Wilhelm Wiest

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Franz Josef Wilhelm von Wiest, 1847 - graphic by Deis

Franz Josef Wilhelm Wiest , from 1833 from Wiest , (born October 5, 1803 in Weingarten-Altdorf , † May 13, 1877 in Ellwangen ) was a German lawyer and politician.

job

He studied law in Tübingen and Heidelberg . After that he was initially a legal counsel in Ellwangen and from 1826 to 1829 an unskilled worker at the court in Ellwangen. He was an assessor until 1833 and then a judicial advisor until 1836 . He was then a senior judicial officer until 1852. From 1852 to 1854 he was senior tribunal councilor in Stuttgart . Then he was head of the Criminal Senate in Ellwangen until 1870.

politics

He tried to become a member of the Württemberg Chamber of Deputies as early as the 1830s . However, this failed due to the denial of the necessary vacation. It was not until 1848 and 1849 that he was a member of the Chamber for the Oberamt Wangen . He was also a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly for the Saulgau district between May 18, 1848 and May 30, 1849 . He was Catholic-Liberal. In the Frankfurt parliament he did not belong to any parliamentary group and mostly voted with the right-wing center. He rejected the election of Friedrich Wilhelm IV. As Emperor of the Germans.

Wiest was the author of political and scientific writings.

Ennoblement

Wilhelm von Wiest received the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown in 1833 , which was associated with the personal title of nobility.

literature

  • Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 1020 .
  • Heinrich Best , Wilhelm Weege: Biographical handbook of the members of the Frankfurt National Assembly 1848/49 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and the political parties. Volume 8). Droste, Düsseldorf 1996, ISBN 3-7700-5193-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Wiest, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wiest, Franz Josef Wilhelm von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Weingarten (Württemberg)
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1877
Place of death Ellwangen