Georg von Zürn

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Memorial plaque for Georg von Zürn in the Ringpark in Würzburg
Honorary grave in the main cemetery in Würzburg

Georg von Zürn (born August 17, 1834 in Würzburg ; † May 10, 1884 ibid) was a German lawyer and First Mayor of Würzburg (1865-1884) and President of the Landtag.

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Georg Zürn was born as the first son of the wealthy paper merchant and bookbinder Philipp Friedrich Zürn on Domstrasse in Würzburg. After attending the German and Latin schools, he went to the Würzburg high school. In his hometown he studied law and political economy from 1852. He completed his studies in 1856 and was awarded a doctorate in law in Erlangen. He began his professional career in 1856/57 in civil service at the regional courts of Würzburg and parish churches. In 1862 he became an assessor at the District Court of Augsburg.

In December 1865, Georg Zürn was initially provisionally elected on December 7th in response to his application on November 25th, and on February 21st, 1866, assigned as the first legally qualified mayor of Würzburg. During his tenure (1865-1884) he promoted housing and road construction, initiated the deconsolidation (reversal of the fortifications built since the Thirty Years War ) of Würzburg, reformed the school system and from 1873 had the 31-hectare Ringpark created , for which he created the Swedish one in 1880 Hired landscape architects Lindahl as city gardeners. In 1866 he was awarded the Order of Merit 1st Class by St. Michael . His confirmation in office and re-election on December 17, 1868 was unanimous as before. After the new municipal code was passed on July 1, 1869 , various reforms and investments were initiated under Zürn, who was politically close to the liberal camp and the progressive party. From 1875 until his death he was president of the Lower Franconian state parliament, in which he had represented the city of Würzburg since 1870. In 1876 he married Euphemia, the daughter of the Würzburg court pharmacist and magistrate Alexander Sippel. In 1880 he received the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown , which was associated with the personal nobility, but Zürn waived its entry in the Bavarian nobility register. He died unexpectedly of a heart attack in his home on the morning of May 10, 1884. A memorial created in his honor by Michael Spieß (1838-1894) and unveiled in front of the old station on June 12, 1886, was removed in 1937.

Sources and literature

  • VIII. Report on the administration and status of community affairs in the city of Würzburg. Business years 1883 with 1888. Würzburg (Royal University Printing House of H. Stürtz) 1900, pp. 8–11 ( Google Books )
  • Ulrich Wagner: Würzburg rulers, Bavarian minister-presidents, chairmen of the district council / district council presidents, regional presidents, bishops, mayors / mayors 1814–2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1221-1224; here: p. 1221 f. and 1224.
  • Ulrich Wagner: Dr. Georg von Zürn - First Mayor 1865–1884. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. Volume III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, pp. 166-172 and 1267 f.
  • Harm-Hinrich Brandt : Würzburg local politics 1869-1918. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 64-166 and 1254-1267; here: pp. 97-101 and 131-136.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrich Wagner: Dr. Georg von Zürn - First Mayor 1865–1884. 2007, p. 167.
  2. ^ Harm-Hinrich Brandt: Würzburg municipal policy 1869-1918. (2007), p. 97.
  3. ↑ Ulrich Wagner: Dr. Georg von Zürn - First Mayor 1865–1884. 2007, p. 167.
  4. ↑ Christoph Pitz: The walls of the old Würzburg .
  5. ↑ Winfried Schenk, Rüdiger Glaser , Moritz Nestle: Würzburg's environment in the transformation from the pre-industrial era to the service society. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2 (I: From the beginnings to the outbreak of the Peasant War. 2001, ISBN 3-8062-1465-4 ; II: From the Peasant War 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria 1814. 2004, ISBN 3 -8062-1477-8 ; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 ), Theiss, Stuttgart 2001–2007, Volume III (2007), Pp. 351-368 and 1295 f., Here: p. 354.
  6. ↑ Harm-Hinrich Brandt (2007), p. 97.
  7. ↑ Harm-Hinrich Brandt (2007), pp. 131–144.
  8. ↑ Ulrich Wagner: Dr. Georg von Zürn - First Mayor 1865–1884. 2007, p. 167 and 171 f.
  9. ↑ Würzburg photos: Würzburg Ringpark .
  10. ↑ Josef Kern : The fine arts away from the centers. In: Peter Kolb, Ernst-Günter Krenig (Hrsg.): Lower Franconian history. Volume 5/2, Echter, Würzburg 2002, ISBN 978-3-429-02374-4 , pp. 247-316; here: p. 305.
  11. ↑ Ulrich Wagner: Dr. Georg von Zürn - First Mayor 1865–1884. 2007, p. 171 f. and 1268.
personal data
SURNAME Zürn, Georg von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mayor of Würzburg
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Wurzburg
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1884
Place of death Wurzburg