father Wilhelm Frank. Theodor Frank had still performed the function of the Wasenmeister himself.

Numerous members of Frank's executioner and warden dynasty held these offices in other places, such as Strasbourg , Lahr , Müllheim and Usingen . Some of Theodor Frank's descendants still practice as a veterinarian today. At the naming ceremony in 1994, the family made a donation of 5,000 DM for the introduction of partial all-day care at the school.

Frank was married to Anna Marie Menton from Teningen.

Name sponsorships

  • The Theodor Frank School in Teningen was named after him. ▼
  • The section of the state road L114 from Teninger Kronenplatz in a south-west direction is called Theodor-Frank-Straße. ▼

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Church register of the Teningen community in 1826 with the entry: “Parents are Wilhelm Frank, veterinarian and messenger, and Friederika geb. Englerin "
  2. ↑ Teninger Realschule now has a name . Press report in yearbook 2 Theodor-Frank-Realschule 1994: 8 .
  3. ↑ Landesarchivdirektion BW u. District EM (Ed.): The District Emmendingen Bd.1: 392-394. Stuttgart: Thorbecke 1999
  4. ↑ Biographical information on the website of the Theodor-Frank Schule , accessed on November 11, 2018.
  5. ↑ Landesarchivdirektion BW u. District EM (Ed.): The District Emmendingen Vol. 1: 350. Stuttgart: Thorbecke 1999
  6. ↑ Schmidt, Peter (ed.): Teningen - A home book . P. 145 ff: " Teningen, seat of the Hochberger executioner ". Teningen 1990
  7. ↑ Lehmann, Helmuth: On the history of the Lahrer message and Wasenmeisterei . The Ortenau: Journal of the Historical Association for Central Baden. 82nd annual volume. 2002: 379-418.
  8. ↑ Kaufmann, Klaus G .: Executioner in the Ortenau. Searching for traces in the 17th and 18th centuries . The Ortenau: Journal of the Historical Association for Central Baden. 82nd annual volume. 2002: 363-378.
  9. ↑ Church register of the Teningen community in 1853 with the entry: "... Theodor Frank, citizen, veterinarian and warden master there, ... unmarried son of Wilhelm Frank, the deceased local citizen, veterinarian, messenger and warden master ..."
personal data
SURNAME Frank, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician; Board of the Volksbank
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Teningen
DATE OF DEATH October 3, 1889
Place of death Teningen