Johann Baur (politician)

Johann Daniel Baur (born March 11, 1766 in Hamburg ; † October 15, 1832 in Altona ) was a German businessman and second mayor of Altona.

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Johann Baur was a son of the Hamburg mayor Johann Heinrich Baur and his wife Maria Magdalena, née Droop. He grew up in a wealthy and well-known family and attended the Christianeum from 1783 to 1785 . On January 29, 1785 he spoke here on the occasion of Christian VII's birthday party . He then studied law in Göttingen and Kiel and volunteered at the German Chancellery in Copenhagen .

In 1793, Baur and his brother Johann Heinrich (1767–1807) opened the “Joh. Heinr. & Joh. Dan. Baur. ”, However, turned out to be clumsy and fell out with his brother. In 1794 he left the company. His brother and his third brother Georg Friedrich Baur took over the company from their father.

On April 15, 1793, Baur was appointed to the commercial councilor. During the continental blockade , he was a member of the goods export commission. On February 1, 1819, he was appointed second director of the royal banking institute. After his father died in 1819, he took over his previous position as Second Mayor of Altona. On June 2, 1823 he was appointed to the budget council, on November 1, 1828 to the knight of Dannebrog.

Baur had been a member of the Altona Commerz-Collegium since 1829 and took over the office of treasurer there in 1831/32. He was also involved as head of the Sunday school and inspector of the school for the poor and orphans. He wrote his will on May 21, 1816. In it he determined that interest and income from his property should go to his wife. After her death, everything should be sold and the money invested safely. The proceeds from the largest part, which amounted to 930,000 Marks Courant, were intended for the "better moral and physical education of the poor Christian youth in Altona and Ottensen, especially in the first few years". On February 4, 1830, he stated in an addendum that 80,000 Mark Courant should be invested separately at the city treasury. The interest from this should go to the Reventlowsche Altenstift.

After his death, Baur's widow managed the estate and made sure that the will was carried out according to her husband's wishes. On March 20, 1834, she founded the “Baursche Foundation”, which later took over not only her husband's estate, but also hers. On July 11, 1834, together with the curator and general superintendent Adler, who administered the foundation, she determined where the proceeds of the foundation should go. Initially, two schools for small children were to be created. These so-called waiting schools were intended to accept children in need from Altona and Ottensen between the ages of three and six or until they were required to attend school and ensure that the children were admitted to poor and free schools in Altona or Ottensen. Thus, in 1837 and 1841, two schools controlled by the Altona school council were established. In 1870 a rescue house for morally neglected boys was added.

family

Baur married Henriette Christina Soltau on March 11, 1794 in Hamburg (* August 23, 1774 in Hamburg; † February 9, 1863 in Altona). Her father Carl Hermann Soltau was a Hamburg merchant and married to Maria Elisabeth, née Abel. Baur's marriage remained childless.

literature

• Rainer Postel: Baur, Johann . in: Schleswig-Holstein biographical lexicon . Volume 5. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1979. ISBN 3-529-02645-X , pages 38-39.