Joseph Wulff
Alois Joseph Wulff , also Josef Wulff (* baptized August 9, 1770 in Poppelsdorf , † October 23, 1833 in Recklinghausen ) was a German lawyer and mayor.
Wulff studied law and in 1793 became administrator at the highest regional justice and administrative authority of Kurköln in Bonn. In 1794 the government was moved to Recklinghausen, where he worked afterwards. In 1808 he was elected mayor of Recklinghausen, from 1811 to 1833 he was the city's first full-time mayor.
In 1822 he was a member of the shop stewards' commission that the Prussian king had convened in Berlin to deliberate on the general law on the order of the provincial estates of June 5, 1823. In 1826 he became a member of the first Provincial Parliament of the Province of Westphalia for the constituency of East Münster and the city of Recklinghausen.
He is buried in the old cemetery at Lohtor. Josef-Wulff-Straße in Recklinghausen is named after him.
literature
- Alfred Bruns (Ed.), Josef Häming (compilation): The Members of the Westphalia Parliament 1826–1978 (= Westphalian source and archive directories, Volume 2). Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Münster 1978, p. 667.
- Adolf Dorider: History of the city of Recklinghausen in the more recent centuries, 1577-1933, 1955, p. 22, snippet .
- Silvia Seimetz: Everyone leaves their mark; in: Recklinghäuser Zeitung
Remarks
- ↑ Silvia Seimetz writes differently: At the government in Cologne
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wulff, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wulff, Alois Joseph (full name); Wulff, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and mayor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized August 9, 1770 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poppelsdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 1833 |
| Place of death | Recklinghausen |