Adolf Hermann Jaeger

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Adolf Hermann Jaeger (born November 21, 1832 in Elberfeld (today a district of Wuppertal ); † June 8, 1899 there ) was a German administrative lawyer and local politician . From 1873 until his death in 1899 he was Lord Mayor of Elberfeld.

Life

Adolf Hermann Jaeger was a son of the pharmacist Friedrich Jäger and his wife Christiane Jaeger nee. Krückeberg. He passed his Abitur in 1851 at the Elberfeld grammar school . He studied law in Heidelberg and Berlin and became a member of the Corps Suevia Heidelberg . From 1854 he worked at the Elberfeld Regional Court , first as an auscultator , then from 1860 as an assessor . On February 2, 1863, he moved to the Elberfeld city administration and became first alderman .

Lord Mayor

Jaeger became his successor on January 28, 1873, when Karl Emil Lischke had resigned his office as Lord Mayor of Elberfeld. He is said to have given the city its modern face. Under his leadership, the construction of the town hall on Neumarkt was initiated. The construction of the suspension railway and the town hall on the Johannisberg also fell during his term of office . He also made the breakthrough from Hofkamp to Königstrasse. He was re-elected several times and eventually died in office. He is buried in the Lutheran cemetery on Hochstrasse in Elberfeld.

literature

  • Armin Danco: The Yellow Book of the Corps Suevia in Heidelberg. 3rd edition (members 1810–1985), Heidelberg 1985, no. 438
  • Harald Seeger, Hannah Faust: Wuppertal. 1985.

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SURNAME Jaeger, Adolf Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jaeger, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative lawyer and local politician, Lord Mayor of Elberfeld
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Elberfeld
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1899
Place of death Elberfeld