Georg August Rudolph

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Georg August Rudolph (1862)
Grave of Georg August Rudolph in the main cemetery in Marburg (2017)

August Rudolph (born September 25, 1816 in Kassel , † December 13, 1893 in Marburg ) was a German administrative lawyer. He was Lord Mayor of Marburg for over 30 years.

Life

Rudolph was the son of the city architect and road commissioner Heinrich Rudolph . He studied law and camera science at the Philipps University of Marburg . He was active in the Corps Guestphalia Marburg (1834, 1840) and in the Corps Teutonia Marburg . In the meantime he was at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg , where he also joined the Corps Nassovia in 1839. After a year as a court assessor at the Rodenberg district court , he returned to Marburg. On December 4, 1856, he became Lord Mayor of Marburg . In 1862 he was appointed to the Hessian Estates Assembly . After 30 years in office, he gave up the mayor's office on August 2, 1884.

Honors

On April 9, 1884 he was made an honorary citizen of Marburg . The central traffic junction at Rudolphsplatz is named after him.

literature

  • Erhart Dettmering, Rudolf Grenz: Marburg history. Review of the city's history in individual contributions . Marburg, Der Magistrat, 1980, p. 412. ISBN 3-9800490-0-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStAMR), Best. 915 No. 5676, p. 42 ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ a b Blue Book of the Corps Teutonia Marburg 1825 to 2000
  3. ↑ a b Kösener corps lists 1910, 158/64/96; 117/63; 166/154
personal data
SURNAME Rudolph, Georg August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rudolph, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative lawyer; Lord Mayor of Marburg
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1893
Place of death Marburg