Josef Geml
Josef Geml , Hungarian Geml József , (born March 28, 1858 in Rekasch , Hungary ; † April 3, 1929 in Timișoara ( German Temeswar , Hungarian Temesvár ), Romania ) was the mayor of what was then Temesvár and a local historian .
Life
Study and notary
Josef Geml attended grammar school (1868–1872) and the teacher training college in what was then Temesvár. 1877–1881 he completed his studies in political science and law in Budapest and then came to Temesvár as a notary (1881–1884) and later as a second city notary (1884–1890) and city chief notary (1890–1896) as a close associate of Karl Telbisz .
Deputy Mayor
In 1896 he was appointed deputy mayor of Temesvár. Josef Geml was considered an excellent administrative specialist and was instrumental in the redesign and modernization of the city.
Mayor of Temesvár
Josef Geml was elected mayor of Temesvár on June 15, 1914 and was the last mayor of Temesvár under Hungarian rule. After the occupation of Temesvár by Serbian troops on November 14, 1918, he remained in office. He was retired on September 4, 1919 by the Romanian administration. The office was given to Stan Vidrighin , who appointed Geml as second mayor.
Representative of the Magyarization policy
Geml was a strong advocate of the policy of Magyarization , and had a sharp argument with Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn in this regard . This correspondence was published by Guttenbrunn in his work German worries in Hungary . Geml published the municipal gazette in Hungarian on January 15, 1898 ( Városi Közlöny ).
He died on April 3, 1929 in Timișoara and was buried in the inner city cemetery.
Local historian
- Mackensen in Temesvár , Temesvár 1916, 83 pages
- Old Temesvar in the last half century. 1870–1920 , Timișoara 1927, 446 pages
literature
- Anton Peter Petri : Biographical Lexicon of the Banater Deutschtums , Marquartstein, 1992, ISBN 3-922046-76-2
- Temeschburg / Timisoara. A Southeast European City in Times of Change , Ed. HOG-Temeswar, Karlsruhe 1994, 672 pages
- Josef Stitzl: From the past and present of the large community of Rekasch , 1924, Timișoara, 100 pages
- Temesvar Newspaper , June 17, 1914
- Temesvar Newspaper , June 23, 1914
- Temesvar Newspaper , April 4, 1929
- New way , April 1, 1975
- New Banat Newspaper , June 6, 1982
- Contributions to German culture , 1988, issue 1.
See also
Web links
- From the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the Romanian State ( Memento from July 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Banat's historical chronology for the last millennium. XX century
Individual evidence
- ^ Anton Peter Petri : Biographisches Lexikon des Banater Deutschtums , Marquartstein, 1992, ISBN 3-922046-76-2
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geml, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of Timisoara |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rekasch , Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 1929 |
| Place of death | Timișoara , Romania |