Franz Seraph von Pfistermeister

Franz Seraph Freiherr von Pfistermeister was born on 14 December 1820 in Amberg, Germany. After attending the gymnasium in Amberg, Franz Pfistermeister began his career in the Royal Bavarian governmental service as military fiscal adjunct. In 1849 he was appointed to the Court Office in Munich, and by the year 1866 he then began working as Cabinet Secretary to Kings Maximilian II and Ludwig II.

Because of his opposition to Richard Wagner,^{[n 1][3][4][5]} and his costly promotion by King Ludwig II in 1866, his dismissal from the 1866 service was "the highest immediate service". From 1864 to 1895 he served as State Council of the Kingdom of Bavaria. He died on the 2 March 1912 in his home on Knöbelstraße, Munich, where he lived from 1881. His grave with a landmarked bust is located in the old south cemetery in Munich.

Attribution

• This article is based on the translation of the corresponding article of the German Wikipedia. A list of contributors can be found there at the History section.

• Karl Bosl: Bosls Bayerische Biographie. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2, p. 586
• Hermann Rumschöttel: Ludwig II. In: Alois Schmid (Hrsg.): Die Herrscher Bayerns. Beck, München 2001, ISBN 3-406-48230-9, p. 350