Carl Friedrich Metzler

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Carl Friedrich Metzler (also Karl , born April 15, 1813 in Riechberg ; † March 12, 1867 in Dresden ) was a German lawyer, mayor and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly .

Life

His father was the judge and mayor Johann Adam Metzler, his mother Anna Rosina Metzler, née Eichner.

Metzler studied law in Leipzig from 1832 to 1835 . He then worked as a notary and city ​​judge in Siebenlehn from 1838 . In Oederan he was mayor and lawyer from 1840 to 1848 . From 1847 to 1848 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament , where he belonged to the centrist opposition group, as a representative of the 10th urban constituency ( Marienberg constituency ) . As a member of the 4th deputation of the state parliament, he had delivered a report on the preference for the nobility. His contemporary Bernhard Hirschel , who described the events of the state parliament in 1846, characterized the moderately liberal MP Metzler as follows:

“ You have to see the man whose 'weak voice' has already become proverbial, the tall, imposing figure with the full, friendly face, which does not seem to have said valet to the enjoyment of life, the humorous beard around the arched chin, the unkempt hair and the whole rhetorical attitude. You have to see how he supports the heavy figure on both hands when he throws off his speaker bombs, how he indicates his anger with an unwilling shake of his head and with telling looks his polemics, now against the government, now against his colleagues, even once despite a deserved reprimand repeatedly directed against the whole Chamber and the President himself. In the offensive, it seems to us that his strength lies at all and humor and satyrs support this direction. His attack works through short, punchy sentences, which we would like to compare with the skirmishers because of their independence, through robust sayings, well-fitting quotations and sound similes. Our 'Mayor from Oederan' is therefore especially made to be a popular speaker. "

From May 23, 1848 to August 18, 1848 Metzler was a member of the Paulskirchenparliament in Frankfurt. He was elected as a candidate for the German Association in the 16th constituency of the Kingdom of Saxony ( Zschopau ) in the 3rd scrutiny with 35 out of 79 votes. He remained non-attached, but voted with the left center. His successor was Ernst Leonhard Heubner (1803–1886) from October 4, 1848 .

From 1849 he worked as a public prosecutor, u. a. from 1854 as a councilor of appeal at the court of appeal in Dresden. In 1849/50 he was elected representative of the 57th, 58th and 59th electoral districts (judicial districts Niederforchheim , Zschopau as well as Chemnitz environs and suburbs) member of the first chamber of the Saxon state parliament . In 1860 he became a city councilor and police director of the police office in Leipzig.

Metzler was a bearer of the Royal Prussian Crown Order, 3rd class .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernhard Hirschel: Saxony's government, estates and people , Mannheim 1846, p. 72 ff ( digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Metzler, Carl Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Metzler, Karl Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Riechberg (Hainichen)
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1867
Place of death Dresden