Albert Schumacher

This article deals with the politician Albert Schumacher; for the merchant and consul of the same name, see Albert Schumacher (Consul) .

Albert Schumacher , from 1908 also Knight of Tännengau (born November 8, 1844 in Salzburg ; † March 15, 1913 ibid) held the office of Salzburg Governor or Deputy Governor for 20 years and that of Mayor of the City of Salzburg for two years .

Life

Albert Schumacher was born in 1844 as the son of the professor at the medical and surgical college. Ignaz Schumacher was born in the district capital of Salzburg, which was then part of the Duchy of Austria above the Enns . He completed a medical degree at the University of Vienna and practiced in Hallein around 1872 .

After moving to Salzburg, he was elected to the local council in 1879 and served as mayor of the city, which had meanwhile risen to become the capital of its own crown land, from 1888 to 1890. After only two years, he was appointed Governor of Salzburg for the first time in 1890. He held this position until 1897 and in a second term from 1902 to 1909. In the years in between, Schumacher held the position of Deputy Governor under his successor, Prelate Alois Winkler , who also replaced him after his second term as Governor.

During his terms of office, Schumacher was subordinate to the governor Siegmund Graf Thun-Hohenstein (1872-1897) as well as the state presidents Klemens Graf St. Julien-Wallsee (1897-1908) and Levin Graf Schaffgotsch (1908-1913) as the second most powerful man in Salzburg .

After more than 20 years in the service of the city and state of Salzburg, Albert Schumacher resigned from public life in 1908. That same year he was at the age of 64 years with the title of Tännengau in the knighthood raised.

Working in the context of his time

In the short term of office of Schumacher as mayor, among other things, the construction of the Riedenburg barracks and the construction of the electric elevator on the Mönchsberg fell .

As governor, he welcomed the establishment of the cellulose factory in Hallein, which is now the largest industrial company in the state of Salzburg, and in 1896/97 experienced the flood disaster of the century , which affected Hallein and Oberndorf as well as the state capital and the decision to relocate the then market in Oberndorf (Districts Alt-Oberndorf and Altach) and led to the construction of Neuoberndorf, today's Oberndorf near Salzburg .

In his function as governor, Albert Schumacher opened the first section of the Tauern Railway to Bad Gastein on September 20, 1905 together with Emperor Franz Josef at the train station in Sankt Veit im Pongau (today Schwarzach im Pongau ) . Shortly before the end of his second term in office, on July 5, 1909, he opened the second section from Badgastein through the Tauern tunnel to Spittal an der Drau , with the construction of the Tauern Railway, which will in future serve as the economic engine of development for the entire Salzburg region and especially for the Pongau should prove was accomplished.

Awards, honors

• Commander's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order (1905, on the occasion of the opening of the Schwarzach-St. Veit – Bad Gastein railway line)
• After his death on March 15, 1913, Albert Schumacher was given a grave of honor in the Salzburg municipal cemetery .
• With a unanimous resolution of the municipal council, Schumacher was chosen to give its name to today's Schumacherstraße in the Lehen district in 1946 . This continues beyond Ignaz-Harrer- Strasse into Rudolf-Biebl- Strasse and ends in the right glossy line. Schumacherstrasse became famous for the Lehen stadium, which was completed in 1971 . In place of what was once the most modern football stadium in Austria, work has been underway since 2006 on the realization of the "Neue Mitte Lehen", a modern suburban district with apartments, social facilities and the new building for the city ​​library .

Literature and Sources

• Edith Havinga: Mayor Dr. Albert Schumacher, 1844–1913. Housework from history. University of Salzburg, Salzburg 1978, OBV .
• Ludwig Netsch: The Salzburg mayors from 1847. Documentation of the city of Salzburg . Magistrat Salzburg, documentation about what is happening in the city, Salzburg 1987, OBV .
• Josef Brettenthaler, Manfred WK Fischer (editor), Werner Hölzl (photo editor, design): Salzburg-Synchronik - die Welt, Germany, Austria, Salzburg city and country . Verlag Alfred Winter, Salzburg 2005, ISBN 3-85380-055-6 .
• R (obert) Hoffmann:  Schumacher von Tännengau Albert. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 366.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Court and staff news. (...) On the occasion of (...). In:  Innsbrucker Nachrichten , No. 215/1905, September 20, 1905, p. 4 middle. (Online at ANNO ). .

predecessor	Office	successor
Leopold Scheibl	Mayor of Salzburg 1888 - 1890	Franz von Hueber