Franz Josef Ritter von Buß

Franz Joseph Buss, 1863 Knights of Penance ( born March 23, 1803 in Gengenbach, Black Forest, † January 31, 1878 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German lawyer, Catholic politician and constitutional law, Grand Duke of Baden Councilor and Professor at the University of Freiburg.

Life

Repentance was the oldest of seven siblings. His father was a tailor. Nevertheless, he was able to attend high school in Offenburg and complete. After studying philosophy, medicine, law and political science in Freiburg, Heidelberg and Göttingen doctorate Buß 1822 in Freiburg in Philosophy, 1828 in Freiburg in law and in 1831 in Basel in medicine. During his studies he joined the fraternity in Freiburg on.

In 1833, he was first an associate, then in 1836 Professor of Political Science and International Law in Freiburg, 1844 addition also of Canon Law. With the appointment, the appointment was connected councilor. He remained a professor at Freiburg until his death.

Repentance was the publisher and editor of Catholic newspapers, founder of Catholic associations and owners of significant lay positions in the Church, among other things, the archbishop Commissioner. Among other things, he has the Gorres Society co-founded and was a member of the Catholic Student Association Hercynia.

In his last years until his death on 31 January 1878, he suffered from severe depression and had to be treated for several months in the inpatient medical and nursing home Illenau.

Political activity

With 34 years of penance was elected as a candidate of the constituency Gengenbach Oberkirch in the Second Chamber of the States General Baden. His now famous "Factory speech" from April 25, 1837 is considered the first social policy speech to a German parliament. As a fundamental supporter from the ongoing industrialization of penance saw the adverse consequences for the workers and demanded government assistance. His list of concrete proposals had visionary character, they ranged from restrictions on working time on accident prevention to education, and government assistance for business start -ups. But Buss ' claims were not the applause of the chamber. Overall, he was from 1837 to 1840 and from 1846 to 1848, the Second Chamber of the Baden Landtag.

Penance continued in the 1840s with intensive speech and writing for the political freedom of the Church. The successful collection of German Catholics in the " Pius clubs," is due in no small part to its use. He practiced a quite liberal Catholicism and was a staunch opponent of German Catholicism. In 1845 he founded the conservative " Süddeutsche Zeitung for Church and State ". In the First General Assembly of the Catholic Association of Germany, he was elected in 1848 as president of the first German Catholic Congress in Mainz.

After participating in the Pre-Parliament Buss was from December 5, 1848 until May 30, 1849, the Frankfurt National Assembly as a deputy for Nienborg in Westphalia. He belonged to the conservative faction Café Milani. In the National Assembly and in the Erfurt Union Parliament, he represented a strong federalist approach, and he opposed the exclusion of Austria to the recovery of the German Empire. His efforts were as unsuccessful as his call for the establishment of a Catholic university.

The advocacy of the Habsburg Empire brought him on 15 January 1863 with diploma on 11 October 1863, the survey in the Austrian nobility ( knights). The noble recognition in Baden took place on 29 January 1864.

In 1873 he returned to 1877 again in the Baden Chamber back. For the Centre Party Buss won a seat in the Reichstag, he also held until 1877 in the constituency Tauberbischofsheim 1874. Here he sat down in a cultural struggle for the Catholic Church.

He was in 1875 the first honorary member of the Catholic Student Association KDSt.V. Hercynia Freiburg im Breisgau in the CV.