Franz Josef Heinz

Franz Josef Heinz called Heinz -Orbis ( born February 25, 1884 in Orbis, † January 9, 1924 in Speyer ) was a separatist Palatinate.

Origin

A native of the northern Palatinate and named it after his home town Heinz was a farmer and leader of the free peasantry and the founder of the Palatine Corps. He was a member of the German People's Party ( DVP ) and was from 1920 the Palatinate district council to.

Autonomous Palatinate

On November 11, 1923 in Speyer Heinz called the " Government of the Autonomous Republic of the Rhenish Palatinate of the Association of " from. The aim was to create a style similar to France, independent from the German Empire State.

With the approval of the former head of the Bavarian Palatinate government, he was on 9 January 1924 of Speyer hotel dining Wittelsbach court through a squad of opponents of the separatists among others Franz Hellinger, shot under the command Edgar Julius Jung. Two of his employees and another guest were killed.