Karl Richard Hirschberg

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Karl Richard Hirschberg (born November 11, 1820 in Leipzig , † March 31, 1886 in Meißen ) was a German lawyer and conservative politician . He was a member of the Saxon state parliament , the Reichstag and mayor of Wurzen and Meißen.

Live and act

After visiting the Nikolai Gymnasium Hirschberg studied at the University of Leipzig law . During his studies in 1841 he became a member of the Leipzig fraternity Germania . He then devoted himself to extensive trips in order to get to know the administrative institutions of various German and European countries. In 1847 he was employed at the Leipzig Criminal Police Office. In 1850 he became mayor of Wurzen ; eight years later, on March 20, 1859, the better-paid mayor's office in Meissen took over. He promoted the infrastructure of the Elbe city a. a. by developing the Triebisch valley and the railway connection from Meißen.

In 1866 he was appointed by the Saxon king as the first magistrate of the city of Meissen in the first chamber of the Saxon state parliament. As a member of the finance deputation, he gave a lecture on the bill of exchange stamp law . He voted against the death penalty and a reduction in the military burden. During the Franco-Prussian War he was the deputy chairman of the Meißen Relief Society. He was a member of the Saxon state parliament until his death.

In 1867 he was elected a member of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation , but refused to accept a mandate for personal reasons. In the first legislative period of the Reichstag of the German Empire , he represented the 7th Saxon constituency for the Liberal Reich Party from 1871 to 1874 , but then refrained from running again.

Works

  • The general city regulations together with the Publications Act and the introductory regulation for the Kingdom of Saxony .
  • The administration of the city of Meissen for the past 50 years: in memory of the general city regulations introduced there on March 31, 1834 . 1884

Honors

In 1867 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Saxon Order of Merit . A street in Meißen has been named after him since 1891. There was a monument to him in the Meißner Stadtpark.

literature

  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 2: F-H. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0809-X , pp. 344-345.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Josef Matzerath : Aspects of the Saxon State Parliament History - Presidents and Members of Parliament from 1833 to 1952. Dresden 2001, p. 43
  2. ↑ Helmut Steinsdorfer: Die Liberale Reichspartei (LRP) from 1871. P. 471
personal data
SURNAME Hirschberg, Karl Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hirschberg, Carl Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and politician (LRP), MdR, MdL (Kingdom of Saxony)
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1886
Place of death Meissen