Anton Kessler

Anton Kessler , also Keßler (born July 21, 1816 in Frankfurt (Oder) , † February 25, 1890 in Marburg ), was a German administrative lawyer . From 1851 to 1870 he served as district administrator of the district of Duisburg .

Life

Kessler was the third son of the Arnsberg District President Georg Wilhelm Keßler and his first wife Auguste Juliane Heim (1792-1820), the daughter of the Berlin honorary citizen Ernst Ludwig Heim . Anton Kessler studied law and, like his father, embarked on an administrative career. In the Royal Government of Arnsberg he rose to the senior government council . In 1848 he became district administrator of the district of Wetzlar , in 1850 district administrator of the district of Solingen and in 1851 district administrator of the district of Duisburg . In the last position he held office from July 24, 1851 to November 15, 1870. In 1862 he played a major role in founding the mayor's office in Oberhausen .

Kessler married Luise Blume (1827–1902) from Stralsund . With her he had the son Georg Keßler (* 1851 in Solingen) and the three daughters Therese (* 1853 in Duisburg), Antonie (* 1855 in Duisburg) and Agnes (* 1859 in Duisburg). A friend of Kessler was the journalist, poet and writer Heinrich Kruse , whose son Francis he served as a role model and personally promoted.

Web links

Anton Keßler , genealogical data sheet in the portal online-ofb.de
Directory of persons "Ke" in the portal territorial.de

Individual evidence

↑ 2.3.7. District Office Duisburg-Mülheim , website in the archive.nrw.de portal , accessed on October 18, 2016
↑ Magnus Dellwig: Church foundation and urban development of the industrial city of Oberhausen. From the initiator of the railway in 1846 to the expansion as an industrial city in 1914 . In: Magnus Dellwig, Peter Langer (Ed.): Oberhausen. A city history in the Ruhr area . Volume 2: Oberhausen in the industrial age . Aschendorff Verlag, Münster 2012, ISBN 978-3-402-12957-9 , pp. 93–95, 97–99, 121

^ Susanne Schwabach-Albrecht: Governor of Prussia on the Rhine. Francis Kruse (1854–1930) - District President in Düsseldorf . In: Geschichte im Westen , Volume 17 (2002), Issue 2, p. 239 ( PDF )

personal data
SURNAME	Kessler, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kessler, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German administrative lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 21, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfurt (Oder)
DATE OF DEATH	February 25, 1890
Place of death	Marburg

[1] 2.3.7. District Office Duisburg-Mülheim , website in the archive.nrw.de portal , accessed on October 18, 2016

[2] Magnus Dellwig: Church foundation and urban development of the industrial city of Oberhausen. From the initiator of the railway in 1846 to the expansion as an industrial city in 1914 . In: Magnus Dellwig, Peter Langer (Ed.): Oberhausen. A city history in the Ruhr area . Volume 2: Oberhausen in the industrial age . Aschendorff Verlag, Münster 2012, ISBN 978-3-402-12957-9 , pp. 93–95, 97–99, 121

[3] Susanne Schwabach-Albrecht: Governor of Prussia on the Rhine. Francis Kruse (1854–1930) - District President in Düsseldorf . In: Geschichte im Westen , Volume 17 (2002), Issue 2, p. 239 ( PDF )