Hermann von Budde

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Hermann von Budde
Hermann von Budde in bronze, by Martin Götze

Hermann Budde , from 1904 Hermann von Budde , (born November 15, 1851 in Bensberg ; † April 28, 1906 in Berlin ; full name: Hermann Friedrich Hans Budde ) was a Prussian officer , most recently Major General , and Prussian Minister of State. In 1904 he became the first honorary citizen of Bergisch Gladbach .

Life

Hermann Budde's second wife, Johanna Helene Auguste Marie, 1903.

Hermann Budde was the son of the senior teacher at the Kadettenhaus Bensberg Wilhelm Theodor Budde (1813–1885) and his wife Ottilie Budde nee Sack (1818–1886). The mechanical engineer Otto Budde (1848–1909) and the theologian Karl Budde (1850–1935) were his brothers.

After attending elementary school in his hometown, Budde graduated from the cadet schools in Bensberg and Berlin and then joined the 1st Kurhessian Infantry Regiment 81 on April 12, 1869 as a secondary lieutenant . A little later he took part in the Franco-German War as a platoon leader with his regiment . In the battle of Noisseville he was seriously wounded by a shot in the lung and after his recovery initially used from spring 1871 at the Kassel district command . From 1873 to 1876 Budde then graduated from the Prussian War Academy . Budde dealt in particular with the military role of the railways . For an investigation on this subject, General Helmuth von Moltke personally awarded him the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle, fourth class. As a result, Budde held a leading position in the railway department of the Great General Staff . On December 29, 1900, he voluntarily retired from the army as major general. In 1902 he was appointed Minister of State and Prussian Minister of Public Works by Kaiser Wilhelm II . In this role, he used his expertise in railways to get involved in the first test runs of electric express railcars on the Marienfelde-Zossen military railway near Berlin from 1901 to 1903 (world speed record of 210.2 km / h). Budde died in office in 1906. His successor in the ministerial office was Paul von Breitenbach .

Budde was - in addition to his office as minister - general director of the Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken AG . He also initiated the settlement of a huge factory in what was then the Niederbarnim district on today's Eichborndamm ( Reinickendorf district ), but did not see the start of construction in 1906.

He wrote the book The use of the French railways in German war operations .

family

Budde was married to Emma Lippert (1853–1888) since May 31, 1881. After her death, he married Johanna Helene Auguste Marie née Heyland (born May 11, 1871 in Iserlohn, † February 23, 1916 in Berlin), the sister of the electrical engineer Alexander Heinrich Heyland . The official apartment he had used for many years was located in the building of what would later become the Reich Ministry of Transport , Wilhelmstrasse 79 in Berlin.

Hermann von Budde was buried in the Bensberg cemetery. The elaborate tomb was designed by the Berlin architect Franz Schwechten , who enjoyed the emperor's special benevolence in the public eye. Above the crypt there is an open pavilion with a bust of Budde created by the Berlin sculptor Lilli Wislicenus-Finzelberg . Later his wife Helene and other family members were buried here.

Awards

Streets in numerous places were named after him: Bergisch Gladbach (Bensberg), Berlin-Tegel , Berlin-Niederschönhausen , Bielefeld , Bremerhaven , Erfurt , Essen-Altendorf , Gelsenkirchen , Gießen , Halle (Saale) and also Halle (Westphalia) , Hamburg- Wilhelmsburg , Krefeld , Neumünster , Bad Oeynhausen , Recklinghausen , Rheda-Wiedenbrück .

During his tenure, the Niederbarnim district , to which the armaments factories managed by Budde brought economic strength and employment, named four streets and a square after him. The proximity to railway lines was also important. The Helenenhof residential complex of the Berlin civil servants' housing association in Berlin-Friedrichshain was named after his second wife .

Trivia

The ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II. Described Budde's work in the 1922 memoir volume, Veranstaltungen und Gestalten.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official Journal of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz , year 1906, No. 25 (special issue of April 30, 1906), p. 231. (Obituary notice)
  2. ^ Peter Lückerath, Michael Werling: The Bensberger Friedhof. Monuments and history. (= Series of publications by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, Abt. Rhein-Berg eV ) Bergisch Gladbach 2014, ISBN 3-932326-72-5 , pp. 45–58.
  3. ↑ a b Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 23rd year 1903, No. 97 (from December 5, 1903), p. 605.
  4. ↑ Helga Wanke: Children, Coal and Kapusta. From the Oder to the Ruhr and Rhine. Online in Google Book Search
  5. ↑ Buddeplatz in the Reinickendorf district. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near  Kaupert )
    Buddestraße in the Reinickendorf district near Luise
    Buddestraße in Niederschönhausen, until 1938 in the Reinickendorf district near Luise
    Buddestraße in Kaulsdorf . In: Luise.
    Buddestrasse in Mahlsdorf . In: Luise.
  6. ^ Wilhelm II .: Events and Forms 1878-1918. Publishing house KF Koehler, Leipzig / Berlin 1922, p. 148 f.
personal data
SURNAME Budde, Hermann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Budde, Hermann Friedrich Hans von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, Prussian Minister of Public Works
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Bensberg
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1906
Place of death Berlin