Johann Georg Steidle

Johann Georg Steidle , from 1895 Johann Georg Ritter von Steidle (born September 10, 1828 in Diessen am Ammersee , Upper Bavaria ; † November 23, 1903 in Würzburg ) was a German lawyer , attorney and first legally qualified mayor of the city of Würzburg from 1884 to 1899.

Life

Johann Georg Steidle was born as the son of master dyer Johann Georg Steidle, who himself held the office of mayor in Diessen twice. Steidle Jr. attended elementary schools in Diessen and Allgäu from 1834 to 1837. After that he received lessons in Greek and Latin until 1840. So he was then able to attend the Latin school and grammar school in Dillingen . His training in his youth had a strong theological and spiritual background.

Steidle began his law studies in the winter semester of 1846/47 at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg , where he completed his second state examination in 1850 after a year of military service. From 1850 to 1858 he worked as a trainee for two different Würzburg lawyers. In 1859 Steidle and a colleague traveled to Italy on behalf of King Ludwig I of Bavaria to manage the estate of the late Martin von Wagner . After his return, Steidle received an honorary doctorate from the University of Würzburg.

At the end of 1859 he received a free lawyer from the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior and was thus one of the fourteen admitted lawyers in Würzburg .

Steidle's public work began in 1863/64 when he joined the Greater German Association founded by Austria and other southern German governments . Steidle gave several speeches in front of almost a thousand people in the Würzburg branch and advocated a greater German solution. A year later he withdrew from public life. This decision is probably due to family problems. Nevertheless, through membership in numerous associations, he remained connected to the social life of the city of Würzburg. It was not until the years of the Kulturkampf proclaimed by Otto von Bismarck that Hofrat Steidle again campaigned for the interests of the Catholic Church, which in 1870 probably led to his turning to local politics.

From 1869 to 1880 he worked on the fortification of the city. In 1875 he became a member of the parish college.

Act as mayor

In the Würzburg mayoral elections on July 21, 1884, Steidle, spokesman for the Patriot Party since 1878 at the latest , stood as the "ultramontane" candidate. Despite a broad liberal front, Steidle was able to assert himself as the successor to the surprisingly deceased Georg Zürn against his competitors Karl von Bumm (Munich government assessor, Würzburg origin) and Karl Attensamer (legal counsel; died in April 1893) and promised thrift, impartiality and justice in his term of office the city administration. The other side accused him of his age as well as lack of knowledge and inexperience in administration.

In August 1887 Steidle was "definitely" re-elected (for life) as mayor of the city. During this term of office he provided u. a. for the completion of the Ringpark as well as for the construction of the Luitpold and Löwenbrücke. Steidle also took care of the modernization of the city (road construction, drinking water supply).

Resignation and death

Despite various affairs and quarrels, Steidle ruled as mayor until he was 71 years old and resigned from his office on December 31, 1899. He cited his poor health as the reason. He spent his last years withdrawn in Würzburg, but continued to observe the community of the city. On November 23, 1899, Johann Georg Ritter von Steidle died of pneumonia. His successor was the previous Second Mayor Philipp Michel .

Family and offspring

Steidle married the semi-Mexican Sophia Franziska Maria-de-la-Luz Lang in 1860. They had three sons together. On July 1, 1895, his son Eduard married the daughter of Marie the Miltenberg citizen and Turkish major Johann Robert von Capitain .

His numerous descendants include his grandson Luitpold Steidle , his great-grandson Gerhard M. Hotop and his great-great-grandson Rainald Goetz .

literature

• Hans-Peter Baum: Johann Georg Steidle. First mayor 1884–1899. In: Würzburg Mayor 1862–1920. Hopfenstätter, Zürn, Steidle, Michel, Ringelmann, Grieser (= Publications of the Würzburg City Archives, Volume 3), Würzburg 1990, pp. 43–94.
• Harm-Hinrich Brandt : Würzburg local politics 1869-1918. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 ), pp. 64-166 and 1254-1267; here: pp. 82 f., 96–111 and 154 f.

Notes and individual references

1. ^ House of Bavarian History: Johann Georg Ritter von Steidle. Johann Georg Steidle .
2. ↑ Wolfgang Weiss : The Catholic Church in the 19th Century. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 430-449 and 1303, here: p. 447.
3. ↑ To the "Entfestigung" Würzburg see Christoph Pitz: The walls of the old Würzburg .
4. ^ Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1225-1247; here: p. 1232.
5. ^ Harm-Hinrich Brandt: Würzburg municipal policy 1869-1918. (2007), pp. 82 f., 98 and 110
6. ^ Harm-Hinrich Brandt: Würzburg municipal policy 1869-1918. (2007), p. 101.
7. ^ Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. 2007, p. 1234.