Ludwig Bassermann-Jordan
Ludwig Bassermann , from 1883 Bassermann-Jordan (* December 24, 1869 in Deidesheim , † August 11, 1914 near Mulhouse ) was a German wine specialist. He was instrumental in the founding of the Association of German Prädikats- und Qualitätweingüter e. V. (VDP) and the new version of the Wine Act 1909. Bassermann-Jordan was the mayor of his hometown Deidesheim and ran a winery here .
family
He came from the wealthy Palatine family Bassermann , which can be traced back to Brother Johannes Bassermann de Radegishusen ( Riddagshausen monastery near Braunschweig ) and whose direct line of lineage began with Dietrich Bassermann (1615-1682) in Hanau . He was the son of the winery owner and district administrator Emil Bassermann (1835–1915, from 1883 Bassermann-Jordan) and Auguste Jordan (1841–1899); his brothers were Friedrich von Bassermann-Jordan and Ernst von Bassermann-Jordan .
His marriage to his cousin Marie Bassermann († 1910), whom he married in 1902, remained childless.
His maternal grandfather, Ludwig Andreas Jordan , had no male heir who would carry his name on. After he died in 1883, the Bavarian King Ludwig II followed his wish and gave permission for the name association as "Bassermann-Jordan" on September 17, 1883 at Linderhof Palace .
Life
Bassermann attended the Deidesheim Latin School and then the Gymnasium in Karlsruhe . Then he passed the legal doctoral and state exams. After the death of his mother (1899), he and his brother Friedrich took over the management of their parents' winery (today Weingut Geheimer Rat Dr. von Bassermann-Jordan ).
Bassermann-Jordan was a recognized authority in the field of viticulture . He was a member of the German Agricultural Office, the Weinbauverein der Rheinpfalz, was a member of the committee of the German Viticulture Association , and he was also a member of the Commission Internationale Permanente de Viticulture in Paris. Bassermann-Jordan was the representative of German viticulture at international events; He acted as vice-president of the jury for wines at world exhibitions , for example in St. Louis in 1904 , Brussels in 1910 and Turin in 1911 , as well as at the international agricultural congresses in Vienna in 1907, Madrid in 1911 and Montpellier in 1913. With lectures at such congresses he made himself known German wines and especially the Pfalzweine. His lecture "The Appreciation of the Rhine Palatinate" (1904) was very well received. Bassermann-Jordan was very committed to the reputation of natural wine , which he precisely defined; He played a major role in the revision of the Wine Act of April 7, 1909, which also regulated the correct naming of the Pfalzweine.
Bassermann-Jordan was instrumental in founding the “Association of Natural Wine Auctioneers of the Rhine Palatinate” (1908), today “Association of Palatinate Prädikats- und Qualitätweingüter e. V. ”, and the“ Association of German Natural Wine Auctioneers ”(1910), now the Association of German Predicate and Quality Wineries (VDP).
Like his grandfather Ludwig Andreas Jordan and his great-grandfather Andreas Jordan , Bassermann-Jordan was mayor of Deidesheim. He held this honorary position from 1905 until his death in 1914. As mayor, he was very keen to beautify the cityscape and stimulate tourism in Deidesheim . He was particularly committed to maintaining and promoting the historic Deidesheim billy goat auction and was able to ensure that only natural wines were served in all Deidesheim restaurants. The redesign of the council hall in the historic Deidesheim town hall (1912) to its present form was done on his initiative.
Bassermann-Jordan was the bearer of numerous high domestic and foreign orders and a patron of the Palatinate History Museum in Speyer, founded in 1869 .
As Rittmeister of the cavalry in the 1st Badische Leib-Dragoons Regiment No. 20 Bassermann-Jordan fell in the first days of the First World War , near Mulhouse in Alsace .
literature
- Georg Bewersdorf: Dr. jur. Ludwig Bassermann-Jordan. One of the first fallen German officers in World War I (* December 24th, 1869 Deidesheim, † August 11th, 1914). Rittm. d. Res. In the 1st Baden Leibdragon Regiment No. 20 . In: Orders and Medals. The magazine for friends of phaleristics, publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ordenskunde , issue 92, 16th year, Gäufelden 2014. ISSN 1438-3772.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Joachim Kermann: Trends in economic and social development in Deidesheim from 1816 to 1914 . In: Kurt Andermann , Berthold Schnabel (Ed.): Deidesheim - Contributions to the history and culture of a city in the wine country . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1995, ISBN 3-7995-0418-4 , p. 239-240 .
- ↑ Ludwig Bassermann-Jordan (1869-1914) ( Memento from October 22, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Otto Jung: Short biography for the Palatinate . In: The Great Palatinate Book . Pfälzische Verlagsanstalt GmbH, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1959, p. 487 .
- ↑ Dr. Henning Türk, Essen; Dr. Wolfgang Thomann, Ingelheim: Bassermann-Jordan, Ludwig (1869-1914). Society for the History of Wine V., accessed on February 10, 2017 .
- ↑ The history of the federal association. VDP. The Prädikatsweingüter, accessed on February 10, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bassermann-Jordan, Ludwig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bassermann, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor and winemaker in Deidesheim |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Deidesheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 11, 1914 |
| Place of death | Mulhouse |