Johannes Mühlhäuser

John Mühlhäuser (* 27. October 1834 in Schlat , † 2. April 1914 in Ulm ) was a German wine-growing professional and politicians . From 1869 to 1895 he headed the Royal Viticulture School in Weinsberg , and from 1870 to 1876 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Württemberg State Parliament .

Life

Mühlhäuser's parents were the Schlater farmer and innkeeper Johannes Mühlhäuser (1803–1839) and Katharina Link (1807–1839). He had two siblings, one of whom died early.

After the early death of his parents, he probably grew up with an aunt in Göppingen , where he attended school. He initially embarked on a middle administrative career and in 1857 became treasurer at the Hohenheim Agricultural University . In April 1866 he went as a deputy director with the title of inspector at the Royal Viticulture School in Weinsberg, which is currently under construction . After the death of the first board member, Christian Single, on September 1, 1869, Mühlhäuser was initially acting head of the institution. On May 16, 1871, he was appointed head of the state economics council .

Mühlhäuser headed the institution for a quarter of a century until August 31, 1895 and was able to significantly influence its development. He recognized the importance of good cellar management for viticulture early on . Since the expansion of the viticulture school premises did not keep pace with the growth of the institution, he suggested that the school be relocated to the state domain of Weißenhof , but this did not happen. At Mühlhauser's suggestion, the Weinsberg winegrowing cooperative was founded in 1868, the oldest of the three winegrowing cooperatives that merged in 1972 to form the Heilbronn-Erlenbach-Weinsberg cooperative winery . In Weinsberg, Mühlhäuser was also the chairman of the agricultural district association of the Weinsberg regional authority and a shop steward of the Württemberg fruit growing association.

Politically, Mühlhäuser advocated the accession of Württemberg to the German Confederation , i.e. the small German solution with an empire under Prussia's leadership. In 1870 he ran as a candidate for membership in the constituency of Weinsberg for the Chamber of Deputies of the Württemberg estates and clearly prevailed against the accession opponent Hermann Niethammer from the People's Party . In the Chamber of Deputies, Mühlhäuser belonged to various commissions until 1876. In the Reichstag election in 1893 , Mühlhäuser ran for the Reichstag in the constituency of Württemberg 11 ( Hall , Backnang , Öhringen , Weinsberg ), but lost significantly to Friedrich Hartmann of the German People's Party .

In 1895 Mühlhäuser left Weinsberg and became director of the Count's Kesselstatt Majorate Administration, the estate of the Imperial Counts of Kesselstatt in Trier . In 1906 he retired .

literature

• Gerhard Götz (Red.): Festschrift 1868–1993. 125 years of the state teaching and research institute for viticulture and fruit growing in Weinsberg . State Teaching and research institute for viticulture and fruit growing, Weinsberg 1993, DNB 931838657 , pp. 53-57
• Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 585 .
• Frank Raberg : Biographical Lexicon for Ulm and Neu-Ulm 1802-2009 . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft im Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7995-8040-3 , p. 282 f .