Ernst von Eynern

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Ernst von Eynern (born April 2, 1838 in Barmen-Wupperfeld (now part of Wuppertal ), † November 2, 1906 in Barmen ) was a German wholesale merchant and national liberal politician.

Origin and occupation

Eynern came from an original with a Sattelhof in Einern at Barmen mortgaged family (see Eynern (noble family) ) and was the son of Indigo wholesaler, and politician Friedrich von Eynern (1805-1882). As a rentier he was raised to the Prussian nobility on August 29, 1894 in Potsdam ( Neues Palais ) with a diploma from October 23, 1894 . Eynern married on March 14, 1862 in Barmen Adele Prinzen (born October 2, 1842 in Munich-Gladbach , † March 7, 1920 in Barmen), the daughter of Gustav Prinzen and F. Boelling. He was the father of the lawyer and politician Hans von Eynern (1874–1957).

Eynern did a commercial apprenticeship in Barmen and then completed a traineeship in Le Havre and London . In 1862 he joined his father's wholesaler like his brother Fritz and became a partner in 1865. Ernst Eynern was primarily responsible for sales trips. After the death of their father in 1882, the brothers worked together until 1888, after which they separated. Eynern initially continued the indigo trade together with his son. In 1897 he gave up the indigo trade shortly before chemical dyes made this trade unprofitable.

Ernst Eynern was a member of various supervisory boards of stock corporations. Among them were the mining company Hibernia and the Farbenwerke vorm. Bayer & Co. There he was chairman of the supervisory board from 1903.

From 1898 Ernst von Eynern was the owner of what he called the Villa Rheinau in Niederdollendorf , a current district of Königswinter .

Representatives of industrial interests

Eynern was an uncompromising representative of employers' interests, especially on the supervisory boards. This was particularly evident during the great miners' strikes of 1889 and 1905 . He turned against plans to nationalize mining. Eynern was instrumental in the formation of a community of interests between the chemical companies BASF and Agfa . This union was a forerunner of IG Farben . He was a long-time member of the supervisory board of Deutsche Bank .

Politician

Memorial stone with the inscription Ernst von Eynern Platz, ( Barmer Anlagen ), Wuppertal

Like his father, Eynern was also politically active. From 1875 he was a member of the city council of Barmen and from 1879 belonged to the provincial parliament of the Rhine province . From 1876 he was a member of the National Liberal Party. For this Eynern sat from 1879 in the Prussian House of Representatives .

Eynern was a leading member of his faction. As early as 1879 he was their secretary and from 1886 he was the parliamentary group manager. From 1892 he was a member of the parliamentary group's executive committee.

In parliament he appeared as a staunch opponent of the left-liberal Progress Party , the SPD , the center and ultramontanism . Against the center, he pleaded for a continuation of the Kulturkampf . In terms of content, Eynern concentrated on tax issues and transport policy. Last but not least, he acted as a representative of industry interests. Among other things, he was able to push through the expansion of the railway system in his constituency. He also played a political role in the construction of the Dortmund-Ems Canal and the Mittelland Canal . As chairman of the sewer commission, he was a political opponent of the conservative sewer rebels .

In addition, Eynern was a co-founder and board member of the Pan-German Association . However, he was also a member of the Association for Defense against Anti-Semitism .

Works

  • Against social democracy and related things . Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1874. MDZ Reader
  • The new conservatives in the west and the "Rheinisch-Westfälische Post" . 2nd Edition. Elberfeld 1876.
  • History of the saddle farm "Eynern" and the von Eynern family . Bagel, Düsseldorf 1885 (printed as Ms)
  • On the reform of direct taxes in Prussia. Against self-declaration . Wiemann, Barmen 1889. Digital collections of the Berlin State Library
  • Critical considerations on the reform of local taxes . Sam. Lucas, Elberfeld 1892 Digital collections of the Berlin State Library
  • Some calculations on the tax form . Sam. Lucas, Elberfeld 1892 Digital collections of the Berlin State Library
  • Friedrich von Eynern. A Bergisches Lebensbild at the same time a contribution to the history of the city of Barmen . Baedekersche Buchdruckerei, Elberfeld 1901.
  • Twenty years of canal battles. A contribution to the history of the German party system. After the negotiations of the Prussian state parliament in the years 1882 to 1901 . German publisher, Berlin 1901.
  • Memories from his life shared by his son Max von Eynern . Self-published, o.r. 1909.

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Until it was ennobled, “von” was simply a component of the name and an indication of origin, but not a title of nobility. - Source: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume III, page 201, Volume 61 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1975
  2. ^ Lothar Gall : The Deutsche Bank 1870-1995 . Beck, Munich 1995. ISBN 3-406-38945-7 , p. 93.
  3. ^ Mann, Bernhard (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne. Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 126 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3); for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 718-722.
  4. ↑ Horst Heidemann: Wuppertal villas and apartments - search for traces on the Rhine . In: Bergischer Geschichtsverein (ed.): History in Wuppertal . Annual issue 2011, Wuppertal 2012
personal data
SURNAME Eynern, Ernst von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneurs and politicians (national liberal)
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Barmen-Wupperfeld
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 1906
Place of death Barmen