Jacob Bredt
Jacob Bredt (* 1811 Cologne ; † August 20, 1860 ibid) was a German theologian, government official, mining industrialist and politician.
Life
After attending high school in Cologne, Jacob Bredt studied Protestant theology at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . In 1831 he became a member of the Corps Rhenania Bonn . After graduating, he became a pastor in Geilenkirchen and in 1842 in Aachen . He switched to civil service and was a government and school councilor in Aachen from 1843 to 1845. From 1845 to 1853 he was the head of the Aachen-Stolberger Bergwerksgesellschaft based in Cologne. He was the main participant in the alliance - anonymous society for mining and smelting near Stolberg . In 1848 he temporarily returned to the civil service to reorganize the Prussian financial system. In 1853 he was elected to the Prussian state parliament. In the same year he went to Tlumacz in Galicia for a Cologne financial consortium to build and manage a sugar refinery there. In 1860 he returned to Cologne.
Awards
- Appointment as honorary member of the Corps Rhenania Bonn
literature
- 161. † Bredt *, Jacob . In: Matriculation of the Bonner Rhenania 1820 1970 , 1970, p. 39, Volume 4 of the blue books of the Bonner Rhenania .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 26/107
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bredt, Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian, government official, mining industrialist and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 20, 1860 |
| Place of death | Cologne |