Johannes von Widenmayer
Johannes von Widenmayer (born April 18, 1838 in Lindau ; † March 5, 1893 in Munich) was a German lawyer and first mayor of Munich from 1888 to 1893 .
Life
Widenmayer first attended the St. Anna-Gymnasium in Augsburg . After graduating from high school, he received a scholarship from the Maximilianeum Foundation in 1858 and began to study law at the University of Munich ; there he became a member of the Arminia / Algovia fraternity in 1855 . He later moved to Heidelberg University , where he received his doctorate in 1863.
In July of the same year Widenmayer was elected as the legally qualified mayor of Lindau. In this function he was one of the founding members of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings in 1868 . On June 4, 1870 he was elected by the newly elected community council as deputy of Alois von Erhardt as the second mayor of the city of Munich. After Erhardt's resignation, Widenmayer succeeded him on February 16, 1888. He held the office until his death ( suicide by shooting) in March 1893.
Under him, the city reorganized the school system, and school fees have not been levied since 1870. For the first time, the focus in Munich was on urban planning and expansion; the monarch had previously determined this task. In 1890 Neuhausen and Schwabing were incorporated. In that year the Prinzregentenstrasse was laid out, which led to the incorporation of Bogenhausen in 1892.
tomb
The grave of Johannes Widenmayer is located in the Old Southern Cemetery in Munich (Neu Arkaden Platz 88 near Gräberfeld 41). Location .. The grave was designed by Hans Grässel . The stone work was done by Anton Weigel, the model of the bronze elements by the sculptor Anton Pruska.
plant
Widenmayer's term of office was marked by the rapid increase in population in the course of industrialization . During his short term of office, the reform of the city's elementary schools , the construction of the alluvial sewer system , the incorporation of Schwabing , Bogenhausen and Neuhausen among others in 1890 and the "foundation" of the Vienna market took place .
Honor
Just three years after his death, the Äußere Isarstrasse in Munich, whose expansion into a boulevard had just begun, was renamed Widenmayerstrasse in his honor .
literature
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 6: T-Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-8253-5063-0 , p. 290.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings, statutes and list of members from December 1868: Stadtarchiv Lindau, B II / 85/4, acts of the city council, subject Bodensee-Geschichts-Verein, Tit. IV., Cap. 11, compartment 85, act 4.
- ^ Anton Pruska (1846-1930) sculptor in Munich
Franz Paul von Mittermayr (1818–1836) | Josef von Teng (1836–1837) | Jakob Bauer (1838–1854) | Kaspar von Steinsdorf (1854–1870) | Alois von Erhardt ( 1870–1887) | Johannes von Widenmayer (1888–1893) | Wilhelm Ritter von Borscht (1893–1919) | Eduard Schmid (1919–1924) | Karl Scharnagl (1925–1933) | Karl Fiehler (1933–1945) | Karl Scharnagl (1945–1948) | Thomas Wimmer (1948–1960) | Hans-Jochen Vogel (1960–1972) | Georg Kronawitter (1972–1978) | Erich Kiesl (1978–1984) | Georg Kronawitter (1984–1993) | Christian Ude (1993–2014) | Dieter Reiter (since 2014)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Widenmayer, Johannes von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and mayor of Munich |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lindau |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 5, 1893 |
| Place of death | Munich |