Eduard Stephani
Martin Eduard Stephani (born October 29, 1817 in Beucha ; † August 13, 1885 in Leipzig ) was a Saxon and German national liberal politician and Vice Mayor of Leipzig.
Life
Stephani attended a grammar school in Leipzig and - like his older brother Ludolf - the princely school in Grimma . He then studied law at the University of Leipzig from 1836 to 1841 and obtained his doctorate in 1842. jur. He then worked as a lawyer in Leipzig.
He joined the liberal circle of the "cockchafer". In the pre-March period he developed into one of the leading representatives of moderate liberalism in Leipzig. From 1848 he was a member of the local city council. He also headed the local Gustav Adolf Association . From 1865 he was vice mayor. He held this position until 1874. Among other things, he made a contribution to founding various non-profit institutions, such as the Johannishospital , which opened in 1872 . Stephani was also a member of the church council of the St. Thomas Church between 1868 and 1874 . He was also a member of the Minerva Masonic Lodge.
In 1867 he became a member of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation and, among other things, played a role in the creation of the Support Residence Act. Between 1871 and 1884, Stephani was a member of the Reichstag as a member of the National Liberal Fraction. He was a member of the budget and military commissions. Between 1878 and 1884 he was chairman of the Petitions Commission. He represented the constituency of Leipzig.
He was involved in the creation of the Jesuit Law of 1872 in connection with the Kulturkampf legislation. He was also involved in the creation of the disability insurance of 1873 and the military law of 1874. In the course of the deliberations on the Socialist Law , Stephani feared that a direct confrontation with Otto von Bismarck in this matter could pose a threat to the national liberal party. He therefore urged Rudolf von Bennigsen to take action against the conflict with Bismarck.
From 1877 to 1883 he was a member of the electoral district of Leipzig 2 in the second chamber of the Saxon state parliament . For a long time he was a member of the executive committee of the National Liberal Party. He was considered one of the leaders of the National Liberals in Saxony.
Stephani was made an honorary citizen of Leipzig in 1874. The national liberal journalist Friedrich Boettcher published a biography of Stephani in 1887. The Stephaniplatz in Leipzig has been in his honor since 1900 .
Familiar
Eduard Stephani was the son of the Protestant pastor of the same name at the Beucha mountain church , Eduard Stephani, and brother of Ludolf Stephani (1816–1887), classical archaeologist .
Both his grandfather and his father were pastors of the Bergkirche Beucha throughout their lives : Friedrich Gotthold Stephani (1760–1811) studied at the University of Leipzig from 1779, received his master's degree and worked from 1785 to 1811 as pastor of Beucha. His son Eduard Stephani (1787–1856) was a prince's student in Grimma from 1800 to 1805 , studied at the University of Leipzig from 1805, earned his master's degree in 1818, became a catechist in Leipzig St. Petri in 1810 and was the successor of the Father as pastor in Beucha.
A grave and memorial place near the church commemorates three generations of Stephani.
literature
- Gustav Wustmann : Stephani, Eduard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, p. 89 f.
- Elvira Döscher, Wolfgang Schröder : Saxon parliamentarians 1869–1918. The deputies of the Second Chamber of the Kingdom of Saxony in the mirror of historical photographs. A biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 5). Droste, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-7700-5236-6 , pp. 474-475.
Web links
- Entry in the Leipzig Lexicon
- Eduard Stephani in the database of members of the Reichstag
Individual evidence
- ↑ Letter from Stephani to Bennigsen dated July 14, 1878 entry on germanhistorydocs (PDF; 70 kB)
- ↑ http://www.leipzig.de/buergerservice-und-verwaltung/unsere-stadt/auslösungen-und-ehrungen/leipziger-ehrenbuerger/
- ^ Friedrich Boettcher: Eduard Stephani - a contribution to the history of the national liberal party. Leipzig 1887.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stephani, Eduard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stephani, Martin Eduard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (NLP), Vice Mayor of Leipzig, Member of the State Parliament, Member of the State Parliament |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beucha |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 1885 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |