Gottfried Moßler

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Gottfried "Gotter" Mossler (born January 23, 1844 in Mühlhausen , † April 23, 1927 in Gotha ) was a German manufacturer and local politician.

Life

Born in the Free Imperial City of Mühlhausen , Moßler moved to Gotha as a young man and had been running a pottery in Gotha since 1870 . In 1882 he took over a stove factory and went in 1891, with 47 years in retirement , to devote himself to local politics. From 1876 to 1888 he had already worked as a poor carer in the city administration and in 1888 became a city councilor for three years. In 1891 he became a senator on the city council, most recently as a part-time alderman, and temporarily also as a registrar.

From 1900 to 1918 Gottfried Moßler was a member of the Gotha state parliament and chairman of the slaughterhouse commission. From 1876 to 1909 he was on the board and from 1916 to 1922 chairman of the choral society "Liedertafel" (see also Friedrich Adolf Wandersleb ). Moßler was a member of the German Peace Society and a committee member at the Sparkasse for the former Duchy of Gotha.

In 1925, at the age of 81, he resigned from public life and took permanent retirement.

In the obituary for the honorary citizen Gottfried Moßler it says:

"" Senator Gottfried Moßler has passed away with a man who has made his great work force available in voluntary work for the city of Gotha for over half a century, since 1876, with tireless diligence, strict conscientiousness and prudent efforts. "

- Unknown author : Website of the city of Gotha

Honors

  • The city honored him on February 20, 1916 by renaming what was then Dammstrasse to Moßlerstrasse.
  • In 1925 Mossler became an honorary citizen of Gotha on May 5, by a resolution of the city council.

literature

  • Helmut Roob, Günter Scheffler: Gotha personalities. 1st edition. Rhino-Verlag, Arnstadt / Weimar 2000, ISBN 3-932081-37-4 .

annotation

  1. ↑ The spelling with "ß" was taken from the sources, although the name is written with two "s" on the tombstone. The nickname "Gotter" is engraved on the tombstone.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the city of Gotha
personal data
SURNAME Moßler, Gottfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mossler, Gottfried; Mossler, Gotter (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manufacturer and local politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Mühlhausen / Thuringia
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1927
Place of death Gotha