Edmund Schmidt (politician)
Edmund Schmidt (born March 2, 1845 in Altenburg ; † February 6, 1924 there ) was a cigar manufacturer and a member of the German Reichstag .
Life
Schmidt attended the Polytechnic School and Technical University in Dresden . During his studies in 1861 he was a co-founder of the Cheruscia Dresden fraternity . In 1864 he went into his father's business, a cigar factory. He was a member of the landscape of the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg, city councilor of Altenburg and member of the state parliament in the Free State of Saxony-Altenburg from 1919 to 1920, where he belonged to the DNVP .
From 1907 to 1912 he was a member of the German Reichstag for the constituency of Saxony-Altenburg (( Altenburg , Roda )) and the German Reich Party .
The creation of a city forest in Altenburg goes back to his initiative and he donated 20,000 marks for the construction of a Bismarck tower in his hometown.
literature
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 8: Supplement L – Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8253-6051-1 , pp. 254-255.
Web links
- Schmidt, Edmund in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Biography of Edmund Schmidt . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from December 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890-1918. Alliances, results, candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 15). Half volume 2, Droste, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 1433-1437.
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives:
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from August 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
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SURNAME | Schmidt, Edmund |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneurs and politicians (DNVP), MdR |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1845 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Altenburg |
DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1924 |
Place of death | Altenburg |