Bernhard Eisenstuck

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Bernhard Eisenstuck

Jacob Bernhard Eisenstuck (born September 20, 1805 in Annaberg , † April 5, 1871 in Dresden ) was a German liberal politician and manufacturer. He was a member of the preliminary parliament in Frankfurt and second vice-president of the Frankfurt National Assembly .

Life

Eisenstuck came from the well-known Annaberg entrepreneurial family (Eisenstuck & Co.) and was born as the eldest son of Friedrich David Eisenstuck . His uncle was Christian Gottlieb Eisenstuck , his grandfather the Annaberg mayor Christian Jacob Eisenstuck . From 1820 he completed an apprenticeship in the calico printing company "Benjamin Pflugbeil & Co." in Chemnitz and later became a partner in this company, which belonged to Peter Otto Clauss . In 1829 he founded the crafts association in Chemnitz. In 1834 he became city ​​councilor in Chemnitz and chairman of the city council. From 1835 to 1849 he was chairman of the committee for the construction of an Erzgebirge railway from Chemnitz-Riesa . In 1843 he became chairman of the German Industrial Association founded in Leipzig . In 1848 he joined the Fatherland Association . From March 31 to April 3, 1848 he was a member of the pre-parliament in Frankfurt . From May 19 of the year to May 30, 1849 he was a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly for Chemnitz (fraction " Deutscher Hof ", then " Nürnberger Hof " and " Donnersberg "). The speech that Eisenstuck gave on February 8, 1849 in the debate on fundamental rights in the National Assembly can be regarded as the most profound contribution to the workers question in the Paulskirche parliament. Among other things, Eisenstuck pleaded for a state, publicly administered social system, the funds of which should be raised through a taxation of capital.

From May 24, 1848, he was a member, from October 16, chairman of the Economic Committee. He became second Vice President of the National Assembly in April 1849. On May 5, 1849, he became Reich Commissioner in the Rhine Palatinate and held this office until he was recalled on May 11, 1849 for exceeding his mandate .

In 1849 he emigrated to Switzerland and Belgium and became a partner in a flax spinning mill in Florial ad Dijle . Ten years later he returned to his homeland and became director of the “Aktienspinnerei Wiesenbad ” in the Ore Mountains. From November 1866 to the beginning of 1867 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament , where he represented the German Progressive Party . From 1867 to 1871 he was a member of the Chemnitz Chamber of Commerce , and from 1868 a member of the German Trade Council Committee.

On April 5, 1871, he died of a stroke in his son's home in Dresden and was later buried in his hometown of Annaberg in the Ore Mountains .

literature

  • Heinrich Theodor Flathe :  Eisenstuck, Bernhard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 775.
  • Gerhard Schmidt:  Eisenstuck, Jakob Bernhard. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 421 ( digitized version ).
  • Accountability report by MP Bernhard Eisenstuck on his effectiveness in the German National Assembly. Chemnitz 1849.
  • Poems, speeches, essays: In memory of JB Eisenstuck. Private print 1875.
  • Helmut Schneider: The life and work of Jakob Bernhard Eisenstuck. A contribution to Saxon history. Phil. Diss. Leipzig 1921.
  • Michael Rudloff: The Saxon factory bourgeoisie and the revolution of 1848/49. In: Ulrich Heß, Petra Listewnik and Michael Schäfer (eds.): Economy and the state in the industrialization of Saxony 1750–1930. Leipzig 2003, pp. 105-138.
  • Willy Roch : The Eisenstuck family and their importance for Annaberg. Annaberg 1996.

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personal data
SURNAME Eisenstuck, Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eisenstuck, Jakob Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician and manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Annaberg in the Ore Mountains,
DATE OF DEATH April 5, 1871
Place of death Dresden