Johann Baptist Rieder

Johann Baptist Leonhard Rieder (born February 22, 1815 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † 1902 ) was a lawyer and mayor of Freiburg from January 1850 to June 1852 .

Life

Johann Baptist Leonhard Rieder was the third child of the Freiburg master blacksmith Johann Baptist Rieder (died on July 15, 1816) and Maria Josepha's stepfather.

After the suppression of the Baden Revolution at the end of July 1849, martial law prevailed in Baden until September 1851. Since elections were forbidden, the government director of the Upper Rhine District August von Marschall appointed the bailiff in Jestetten Johann Baptist Rieder mayor of Freiburg in January 1850 . But Rieder was not interested in the office in difficult times and had to be forced to accept it under threat of "police action".

The population suffered from billeting, Freiburg was heavily in debt. Rieder arranged the city's finances. On December 9, 1851, a large committee confirmed Rieder as mayor and a majority elected him for one term of office.

During Rieder's tenure, the town hall was renovated, the sidewalks were paved with Rhine pebbles and gas lighting was introduced.

But Rieder did not love his post and wanted to return to civil service. When he was appointed head of the Engen district office in June 1852, after several submissions , he resigned from the mayor's office. The position initially remained vacant because two consecutive candidates did not accept your election. The pre-revolutionary Friedrich Wagner took over the post of mayor again in October 1852, but only on the condition that he could resign at any time.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Thomas Fricke: Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg - Online Finding Aids - Bookmarks. Retrieved April 7, 2017 . 
2. ↑ in Böttcher
3. ↑ in Blod, page 132
4. ↑ in Böttcher
5. ↑ in Blod, page 132

literature

• Gabriele Blod, Wolfgang Hug, Manfred Lallinger and Hartmut Zoche: Unrest in the "Pfaffenstädtchen", reaction, "New Era" and Kulturkampf (1850–1870); in: Heiko Haumann , Hans Schadek (Hrsg.): History of the city of Freiburg im Breisgau . Volume 3. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 978-3-8062-1635-6
• Karin-Anne Böttcher: It was a truly unpopular position , in: Badische Zeitung of October 8, 1998
• Joachim Hartbaum: From the memoirs of Johann Baptist Leonhard Rieder (1815-1902) . In: Land between the Upper Rhine and the southern Black Forest. 7th year 2000, pp. 119-141
• Joachim Hartbaum: Editing of the original script, no. 294 in the B1 manuscript collection of the Freiburg City Archives
• Wolfram Angerbauer (Red.): The heads of the upper offices, district offices and district offices in Baden-Württemberg from 1810 to 1972 . Published by the working group of the district archives at the Baden-Württemberg district assembly. Theiss, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-8062-1213-9 , pp. 462 .
• Registry register Freiburg i. Br., Münster parish 1810–1819, image 254, archive unit L 10, no. 1554,

predecessor	Office	successor
Alexander Buisson	Mayor of Freiburg im Breisgau 1850–1852	Friedrich Wagner (politician)