Theodor Franz Thiriart

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Theodor Franz Thiriart (* 1770 in Liège ; † 1827 in Cologne ), originally from Belgium , was a Cologne printer and publisher .

Career

Thiriart first appeared as high commissioner of the Jesuit college, from June 1806 also as procurator (managing director) of the secondary schools in Cologne. As early as 1793, together with Caspar Oedenkoven, he founded the printing company and the publishing house “Thiriard & Comp.”, Later “Oedenkoven & Thiriart” at Komödienstraße 26. In 1793 he published the “Journal Général de politique, de litérature et de commerce” In 1797 the first Cologne directory of all Cologne houses and the citizens living in them followed. During the French period he also printed on behalf of the French administration under the name “Théodore François Thiriart”, for example in 1798 the “Réglement Concernant La Perception Du Droit D'Enrégistrement” (rules on the application of the Registration Act). In July 1800, he withdrew from the "Journal Général". In 1806 he published a catalog on the plants in the Cologne Botanical Garden. Since April 14, 1807 the newspaper "Gazette Française de Cologne" appeared in the publishing house, from September 4, 1809 it was called " Gazette de Cologne ", which stopped its publication on December 31, 1810. On July 6, 1807, Thiriart wrote a letter on behalf of the art collector Ferdinand Franz Wallraf , which initiated the sale of the Wallrafs collection. On October 11, 1809, Thiriart completed the appraisals of the value of the extensive Wallraf collection and created an initial inventory. The city of Cologne sent Thiriart to Paris as an envoy on the occasion of Napoleon's marriage to Marie Louise on March 11, 1810 . On this occasion Thiriart asserted the claims of the city of Cologne to a faculty of medicine at the University of Cologne in Paris .

Cologne street names in French

Theodor Franz Thiriart - Excerpt from the program of the first Cologne Rose Monday procession on February 10, 1823

On August 9, 1812, Wallraf received an order from the French administration through Mayor Johann Jakob von Wittgenstein to propose objective, new French street names for the streets of Cologne . If possible, Wallraf should check the historical background or the form of the Old High German, Middle High German and Old Cologne connections and traditions and find their expression in the new name. The official ordinance for this was issued on December 16, 1812. Wallraf frequently consulted Thiriart, who thought, for example, “rue des oliviers” and not Wallraf's suggestion “rue des olives” was more correct. There was now the opportunity to abolish offensive names: “Pißgasse” became “Passage de la Bourse” (Börsengässchen), the bus (en) street was now called “rue du buisson” (Buschgasse). With regard to house numbers , it was based on the house number system ordered by city commander Brigadier General Charles Daurier (1761–1833) in November 1794. On January 18, 1813, Thiriart was the publisher of this only Cologne address book in French, the “Itinéraire de Cologne” (“New naming of the streets, squares, ramparts and moats of the city of Cologne”) written by Wallraf, with houses numbering for the first time. It contained the Cologne street names translated into French by Walraf, which were exclusively valid from January 1, 1813. Thiriart's print shop was located in the "rue de la comédie 3900". In the foreword, Thiriart incorrectly claimed that house numbering was unknown before the French arrived in Cologne ( French inconnu à Cologne avant l'arrivée des armées françaises au bord du Rhin ). Two further editions - now in German - followed in 1822 and 1828.

Other works

In 1815, Thiriart published an exact "Grundriß der Stadt Cöln", drawn by Nikolaus Vogt and engraved by Picquet, on a scale of 1: 5200, which only contained 32 churches due to the previous secularization . The security harbor at Ebertplatz , which was begun under Napoleon, is marked as completed, the city center is still largely undeveloped. The city map consisted of 3 sheets of 114.5 × 60 cm. In 1816 the "Natural History of Succins" appeared, in 1821 "Tristan by Master Gotfrit von Straszburg ...", in 1823 the program of the first Cologne Rose Monday procession under the motto "The accession of the hero Carneval". In 1824 he brought out an “overview of the laws in force in the Rhine provinces when they were united with the Crown of Prussia”.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hugo Stehkämper, History of the City of Cologne , Volume 8, 2005, p. 360
  2. ↑ Kölner Geschichtsverein, Jahrbuch , Volumes 47–49, 1976, p. 69
  3. ^ Leonhard Ennen , Zeitbilder from the recent history of the city of Cologne , 1857, p. 242
  4. ↑ Kölnischer Geschichtsverein, Jahrbuch , Volumes 44–46, 1973, p. 190
  5. ^ Adam Wrede , Neuer Kölnischer Sprachschatz , Volume III, 1984, p. 5
  6. ^ Johannes Kramer, Street names in Cologne during the French period , 1984, p. 113
  7. ^ Franz Steiner Verlag, Journal for Company History , Volume 24, 1979, p. 15
  8. ↑ RWWA Abt. 33, Itinéraire de Cologne , 1813, p. 12
  9. ↑ Eberhard Gothein / Herbert Neuhaus, The City of Cologne in the First Century under Prussian Rule 1815–1915 , 1915, p. 308
personal data
SURNAME Thiriart, Theodor Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thiriart, Théodore François
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cologne printer and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH Liege
DATE OF DEATH 1827
Place of death Cologne