Friedrich Gustav Weidauer

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Friedrich Gustav Weidauer (1810-1897)
Memorial stone in Park Ottenstein

Friedrich Gustav Weidauer (born April 10, 1810 in Lauter / Sa. , † March 6, 1897 in Schwarzenberg ) was a German lawyer and liberal politician .

Live and act

The son of a trader moved with his parents as a child from Lauter to neighboring Schwarzenberg, where he witnessed the fire of May 2, 1824, which almost completely destroyed the city. He first attended the village school in Lauter and later the Lyceum in Schneeberg . Weidauer studied law at the University of Leipzig from 1830 . After completing his studies, he settled in Schwarzenberg in 1834, where he initially worked as a legal scholar in the district office and with financial procurator Johann Traugott Lindner . He was enrolled as a lawyer in 1842 or 1843. As early as 1840, he had been elected mayor of Schwarzenberg, in which office he was particularly concerned with the economic development of the city and the surrounding area. The development of traffic engineering in the Schwarzwassertal and thus the creation of the logistical basis for the establishment of industrial companies was one of his main concerns. In order to enforce the Zwickau – Schwarzenberg railway line, which favored his district , Weidauer accepted the need to obstruct the Chemnitz – Annaberg railway line , which the Saxon government had submitted to the Saxon state parliament for planning and approval . Schwarzenberg's railway connection took place in 1858.

As a representative of the 12th municipal electoral district, he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament from 1845 to 1847 and 1855 to 1868 .

In the Prince Albert Stift , a home for physically and mentally neglected children, Weidauer took over the management after the death of the Schwarzenberg priest Winter. He also played a key role in promoting Park and Bad Ottenstein . After 41 years of service as mayor, he retired in 1881. Weidauer died in 1897 and was buried in the Schwarzenberg St. Georgen cemetery.

Honors

He was made an honorary citizen of Johanngeorgenstadt in 1869 for supporting the extension of the Zwickau – Schwarzenberg railway to include a branch line to Johanngeorgenstadt and for helping to rebuild the town hall there. Schwarzenberg also honored him by making him an honorary citizen. In Schwarzenberg, Weidauerstrasse in Neustadt has been a reminder of him since 1909 . In addition to the marble plaque erected in Ottensteinpark in 1883 because of his services to the Ottenstein Park, a further plaque was installed there in April 2010 with his life and his term of office as mayor.

He was also made a knight of the KSAOI .

Works

  • The Upper Ore Mountains Railway Question with an appendix about top manufacturing. 1854

literature

  • Andreas Neemann: State Parliament and Politics in the Response Time - Saxony 1849 / 50–1866 , Droste: Düsseldorf, 2000, p. 187 and p. 391 ISBN 3-7700-5232-3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Theodor Tauchnitz and Wilhelm Theodor Richter (eds.): Journal for justice and administration, initially for the Kingdom of Saxony. Volume 3, 1843, p. 507 ( digitized version)
  2. ↑ a b Anita Tonar: Little Schwarzenberg Chronicle from the 12th to the 21st Century. Schwarzenberg: Regional Verlag Anita Tonar, 2006, p. 87
  3. ^ Andreas Neemann: Parliament and Politics in the Response Time - Saxony 1849 / 50–1866 , Droste: Düsseldorf, 2000, p. 187
  4. ^ Josef Matzerath : Aspects of the history of the Saxon state parliament - presidents and members of parliament from 1833 to 1952 , Dresden 2001, p. 134
  5. ↑ Freie Presse, local edition Schwarzenberg of April 10, 2010: Mayor with strategic vision. and from April 16, 2010: memorial plaque honors former mayor.
personal data
SURNAME Weidauer, Friedrich Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and liberal politician, MdL (Kingdom of Saxony)
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Louder / Sa.
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1897
Place of death Schwarzenberg / Erzgeb.