Julius Ludowieg
Julius Hermann Ludowieg (born July 9, 1830 in Hitzacker ; † September 12, 1908 in Waldhausen (Hanover) ) was a German lawyer .
Life
Julius Ludowieg attended high schools in Hanover and Holzminden and studied law and economics in Göttingen and Berlin from 1850 to 1853 . In Göttingen he became a member of the Corps Brunsviga Göttingen in 1851 . After passing the two state legal examinations, he settled as a lawyer in Hanover. From 1862 to 1868 he was provisional head of the town council and mayor position in Einbeck . In 1868 he became mayor of Einbeck. From 1879 to 1885 he was the mayor of Hameln . In 1886 he became mayor and in 1888 lord mayor of Harburg . In 1892 he became a member of the Prussian House of Representatives . During his tenure, Ludowieg was particularly committed to building a water pipe in Harburg. Due to the clean drinking water of the aqueduct, Harburg had only a few cases of illness to report during the cholera epidemic of 1892 . On September 30, 1899, Julius Ludowieg inaugurated the Old Harburg Elbe Bridge .
Honors
In 1899 Ludowieg was granted honorary citizenship of the city of Harburg, and in 1950 a street was named after him. The Ludowieg Fountain, built in 1909 based on a design by Rudolf Kolbe , is now in Harburg's city park .
literature
- Max Truels: Written Harburgensien. Lühmanndruck, Hamburg-Harburg 1986.
- Erik Verg: Harburg history. Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1981, ISBN 3-7672-0742-7 .
- Fred Schmitz: Harburg 1851-1937. The story of a German city between kingship and dictatorship. Schroeter, Hamburg-Harburg 1969.
- Journal of the Association for Hamburg History ( ISSN 0083-5587 ), Volume 42 (1953), p. #.
Individual evidence
- ^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 64 , 260.
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SURNAME | Ludowieg, Julius |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ludowieg, Julius Herman (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of Harburg, now part of Hamburg |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1830 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hitzacker |
DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1908 |
Place of death | Waldhausen (Hanover) |