Eugene Abresch

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Eugen Abresch (born June 4, 1867 in Neustadt an der Haardt ; † June 22, 1952 in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse ) was a German entrepreneur, especially in the field of wine production and wine trade , as well as an inventor , art collector and politician . He made headlines through speculative deals , which in 1914 led to a public prosecutor's investigation and to his resignation from parliament. As a hunting tenant , he was hit by a spectacular poaching case in 1933 , in which two people were killed.

family

Abresch was born into a Protestant home. He grew up in a classicist mansion on Neustadter Villenstrasse , which was built in the second half of the 1870s and is now called Villa Abresch . His grandfather was Johann Philipp Abresch , who became known in 1832 as the creator of the black, red and gold flag of the Hambach Festival . Eugen Abresch was childless, the painter Christel Abresch (born January 27, 1931, † March 2011) was married to a descendant of his brother .

politics

From 1907 to 1914 Abresch was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Bavaria for the district of Neustadt an der Haardt during the 35th and 36th session . At first he was a member of the Liberal faction , from 1912 onwards he was non-attached. In 1914 he resigned from parliament because of a speculative affair. After the First World War , he appeared in Munich as negotiator for the Neustadt Workers 'and Soldiers' Council vis-à-vis the Bavarian state government when it came to food and fuel shortages in the Palatinate and compensation for requisitions.

Speculative business

As an entrepreneur Abresch became known through speculative deals. On November 23, 1907, he acquired the disused copper mine on Spiemont near St. Wendel in what is now Saarland and undertook to operate it again. After he had for years failed to do so, the prosecution started in March 1914, a investigation for fraud and usury , and let Abresch arrest , he that on March 20, his parliamentary seat lost. During the First World War , the mine was temporarily put back into operation, possibly by the Dillinger Hütte .

Secondary occupations

Abresch worked as an inventor in the field of materials research . B. Patents for artificial thread, artificial leather and the use of copper in vine protection against pests .

As a patron of the arts , Abresch created a larger collection of paintings, most of which can now be found in the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg .

In 1933 Abresch hit the headlines again, without his help, when two men, one of the poachers and a police officer, were killed in a shooting between two poachers and four law enforcement officers in his hunting district in the Ordenswald on the boundary of what is now the Neustadt district of Speyerdorf .

literature

  • Hermann Kalkoff (Ed.): National Liberal Parliamentarians 1867–1917 of the Reichstag and the individual state parliaments . Contributions to party history on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the National Liberal Party of Germany. Publication distribution center of the National Liberal Party of Germany, Berlin 1917.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bavarian Ministry of Culture: The relationship between the Palatinate and Kurt Eisner. (No longer available online.) In: Special issue Bavaria and the Palatinate. Archived from the original on August 13, 2007 ; Retrieved March 9, 2011 .
  2. ↑ a b c House of Bavarian History: Abresch, Eugen. Retrieved March 9, 2011 .
  3. ^ Gerhard Müller: Mineralienatlas. (PDF; 241 kB) Accessed March 9, 2011 .
  4. ^ Federal Office for Central Services and Unresolved Property Issues (BADV): Artwork. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 9, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.badv.bund.de
  5. ↑ Wolfgang Kauer: Shots in the lungs . In: The Rheinpfalz , Mittelhaardter Rundschau . Ludwigshafen January 21, 2014, p. 24 .
personal data
SURNAME Abresch, Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur, inventor, art collector and politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1952
Place of death Neustadt an der Weinstrasse