Gustav Hummel
Gustav Hummel (born February 20, 1824 in Strasbourg , † June 19, 1910 in Mannheim ) was a Baden entrepreneur and politician.
Hummel ran a forwarding company and was a member of the Mannheim Chamber of Commerce from 1864 to 1870 . In 1868 he also became a commercial judge at the Mannheim Commercial Court. He was particularly committed to the Rheintalbahn , a direct rail link from Mannheim to Karlsruhe via Schwetzingen and Waghäusel . Later he was a member of the railway tariff commission in Berlin. Hummel had to close his forwarding company in 1874 because of the emerging competition from the railways.
Hummel was a member of the Mannheim municipal council and from 1865 to 1870 a member of the second chamber of the Baden state parliament , where he advocated Baden joining the North German Confederation . After that he was a member of the first chamber until 1878.
The city of Schwetzingen named a street after Gustav Hummel.
literature
- Rudolf Haas, Wolfgang Münkel: Guide to the graves of well-known Mannheim personalities . Mannheim 1981
- Support group of historical graves in Mannheim (ed.): The cemeteries in Mannheim . Mannheim 1992
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hummel, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strasbourg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 1910 |
| Place of death | Mannheim |