August Wilde (politician)

August Wilde (born September 3, 1868 in Neustadt in Upper Silesia , † February 26, 1940 in Glauchau ) was a social democratic politician and member of the state parliament in Saxony.

Life

The son of a shoemaker completed an apprenticeship as a weaver after attending primary school and then went on a hike. Until 1904 he worked as a factory worker in a weaving mill. From 1905 to 1919 he worked as an employed bookseller in the people's bookstore in Glauchau.

Wilde had been a member of the executive committee of the SPD in Glauchau since 1891 . From 1906 to 1917 he was a city councilor for the SPD. From 1909 to 1918 Wilde represented the 15th urban constituency in the Second Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament . During the November Revolution he was elected chairman of the workers 'and soldiers' council in Glauchau. In 1919/20 he was a member of the Saxon People's Chamber and from 1926 to 1933 again a member of the Saxon State Parliament . In addition, Wilde worked in Glauchau as an unpaid councilor from 1918/19 and as a paid councilor from 1919 to 1932. Professionally, he also appeared as a publisher of the Glauchauer Volksstimme and as a bookseller.

Nothing is known about his life after 1933.

Honors

In the GDR, the Carolapark in Glauchau was named after August Wilde. The renaming was reversed in 1991.

literature

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. 490.

Web links

Wilde, August. In: Historical minutes of the Saxon state parliament. Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library , accessed on July 9, 2018 .
Biography of August Wilde (politician) . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP)

Remarks

↑ No mention in: Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdL Das Ende der Parliaments 1933 and the members of the state parliaments and citizenships of the Weimar Republic during the National Socialist era: Political persecution, emigration and expatriation 1933–1945. A biographical index . Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1995.
↑ http://august-wilde-park.de/chronik/
↑ The alleged memberships stated in the source in the 3rd electoral term only until 1926 and in the 5th electoral term only until 1932 are incorrect.

personal data
SURNAME	Wilde, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Saxon MP
DATE OF BIRTH	September 3, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neustadt in Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	February 26, 1940
Place of death	Glauchau

[1] No mention in: Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdL Das Ende der Parliaments 1933 and the members of the state parliaments and citizenships of the Weimar Republic during the National Socialist era: Political persecution, emigration and expatriation 1933–1945. A biographical index . Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1995.

[2] ttp://august-wilde-park.de/chronik/

[3] The alleged memberships stated in the source in the 3rd electoral term only until 1926 and in the 5th electoral term only until 1932 are incorrect.