Eduard Schmid
Eduard Schmid (born October 15, 1861 in Ostrach , Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ; † June 8, 1933 in Munich ) was the first mayor of the SPD in Munich from 1919 to 1924 .
Apprenticeship and work as an editor
The trained cabinet maker settled after wandering down following his apprenticeship in Munich and joined among others the German Wood Workers Association on. He also worked as an editor for the SPD-affiliated Munich Post .
Political career
In 1899 he became the first social democratic magistrate in the city administration of Munich, from 1907 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Bavarian State Parliament . In a time of serious internal political disputes, a few weeks after the suppression of the council , Schmid was elected to the office of First Mayor of Munich on June 26, 1919. With him until 1924 a social democrat held the highest office in the city for the first time. At that time, life in Munich was determined by strikes, hunger, economic difficulties, unemployment and political quarrels.
Special services
Schmid's tenure was characterized by efforts to improve the electricity and water supply. He initiated the further expansion of the middle Isar for the purpose of generating energy. He secured Munich's water supply through large land acquisitions in the source area of the Taubenberg . Other major projects that he sponsored or carried out are the tram workshop in Perlach and the St. Joseph retirement home in Mittersendling .
Inflation and arrest by the SA
Schmid's term of office was shaped by two unpleasant events for the city's history. In 1923, triggered by a general economic crisis, there was a rapid decline in the value of money and inflation . As a result, many citizens were deprived of their last savings and not a few plunged into need and despair.
The second negative event of his term of office was the Hitler putsch in 1923. Schmid was a staunch democrat and opponent of Hitler. On November 9, 1923, he was arrested by the SA during the Hitler putsch and only narrowly escaped death by hanging .
Resignation and granting of honorary citizenship
On December 31, 1924, Eduard Schmid resigned from his position as First Mayor. On his 70th birthday, on October 15, 1931, he was made the 32nd honorary citizen of the city of Munich .
A few months after the National Socialist " seizure of power ", Eduard Schmid died on June 8, 1933 in Munich.
See also
literature
- Bruno Effinger: Historical personalities. In: Otto Kasper (Ed.): The district of Sigmaringen. 1981, Thorbecke, Sigmaringen. P. 281f
Web links
- Literature by and about Eduard Schmid in the catalog of the German National Library
- http://www.muenchen.de/Rathaus/dir/stadtspitze/buergermeister/100570/schmid.html
Franz Paul von Mittermayr (1818–1836) | Josef von Teng (1836–1837) | Jakob Bauer (1838–1854) | Kaspar von Steinsdorf (1854–1870) | Alois von Erhardt ( 1870–1887) | Johannes von Widenmayer (1888–1893) | Wilhelm Ritter von Borscht (1893–1919) | Eduard Schmid (1919–1924) | Karl Scharnagl (1925–1933) | Karl Fiehler (1933–1945) | Karl Scharnagl (1945–1948) | Thomas Wimmer (1948–1960) | Hans-Jochen Vogel (1960–1972) | Georg Kronawitter (1972–1978) | Erich Kiesl (1978–1984) | Georg Kronawitter (1984–1993) | Christian Ude (1993–2014) | Dieter Reiter (since 2014)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmid, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | First Mayor of Munich |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ostrach , Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1933 |
| Place of death | Munich |