Eugen Holtzmann
Eugen Holtzmann (born April 26, 1848 in Karlsruhe , † October 30, 1901 in Weisenbachfabrik ; full name: Eugen Ludwig Holtzmann ) was a German entrepreneur and national liberal politician. He was the founder of the Murgtäler company E. Holtzmann & Cie. and longstanding member of the German Reichstag .
Life
Eugen Holtzmann was born in Karlsruhe in 1848 as the son of a bookseller. After the untimely death of his parents, he dropped out of school and began a commercial apprenticeship at the age of 16. After attending the Lyceum in Karlsruhe, he studied law in Freiburg , where he became a member of the Teutonia fraternity in 1867 . He did his military service as a second lieutenant in the Landwehr Regiment 96 and took part in the Franco-German War . At the age of 20 he took up a position at the Kübler & Niethammer wood pulp factory in Breitenhof (Saxony). Four years later he married the factory owner's widow Natalie widowed Kübler geb. Niethammer, sister of the co-owner Albert Niethammer , and the factory was taken over under his own name.
From 1874 he was a member of the district assembly and the district committee of the Schwarzenberg administration . From 1877 to 1893 he was a member of the Reichstag as a representative of the 21st Saxon constituency. In 1882, Holtzmann became aware of the Murg Valley and its development opportunities through his colleague Gottlieb Klumpp . As a result, on May 1, 1883, Eugen Holtzmann, August Fischer and Johannes Dorn founded E. Holtzmann & Cie. oHG . In 1886 Eugen Holtzmann took over the management .
On May 3, 1890, he was elected chairman of the supervisory board of the Verband Deutscher Druckfabrikfabrikanten GmbH by representatives of 24 German paper mills in the capital of Berlin .
Holtzmann was awarded the honorary title of Commercial Councilor for his services .
Eugen Holtzmann died on October 30, 1901 at the age of 53 in the Weisenbachfabrik.
literature
- Hans Fritz Fischer: Holtzmann, Eugen. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 560 ( digitized version ).
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 2: F-H. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0809-X , p. 389.
Web links
- Eugen Holtzmann in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Biography of Eugen Holtzmann . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holtzmann, Eugene |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holtzmann, Eugen Ludwig (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and politician (NLP), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1901 |
| Place of death | Weisenbachfabrik |