Bruno Thiem

Bruno Thiem, portrait from the Buckauer Chronik from 1887

Bruno Thiem (born November 18, 1823 in Halle an der Saale ; † February 20, 1913 in Magdeburg ) was a German local politician and mayor of the cities of Kelbra and Buckau .

Thiem came from a family of officials. His father Friedrich Thiem was a police chief in Halle. His brother Adolph Thiem was an art collector. Bruno Thiem held the office of mayor of the city of Kelbra for over ten years before he was elected mayor by the Buckau city council at the end of 1862 for an initial twelve years. He then held office until the incorporation of Buckau into Magdeburg on April 1, 1887. In July 1863, he took up his office at a salary of 600 thalers.

At that time Buckau was an independent town at the gates of Magdeburg, which was growing into a large city. During Thiem's ​​tenure, Buckau's population tripled from 6,269 to 17,550. Thiem was particularly committed to the economic development of Buckau. Favored by the location on the Elbe near Magdeburg, the settlement or expansion of various industrial companies succeeded during the onset of industrial upheaval. In particular, the entrepreneurs Hermann Gruson , Bernhard Schäffer and Rudolf Ernst Wolf created businesses here that later gained international reputation. Buckau became an important industrial location.

New houses were built and streets were paved under Thiem's ​​direction. At the Brauereistraße acquired Buckau plots to win site.

Honor

In Thiem's ​​honor, a street in Buckau was named Thiemstrasse . His grave is in the Buckau cemetery .

literature

• Ingelore Buchholz : Thiem, Bruno. In: Guido Heinrich, Gunter Schandera (ed.): Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon 19th and 20th centuries. Biographical lexicon for the state capital Magdeburg and the districts of Bördekreis, Jerichower Land, Ohrekreis and Schönebeck. Scriptum, Magdeburg 2002, ISBN 3-933046-49-1 .