Karl Sigmund Lorber

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Portrait in the mayor's gallery in Landshut town hall

Karl Sigmund Lorber (born March 28, 1792 in Freising ; † January 1, 1845 in Landshut ) was a German politician and mayor of Landshut for 21 years .

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Karl Sigmund Lorber was born as the son of Johann Georg Lorber and his wife Helena Barbara. Schneider born in Freising. Johann Georg Lorber had worked his way up from a Waischenfeld shoemaker's son to the royal court chamber councilor at the Hochstift Freising , which enabled him to finance his son's studies.

After graduating from high school in 1810 at the (today's) Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , Karl Sigmund Lorber came to Landshut as a student. There he was hired as the first legally qualified magistrate in 1818. In 1823 he married the landlord's daughter Theresia Schardt in Martinskirche . In the same year, during construction work on the Höglberg , graves from the Bronze Age were found. The official, interested in history, saved the find from destruction and had it archaeologically secured. He later made sure that the grave goods were exhibited in a hall of the town hall, creating a forerunner of today's city museum. This commitment may have contributed to the 31-year-old Lorber being elected the successor to the late Mayor Josef Haarbeintner the following year .

During Lorber's tenure in 1826, the city had to cope with the move of the university, which had only moved from Ingolstadt to Landshut in 1800, to Munich, where the Ludwig Maximilians University still exists today. As a countermeasure to the threatened loss of importance Landshut experienced a conversion to a military and official location. The Kgl. Bayer. 2nd Chevaulegers Regiment and the Kgl. Bayer. The 4th Jäger Battalion and the Court of Appeal were relocated from Munich to Landshut. In addition, a lyceum (comparable to a university at the time) was set up. The latter, however, was also relocated to Freising after a few years in 1834 , where it developed into the Philosophical-Theological University of Freising . Mayor Lorber campaigned for the return of the Franciscans (OFM) who were expelled from the city in the course of secularization in Bavaria , which in 1835 led to the move into the former Capuchin convent of Maria Loreto . In 1839 Landshut finally became the seat of the government of the Lower Bavaria district , which had previously been administered from Munich as the Lower Danube District .

On the way to a New Year's reception in 1845, Mayor Lorber suffered a fatal stroke in the government building at the age of 53 . Like the celebration of his 25th anniversary in the service of the city two years earlier, his funeral also became a testimony to his great popularity and respect, as over 3,000 people lined the funeral procession and numerous institutions of the city gave their last greetings. In the weeks that followed, allegations were raised that the mayor had used his good reputation to collect over 60,000 guilders from investors, which he “used for himself and the city administration with curatorial approval to compensate several families who had lost all their belongings without recognition of one Compulsory payment 26 400 guilders as voluntary support “. The way in which the staid and popular mayor was able to get this huge amount of money through unnoticed by everyone never seems to have become public.

honors and awards

The "Lorberweg" in Landshut is named after Karl Sigmund Lorber.

supporting documents

  1. ^ Leitschuh, Max: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vols., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 3, p. 234
  2. ↑ Franz Xaver Freninger (ed.): The matriculation at the University of Ingolstadt-Landshut-München. Rectors Professors Doctors 1472–1872. Candidates 1772-1872. Munich 1862 (Eichleiter), p. 138.Digital copy , accessed on March 30, 2017.
  3. ^ Anton von Braunmühl: The old German tombs in the Högelberge and the area around Landshut. Discovered in 1823 by the then mayor Carl Lorber. Landshut 1826 (Thomann), p. 4. Digital copy , accessed on March 30, 2017.
  4. ^ Gerhard Tausche: History of Landshut. Munich 2003 (CH Beck), p. 10.
  5. ^ Gerhard Tausche: History of Landshut. Munich 2003 (CH Beck), p. 138.
  6. ^ Gerhard Tausche: Geschichte Landshuts , Munich 2003 (CH Beck), p. 111.
  7. ^ Concordia. A weekly paper for general conversation. Issued January 11, 1845. Digitized version , accessed March 30, 2017.
  8. ↑ Franz Paul Weber, Otto Marschall: From the life of the district capital Landshut. Landshut Stadtchronik Vol. 1, 1834 to 1908. Landshut 1916 (Thomann), p. 19.
  9. ^ Theo Herzog: Landshut in the XIX. Century. Landshut 1969 (Landshut Verlag), p. 157 f.
personal data
SURNAME Lorber, Karl Sigmund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lorber, Carl Sigmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Freising
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1845
Place of death Landshut