Ernst Grumbt

Ernst Grumbt (born September 2, 1840 in Schmilka , † September 19, 1917 in Loschwitz ; full name: Carl Ernst Grumbt ) was a German businessman , entrepreneur and at times a member of the German Reichstag .

Life

Grumbt was the son of master bricklayer Carl Gottlob Grumbt and attended the community school in Schandau . In 1864 he moved to Dresden, where he initially ran a wood and sandstone business, and from 1868 a steam saw and planing mill. He later bought the Schluckenau estate , where he later set up a steam sawmill as in Sohland . He also owned several stone quarries in Saxony and worked as a shipping entrepreneur on the Elbe. At times he employed 450 workers and was one of the wealthiest men in Saxony. He had several villas built in Dresden, one of which is still standing on Alexander-Puschkin-Platz 1 today.

From 1887 to 1893 he worked as a deputy of the German Nazi Party member of the German Reichstag for the constituency of the Kingdom of Saxony 8 Pirna , Sebnitz and 1897-1909 member of the Saxon parliament . He held numerous other offices, for example, he was on the board of the Conservative State Association in Saxony , member of the administrative committee for furniture insurance at the Saxon Fire Insurance Chamber, board member of the Saxon timber trade association and chairman of the Saxon timber industry association. Grumbt was a Freemason in the Dresden Johannisloge "To the golden apple" and since 1903 holder of the Albrechtsorder first class .

He was married to Anna Emilie, geb. Fröde, with whom he had a son, Ernst Alfred Grumbt, and was buried in the Weißer Hirsch forest cemetery in Dresden.

Web links

• Grumbt, Carl Ernst in the database of members of the Reichstag
• Biography of Carl Ernst Grumbt . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
• Swen Steinberg: Grumbt, Karl Ernst . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .