Franz Joseph Sigismund von Roggenbach

Franz Joseph Sigismund of Rye Brook ( born October 14, 1726 Castle clamps, † March 9, 1794 in Konstanz ) was from 1782 to 1794 Bishop of Basel and the second last Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Basel.

Life

Roggenbach was born the son of the prince-bishop's bailiff of ferrules and running, Franz Josef Konrad von Roggenbach and Maria Anna Eva Blarer of Wartensee. He studied at the Jesuit College in Pruntrut. In 1742 he was a canon of the pin Basel and 1750 canon. On November 25, 1782 Sigismund was unanimously elected Prince-Bishop, as the French party could muster a suitable candidate in the cathedral chapter. Soon after the election already the revolutionary intrigues whose main exponent began in the Bishopric of his auxiliary bishop, Jean Baptiste Joseph Gobel - a follower of the sans-culottes - was. On April 27, 1792 Sigismund fled the unrest in Pruntrut under the protection of Austrian troops Delsberg to Biel and finally to Constance, where he died on March 9, 1794 Generalvikariat building.

From the belonging to the German Empire areas of the diocese of Basel Raurakische Republic was formed on December 17, 1792 by the French revolutionary government, after their troops had occupied these areas in April 1792.

The school reform

On May 1, 1783 Roggenbach issued a school regulation for the diocese. While the communities had the right to fill the teaching positions, however, was a professional assessment by pastor and Oberamt a prerequisite for a setting. Regulation wrote a year-round school system for teachers and community and compulsory education for the children. In addition, minimum teaching contents were defined. In addition, further knowledge ( rule of three and ratios ) should be transferred if this was a need and the community agreed with the teacher for this purpose an additional salary. The teacher was subordinate to the minister and also got responsibilities in monitoring the youth assigned outside the school.