Otto Duvigneau
Johann Joseph Otto Duvigneau (* July 7, 1828 in Magdeburg ; † September 7, 1899 there ) was a Magdeburg local politician and honorary citizen .
Life
Duvigneau was the third child of a Magdeburg merchant family. He spent his childhood in Genthin . In 1836 he returned to Magdeburg and attended elementary and commercial school until 1844. He completed his apprenticeship at Burchardt & Schulze ( broad path ).
In 1848 he was one of the founders of the Magdeburg Commercial Association. After his military service (1848/1849), which he left as a reserve officer, he took over the representation of a drug store in Bremen from 1849 to 1855 . In 1853 Duvigneau joined his father's company, Duvigneau & Wellenberg, an oven and pottery factory . He later became the sole managing director of the company, which won international awards for the manufacture of majolica stoves. He was a ceramics judge at the Chicago World's Fair .
In 1863 Duvigneau became a city councilor in Magdeburg and from 1884 was an unpaid city councilor. In 1866 he founded the National Liberal Association in Magdeburg. Between 1887 and 1890 he was a member of the National Liberal Party in the Reichstag . Thematically, he was committed to the statutory old-age and disability insurance. During the same period he was also the chairman of the provincial committee of his party in the province of Saxony and belonged to the central board of the party in the German Empire. 1890 became honorary chairman of the party in Magdeburg.
Since 1857 he was a member of the Magdeburg Freemason Lodge Ferdinand for happiness . In 1898 he became master of the chair in this lodge. Duvigneau was a member of the Walloon Reformed Congregation and became a presbyter in 1860 . Until his death he was the patronage representative of the community. In 1869 Duvigneau, who also campaigned for the establishment of a municipal museum, was one of the founders of the Magdeburg Arts and Crafts Association. From 1874 to 1894 he was its chairman.
Honors
In 1898 he was on the occasion of his 70th birthday in recognition of his contributions to the city of Magdeburg for their honorary citizen appointed. A street was named Duvigneau Street in his honor . In the GDR , however , it was renamed Jean-Burger-Strasse on April 11, 1965 . The GDR authorities justified this with the fact that Duvigneau was a "typical representative of the Magdeburg bourgeoisie of the previous century who had enriched themselves immensely through land speculation during the city expansion".
Literature / source
- Roswitha Willenius: Duvigneau, Otto. In: Guido Heinrich, Gunter Schandera (ed.): Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon 19th and 20th centuries. Biographical lexicon for the state capital Magdeburg and the districts of Bördekreis, Jerichower Land, Ohrekreis and Schönebeck. Scriptum, Magdeburg 2002, ISBN 3-933046-49-1 .
Web links
- Duvigneau, Otto in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Otto Duvigneau's biography . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Duvigneau, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Duvigneau, Johann Joseph Otto (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician, MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1899 |
| Place of death | Magdeburg |