Heinrich Christian Baader
Heinrich Christian Baader (born January 30, 1847 in Deidesheim , Rhineland-Palatinate , † July 29, 1928 in Timișoara , Kingdom of Romania ) was a German engineer , director of the Timișoara tram company (1867-1918), city councilor and senator .
Live and act
Heinrich Baader was born in Deidesheim in Palatinate in 1847 as the son of Nikolaus Baader and Theresia Zimmermann. In 1867 he came as a young engineer from Ofen to what was then Temesvár, where he was commissioned to build the town's horse-drawn tram , which opened in 1869 . He then acted as director of the transport company until 1918, which means that he was later also the operations manager of the electric tram introduced in 1899 . In 1873, Baader was also appointed to the city council and as such sponsored the technical development of Temesvár until 1918.
Baader directed the construction of the Oberrealschule , the Franz Joseph Theater , the Hunyadi Bridge , the inner-city Roman Catholic parish church , the inner-city municipal school and the Fabriker girls' school.
After going on a few study trips, Baader made a decisive contribution to the introduction of the electrification of the city and the tram. It is thanks to his tenacity and persuasiveness that the tram company finally gave in in 1899 and introduced the electric tram. Baader was also the one who in 1903 handled the municipalization of the electric tram for 2.6 million crowns to the satisfaction of everyone.
In his honor the city created the "Baader Foundation" in 1909 with 20,000 crowns for a technology grant.
Memberships
- Member of the municipal building commission
- Vice-President (1909) and President (1918) of the Timisoara Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Director of the Temesvárer Lloyd Society (1912)
- Chairman of the volunteer fire brigade
- Chairman of the Hungarian Music and Singing Association
Honors
- Order of the Holy Crown (1891)
- Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order (1900)
- Honorary Citizen of Timișoara (December 28, 1927)
- Strada Enric Baader in the Fabrik district, directly adjacent to the former tram depot there
- "Baader Foundation" for a technology grant (1909)
literature
- Anton Peter Petri : Biographical Lexicon of the Banat Germans . Breit Druck und Verlag GmbH, Marquartstein 1992, ISBN 3-922046-76-2
- Josef Geml : Alt – Temesvar in the last half century 1870–1920 , Banat Verlag, Erding 2010, ISBN 978-3-9810962-9-3
- Banater Deutsche Zeitung, July 31, 1928
Web links
- adevarul.ro , engineer Baader, head of the Timișoara tram company
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Anton Peter Petri : Biographical Lexicon of the Banater Deutschtums . Breit Druck und Verlag GmbH, Marquartstein 1992, ISBN 3-922046-76-2
- ↑ Josef Geml : Alt – Temesvar in the last half-century 1870–1920 , Banat Verlag, Erding 2010, ISBN 978-3-9810962-9-3
- ↑ adevarul.ro , engineer Baader
- ↑ ziarultimisoara.ro , The forgotten honorary citizens of the city of Timișoara
- ↑ banaterra.eu ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Timisoara and its old street names
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baader, Heinrich Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer, director of the Temesvár horse-drawn tram and tram company, city councilor and senator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Deidesheim , Rhineland-Palatinate |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1928 |
| Place of death | Timișoara , Kingdom of Romania |