Jakob Friedrich Binder
Jakob Friedrich Binder (born April 25, 1787 in Oberferrieden ; † December 26, 1856 in Nuremberg ) was first mayor of Nuremberg from 1821 to 1853.
Life
Binder, son of a Protestant pastor, studied law at the University of Erlangen . In 1803 he became a member of the Onoldia Corps . In 1812 he was an assessor at the Bayreuth City Court, in 1817 he was transferred to Nuremberg as an examining magistrate.
In December 1821 he was elected First Mayor of the city by the College of Municipal Representatives, the forerunner of the City Council at the time. He thus succeeded Christian Gottfried Lorsch . From 1821 to 1829 Johannes Scharrer was second mayor alongside Binder.
During his tenure, important infrastructure measures were implemented for the city. During this time, for example, the main train station , the old city theater on Lorenzer Platz and the Kettensteg were built . In addition, Binder initiated the founding of the railway company, through whose work the Ludwig Railway from Nuremberg to Fürth could finally be put into operation.
When Kaspar Hauser was found in Nuremberg in 1828 , Binder interrogated him personally.
The law faculty of the University of Erlangen awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1843 .
At the time of the revolution in 1848 , Binder was a member of the constitutional association , which was founded to support the monarchy and to counterbalance the efforts of the revolutionaries.
He resigned from his office as mayor in 1853 and retired. In doing so, he anticipated impeachment proceedings that were to be initiated against him because of his immoral conduct - Binder was the father of twelve illegitimate children.
Binder died at the age of 69. His grave is in the Johannisfriedhof (Nuremberg) .
The poet and writer Amara George (pseudonym for Mathilde Kaufmann) was a daughter.
literature
Michael Diefenbacher , Rudolf Endres (Hrsg.): Stadtlexikon Nürnberg . 2nd, improved edition. W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg 2000, ISBN 3-921590-69-8 , p. 145 ( complete edition online ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 42 , 94
- ^ Sven Felix Kellerhoff : The prodigal son . In: Welt – online from November 20, 2004.
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Christian Gottfried Lorsch (1818–1821) | Jakob Friedrich Binder (1821-1853) | Maximilian von Wächter (1854–1867) | Otto Stromer von Reichenbach (1867-1891) | Georg Ritter von Schuh (1892–1913) | Otto Geßler (1913–1919) | Hermann Luppe (1920–1933) | Willy Liebel (1933–1945) | Julius Rühm (1945) | Martin Treu (1945) | Hans Ziegler (1945–1948) | Otto Ziebill (1948–1951) | Otto Bärnreuther (1952–1957) | Andreas Urschlechter (1957–1987) | Peter Schönlein (1987–1996) | Ludwig Scholz (1996–2002) | Ulrich Maly (2002–2020) | Marcus König (since 2020)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Binder, Jakob Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | First Mayor of the City of Nuremberg (1821-1853) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1787 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberferrieden |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1856 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |