Gottlieb Wieninger

Gottlieb Wieninger (born January 8, 1781 in Wartberg ; † August 7, 1854 in Vilshofen ) was a Bavarian beer brewer , restaurateur and politician .

Life

Wieninger was born the son of the brewer and entrepreneur Johann Georg Michael Wieninger . His brothers Johann Georg and Franz Xaver as well as his uncle Philipp and his cousin Max Christian Wieninger were also members of the Bavarian state parliament. At the end of the 1780s the family moved to Vilshofen , where the father initially leased a brewery and later bought it, as well as the buildings of the former Capuchin monastery in Vilshofen .

Wieninger attended college in Augsburg , and then grammar school and lyceum in Passau . His father gave him the management of his business, brewery and agriculture. During the occupation of Vilshofen by French troops, he negotiated with them in French. In 1818 he became mayor (until 1824), in 1825 a member of the Chamber of Deputies (until 1828) and also in 1825 a member of the board of directors of municipal representatives (until 1842).

In 1845 he founded an agricultural district association, whose board he remained until his death. He promoted v. a. growing maize, using better types of seeds and purchasing new equipment. The Bavarian King awarded him the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of St. Michael in 1852 .

Wieninger died unmarried, he was inherited by his nephew Felix Franz Wieninger (1827–1900) from Schärding.

literature

• Helmut Hilz: Reflections of history in the fate of Bavarian forest glassworks. Riedlhütte: Heimatverein d'Ohetaler Riedlhütte; Grafenau: Morsak 2001, ISBN 3-9804872-8-8 and ISBN 3-87553-550-2 .
• Josef Zormaier, Rupprecht Haertl: Genealogy and family chronicle of the Pummerer and Haertl. Bocholt: Haertl 1993.
• Obituary. In: Donau-Zeitung. August 18, 1854.

Web links

• Gottlieb Wieninger in the parliamentary database at the House of Bavarian History