Johannes Oertel
Hermann Johannes Oertel (born February 14, 1840 in Radeberg ; † October 11, 1916 in Tännicht ) was a German local politician. From 1887 to 1904 he was mayor and from 1904 to 1912 mayor of Zittau .
Live and act
Oertel was a son of the Radeberg town clerk Konrad Oertel and his wife Louise, née Croll. He studied at the University of Leipzig the law . In the summer of 1860 he became a member of the Leipzig University Choir of St. Pauli . He was enrolled as a lawyer in 1868. He is named as mayor of Elterlein . When he married Emilie Thekla Stengel (1851-1932) in 1872, Oertel was named mayor of Eibenstock , but was transferred to Kamenz as such in 1875 . He had been a councilor in Zittau since 1886 and at the beginning of 1887 he succeeded Ludwig Haberkorn in the office of mayor.
During his tenure, the urban infrastructure was expanded. The slaughterhouse was opened in 1889. In 1893 the 2nd Citizens' School (Park School) was inaugurated. Later the 3rd and 4th citizens' school, the auxiliary school , the Albertstift, the weaving school and the craft and trade school were built.
After the exhibition tram laid out for the Upper Lusatian trade and industrial exhibition in 1902 had proven to be successful, the Zittau municipal tram began operating two years later . On November 21, 1904, the power station built on the Sauplan in the Bohemian suburbs delivered the first electricity after a construction period of 294 days; It was obtained from brown coal from the Friedrichsgrube in Hartau . Furthermore, the regulation of the Mandau was completed and the Weber church and the Mars well renovated.
Oertel had been a member of the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences since 1887 and its representative between 1901 and 1911.
In 1912 he retired and moved to the Hammergut Tännicht in the Western Ore Mountains, which his wife had inherited from his family. The city of Zittau honored him by naming the Oertelplatz .
Web links
- Brief portrait on the website of the city of Zittau
- Johannes Oertel ( memento from January 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) in the Upper Lusatia Biographical Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ Complete directory of the Paulines from summer 1822 to summer 1938, Leipzig 1938, page 34
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oertel, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oertel, Hermann Johannes (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German local politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Radeberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1916 |
| Place of death | Dont |