Christian Adolf Deutrich

Christian Adolf Deutrich

Christian Adolf Deutrich (born December 23, 1783 in Leipzig , † December 23, 1839 in Leipzig) was a Saxon local politician and from 1831 to 1839 mayor of the city of Leipzig .

Career

Deutrich's father was a raft commissioner from the Electorate of Saxony in Leipzig, his mother a daughter of the heir, feudal and court lord of Mockau . Deutrich first attended the Nikolaischule in Leipzig, later the State School Grimma . In 1799 he began studying law at the University of Leipzig , where in 1805 he was awarded a doctorate with a thesis on Saxon land law. iur. received his doctorate. Deutrich then completed a commercial apprenticeship.

Act

On July 6, 1810, Deutrich joined the city council of Leipzig. In the same year he became the tower lord of St. Nikolai , a criminal judge at the city court, a deputy at the regional court and a deputy for tax collection. Deutrich was considered an accomplished administration and finance specialist. During the Napoleonic Wars, he prevented the city's financial collapse. He lowered the urban deficit and began paying off debts. In the years 1811, 1817, 1820, 1824 and 1830 Deutrich was the representative of the city of Leipzig in the Saxon state parliament. From 1833 to 1839 he was Vice President of the First Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament .

On April 1, 1831, Deutrich became mayor of Leipzig. After the death of Lord Mayor Carl Friedrich Schaarschmidt , he was sole mayor from October 7, 1831. Deutrich was the first mayor of Leipzig to officiate under the General City Code passed in 1832. He was therefore significantly involved in the development of local self-government in Leipzig. The reform of the city taxes (1834/35/39), which led to a reduction in the tax burden, took place during Deutrich's term of office. In 1839 he abolished the so-called neighborhoods and thus made the Leipzig suburbs, which had previously only been considered special corporations, into full components of the city of Leipzig. In the 1830s a significant economic upswing began in Leipzig. In April 1837 the first section of the Leipzig-Dresden Railway was opened, and in 1839 the Dresden train station was built. There was also a lot of building activity in Leipzig itself. The inner city gates - with the exception of the Peterstor - were demolished and the Augusteum and the main post office were built.

View from Nikolaikirchhof onto Deutrichs Hof (right in the picture) around 1880.

Deutrich, who was highly regarded by the citizens of Leipzig, died on December 23, 1839, his birthday.

From 1797 to 1889, the Deutrich family in Leipzig owned a courtyard between Nikolai and Reichsstraße with splendid front buildings on both streets, one of which was built in 1655. It was the first larger town house that was built in Leipzig after the end of the Thirty Years War . Deutrichs Hof was demolished in 1968 after severe damage from World War II .

literature

• Karin Kühling / Doris Mundus: Leipzig's ruling mayors from the 13th century to the present. Sax-Verlag Beucha, 2000. ISBN 3-934544-02-9 .