August Kaden
Wilhelm August Kaden (born September 26, 1850 in Naundorf near Grossenhain , † June 21, 1913 in Dresden ) was a German politician ( SPD ), Member of the Bundestag and Member of the Bundestag, cigar manufacturer and publisher.
Life
Kaden grew up as the son of a worker in Naundorf b. Grossenhain , where he finished his school days at a community school in 1864. Kaden learned the trade of tobacco worker, worked as such and went on a journey that took him to Holland, Switzerland and southern Germany. In 1874 he settled in Dresden as a cigar worker. In 1883 he opened a business in Gohlis as an independent cigar manufacturer and retailer.
From 1886 to around 1893 Kaden lived in Kötzschenbroda ( Uferstrasse 6 ), where he was a member of the municipal council and also ran his August Kaden & Co cigar factory . Felix Kaden was born there in 1892 .
Political activity
From 1874 Kaden was a party functionary of the SPD in Dresden. From 1885 to 1897 he was a member of the state parliament in the Kingdom of Saxony . From 1898 until his death in 1913, Kaden was a member of the Imperial Diet as successor to Wilhelm Liebknecht . He represented the constituency of Saxony 4 (Dresden rd Elbe - Dresden Neustadt).
From 1890 to 1913 Kaden was a member of the central control commission of his party and from 1906 its chairman. From 1906 Kaden was a member of the board of his parliamentary group and from 1912 until his death their treasurer.
In addition, from 1890 Kaden published the Saxon workers' newspaper. In 1898 he was co-founder and co-owner of the printing and publishing house Kaden & Co. , in which the Sächsische Arbeiterzeitung , renamed the Dresdner Volkszeitung in 1908 , appeared.
In Radebeul - Kötzschenbroda Oberort , August-Kaden-Strasse is named after him.
literature
- Frank Andert (Red.): Radebeul City Lexicon . Historical manual for the Loessnitz . Published by the Radebeul City Archives. 2nd, slightly changed edition. City archive, Radebeul 2006, ISBN 3-938460-05-9 .
- Elvira Döscher, Wolfgang Schröder : Saxon parliamentarians 1869–1918. The deputies of the Second Chamber of the Kingdom of Saxony in the mirror of historical photographs. A biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 5). Droste, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-7700-5236-6 , p. 402.
Web links
- August Kaden in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Picture in the Reichstag Handbook 1912
- August Kaden's biography . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP)
- August Kaden's biography . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
- Swen Steinberg: Kaden, Wilhelm August . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maren Gündel: cigar turner, publisher & social democrat. In: Official Journal Radebeul, 6/2013, p. 9.
- ^ Frank Andert (Red.): Radebeul City Lexicon . Historical manual for the Loessnitz . Published by the Radebeul City Archives. 2nd, slightly changed edition. City archive, Radebeul 2006, ISBN 3-938460-05-9 , p. 96 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaden, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kaden, Wilhelm August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), MdR and MdL, cigar manufacturer, publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naundorf near Grossenhain |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 1913 |
| Place of death | Dresden |