Edmund Schmidt (politician)

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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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from December 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives:@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / en.altenburg-tourismus.de
  4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from August 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
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