Louis Buehrer

Louis Bührer (* 1803 in Ludwigsburg ; † 1863 there ), born Wilhelm Ludwig Bührer , was a German local politician in Ludwigsburg.

Life

His father was a nail smith and guild chief master. He learned the trade of a silver worker and worked in Munich and Paris , among other places , where he probably changed his first name from Ludwig to Louis. In 1829 he married Léonide Antonette Mortieau and settled in Brussels . Louis Bührer returned to Ludwigsburg in 1830, in 1835 he was elected to the citizens' committee, in 1846 to the local council and campaigned for the beautification of Ludwigsburg, as well as for the support of the poor and the improvement of the education system.

In 1852, when the Oberamtssparkasse Ludwigsburg was founded, he took over the post of Oberamtssparkassier and over time held many different positions; He was, among other things, a committee member in the trade association, orphan judge, jury member of the jury, church elder, member of the cemetery commission and committee member of the shooting society. One of his most important goals was the construction of a gas works and the introduction of gas lighting. As a result, the first Ludwigsburg gasworks opened in December 1858, and the gas lanterns replaced the previous oil lanterns in the city.

At the end of his life he was still concerned with improving the city's water supply. He died of a stroke in 1863 and his marriage remained childless.

A hall and a street in Ludwigsburg are named after him.

literature

• Günther Bergan: More light for Ludwigsburg. The municipal gas works - a tribute to Louis Bührer . In: Simon Karzel (ed.): Ludwigsburger Energiebündel. The history of water, gas and electricity supply in Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg: Stadtarchiv 2018, ISBN 9783981370126 , pp. 118-139.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} "Ludwigsburg history sheets" of the historical association for the city and district of Ludwigsburg, volume 69