Julius Baumann

Julius Baumann (born October 10, 1868 in Ellwangen ; † August 17, 1932 there ) was a liberal German politician in Württemberg .

Life

Julius Baumann attended high school in Ellwangen and moved to Stuttgart in 1886 . In 1889 he passed the examination for the middle service at the Royal Württemberg State Railways and was then railway secretary and, from 1911, senior railway secretary in Stuttgart. He was chairman of the state association of Württemberg traffic officials and the association of Württemberg state officials and sub-civil servants' associations.

politics

Julius Baumann was a member of the German Party from 1906 to 1918 in the Second Chamber of the Württemberg Landtag and from 1912 to 1919 a member of the City Council of Stuttgart. On November 11, 1918, he joined the Blos Provisional Government , which was formed after the November Revolution, as Minister of Food. In December 1918 he joined the newly formed German Democratic Party and was deputy chairman of the DDP state committee in Württemberg until July 1919. From 1919 to 1920 he was a member of the Constituent Assembly of the Free People's State of Württemberg . On October 30, 1919, he left the government for health reasons.

Catholic priest

After completing his political career, Julius Baumann trained as a Catholic priest at the theological seminars in Eichstätt and Rottenburg . He was consecrated on April 6, 1924 in Rottenburg. Afterwards he was pastor in various Upper Swabian parishes and in Munich before he returned to his native town of Ellwangen towards the end of his life.

literature

• 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. 30 .