Johann Nicola Baur

Johann Nicola Baur (born June 18, 1808 in Adenau , † May 1, 1874 in Aachen ) was a German merchant and long-standing Prussian member of parliament.

Life

Baur was the son of the merchant and wool weaver Anton Baur (1777–1842) and Agnes van Schellenbeck (1778–1829). He attended elementary school in his hometown and then switched to high school in Stavelot in Belgium . He then completed a commercial apprenticeship in his father's business, which he took over in 1830. He married on November 23, 1830 in Cochem, Mosel, his first marriage to Barbara Comes (1806–1837), the daughter of the district doctor and art collector Johann Lambert Joseph Comes (1774–1856) and Anna Katharina (Schlink) Comes (1783–1858) . The marriage had four children. On November 26, 1838, he married the widow Richmunda Bongards (1817–1843) in Düren. There were two children from this marriage. Not least because of the upbringing of the children, Baur married Friederike Hechtelberger (1825–1890), the daughter of a Mainz winery owner, master baker and innkeeper of the "Schützenhof" on July 3, 1844 in Mainz. This marriage lasted thirty years. It produced eleven children.

In addition to his commercial activity, Baur was also politically active. He gained his first experience in local politics in his hometown. In 1848 he was an honorary alderman of the mayor's office in Adenau. When unrest threatened to break out after the beginning of the March Revolution , Baur managed to calm the crowd. His brother Joseph Baur (1811–1899) took command of the vigilante group.

Johann Nicola Baur was elected to the Prussian National Assembly in 1848 and in 1849 a member of the Prussian House of Representatives for the districts of Zell, Cochem and Adenau. He supported their demands, such as the public recognition of those who died in March, the abolition of the nobility and a progressive constitution. Baur was one of the signatories of the "riot proclamation."

In order to fight against unemployment in his homeland, Baur founded a cigar factory in 1848 together with various partners. Mainly working from home, it offered employment opportunities for around a hundred workers.

From 1862 to 1867 Baur was a member of the Prussian parliament as a member of the Schleiden, Malmedy and Monschau districts. He particularly campaigned against the social hardship in the Eifel . He was able to obtain various relief measures. In particular, Baur campaigned for the railroad to open up the Eifel. In 1863 he published a corresponding memorandum and spoke in the state parliament on this subject. He also took part in agricultural policy debates.

In the state parliament he belonged, among other things, to the "Commission for unemployed workers" and later to the finance commission.

A square in Breidscheid is named after Baur .

literature

• Jürgen Baur: Nicola Baur descendant from Adenau (Eifel). Cologne 1988.

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