Carl Christian Maier

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Carl Christian Maier (born April 26, 1851 in Kirchheim unter Teck , † June 22, 1938 in Schmiechen ) was the owner of a cotton mill, later a farmer, privateer and member of the Württemberg state parliament.

Carl Maier as member of the Württemberg state parliament, around 1913

Life

Carl Christian Maier (Majer) was born in Kirchheim unter Teck on April 26, 1851 as the son of the local weaver Karl Ludwig Maier and his wife Christine Luise Kugler (1822–1879). He had three siblings, one of whom died early. Maier was baptized Protestant.

Maier probably attended elementary school in Kirchheim and learned the craft of hand weaving from his father. Then he attended the commercial school in Kirchheim uT

1870–71 he took part in the Franco-German War as a volunteer . He was then admitted to the 8th Württemberg Infantry Regiment as a one-year volunteer.

In 1875 he founded a twisting and cotton mill in Schmiechen. The reason for choosing Schmiechen was probably due to the existing water power of the Schmiech , the sufficient workforce and the connection Schmiechens to the Ulm – Sigmaringen railway line since 1868 , which reduced the transport costs. He ran this factory until 1896, in which year he settled as a farmer on his own estate in Schmiechen. His partner in the factory ownership was Christian Held, to whom Maier sold his shares. Held later added a dye factory to the production. Today the company operates under the name Christian Held & Co.

From 1900 Maier was a privateer in Schmiechen. In the same year 1900 he applied as a candidate for the national liberal German party , of which he had become a member, for the Württemberg state parliament . Maier was a member of the Württemberg state parliament from 1900 to 1918.

During the First World War he volunteered and was employed as an officer in the field provisions office of the 58th Infantry Division and in the 2nd Württemberg Landwehr Division.

In view of Maier's pronounced “German national” political orientation, it was obvious that he should get involved in war clubs. He was chairman of the warrior associations in the Blaubeuren Oberamt and honorary member of the Württemberg Warrior League. In 1911 he held the office of treasurer of the Württemberg Warrior Association and before 1917 he was an external member of the executive committee for the Danube district. Presumably he was also chairman of the Schmiechen Warrior Association, whose flag from 1901 still exists.

Carl Maier as an external member of the presidency of the Danube District in the Württemberg Warrior League, around 1917 - number 3 in the center

Maier died at the age of 87 on June 22, 1938 in Schmiechen.

Sources and literature

  • Anonymous (1913), The Württemberg State Parliament 1912–1917 . Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, p. 98 (photo and biography).
  • Anonymous (1938), Swabian Mercury. With Swabian Kronik and trade newspaper . Stuttgart: Elves. No. 146 of Friday, June 24, 1938, page 4 (obituary) and page 5 (obituary).
  • Anonymous (1958), Carl Maier died 20 years ago. In: Schwäbische Donauzeitung . Blaubeuren edition (place of publication Ulm / Donau) from Saturday, June 21, 1958, section “From the city and the country”, page 7.
  • Bürger, Karl (1912), manual for the warrior associations of the Württ. Warrior League . Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, p. 19.
  • Kalkoff, Hermann (1917), National Liberal Parliamentarians 1867–1917 of the Reichstag and the individual state parliaments: Contributions to the history of the party, ed. on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the National Liberal Party of Germany from ... . Berlin: Publishing house of the National Liberal Party of Germany, p. 345.
  • Mauch, Theodor (1917), Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the Württ. Warrior League: 11. – 13. June 1927, Stuttgart ; in the order d. Praesidiums d. Wuertt. Warrior League av. from… Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, p. 40 (photo).
  • Nimmergut, Jörg (2012), Badges and awards of German war clubs: 1800–1943 . Regenstauf: Battenberg, pp. 190–203 (Order of the Württemberg Warrior League, founded in 1877).
  • Pfeifer, Herbert (1973), The Schmiechen district: A natural and cultural landscape investigation . Approval work for the first examination for teaching at primary and secondary schools. Weingarten: University of Education.
  • Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 535 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ For the company see Pfeifer 1973: 110f.
  2. ↑ Bürger 1912: 19.
  3. ↑ See history of the Schmiechen Musikverein archive link ( memento of the original from November 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / musikverein-schmiechen.de
personal data
SURNAME Maier, Carl Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Owner of a cotton mill, member of the state parliament (Württemberg, Second Chamber)
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirchheim unter Teck
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1938
Place of death Schmiechen (Schelklingen)