Hermann Joseph Stupp

Hermann Joseph Stupp

Hermann Joseph Stupp (born February 12, 1793 in Golzheim (Hüttenhof), † June 10, 1870 in Cologne ) was Lord Mayor of Cologne from 1851 to 1863.

biography

Baptism entry of Hermann Joseph Stupp in the oldest Golzheim church book, Johann Matthias Hoch 1793

Gravestone in the Melaten cemetery

Stupp was born on February 12, 1793 as the son of Michael Stupp and Clara Geicht, who ran the Hüttenhof as Halfen in Golzheim . Stupp studied theology with Georg Hermes in Münster and thereby became a Hermesian . This resulted in a tense relationship with the Archbishop of Cologne, Johannes von Geissel, for many years .

In the Wars of Liberation from 1813 to 1815, Stupp took part on the Prussian side. In 1848 he was the commander of the Cologne vigilante group. In May 1848 he was elected to the Prussian National Assembly as a deputy for the constituency of Düren. After studying law, he worked as a rent master and lawyer at the Rhenish Court of Appeal. He was later appointed to the judiciary and secret government councilor. From 1846 to 1849 and 1850 Stupp was deputy municipal councilor in Cologne. In 1849 and 1850 to 1851 he was a local councilor for Cologne. He was one of the constitutional-liberal politicians. From 1855 to 1863 Stupp was then a member of the Prussian manor, from 1855 to 1863 a member of the Provincial Parliament, in 1851 Vice Marshal of the Rhenish Provincial Parliament and from 1851 to 1863 Mayor of Cologne.

Stupp was also president of the Rheinische Musikschule, from 1851 director of the Provinzial-Hilfskasse, member of the administrative board of the grammar school and study foundations and author of theological writings. The city of Cologne maintains a grave of honor for Hermann Joseph Stupp at the Melaten cemetery , and a street in the Ehrenfeld district is named after him.

literature

• Hermann Joseph Stupp (ed.): The last Hermesians. Siegen 1844
• Thomas Deres (editor): The Cologne Council: Biographical Lexicon. Volume I, 1794-1919, Cologne 2001