Offenburg [SEP] dissolved or abolished
's dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1803 and subsequent reorganization of the German states, Offenburg lost its status as a Free Imperial City and fell under the rule of the Grand Duchy of Baden.
During the outbreak of the Revolutions of 1848, the ""Offenburger Programm"" which consisted of thirteen demands "in the name of the people of Baden", was put forward at the Salmen Inn on 12 September 1847. This was the first known demand for democracy in Germany. Along with the Carlsbad Decrees,
Franz Gabriel Fiesinger
Franz Gabriel Fiesinger or Flesinger (12 March 1723 – 21 February 1807) was a German engraver.
He was born in Offenburg and raised by Jesuits until the order was dissolved in 1773. He spent the rest of his youth in Germany under the painter Franz S. Stöber, before moving to Switzerland and then France, where he engraved portraits of members of the National Convention. When the Reign of Terror broke out he moved to London, remaining there until 1798 and the birth of the French Consulate.