Ludwig Friedrich Seyffardt

Monument to Ludwig Friedrich Seyffardt

Ludwig Friedrich Seyffardt (born June 18, 1827 in Aachen , † January 26, 1901 in Krefeld ) was a German textile entrepreneur and national liberal politician.

Life

His parents were the director of the Aachen-Münchner Feuerversicherungsgesellschaft Ludwig Seyffardt (1792–1871) and his wife Mathilde Seyffardt nee. Scheibler (1805-1833). Ludwig Friedrich Seyffardt was married to Mathilde born in 1856 . vom Bruck (1837–1880). The couple had six children.

Seyffardt attended comprehensive school and then the higher citizen school in Aachen. He then completed a commercial apprenticeship at the H. vom Bruck & Söhne velvet factory in Krefeld. In 1848 Seyffardt traveled to Great Britain . In 1856 he became a partner, in 1857 a co-owner and from 1861 owner of the velvet factory in Krefeld and opened branches in Rheydt and London . However, Seyffardt largely withdrew from business life in 1867 in order to devote himself to charitable activities.

Seyffardt was very active in Krefeld. He was a member of the local Chamber of Commerce from 1862 to 1887, from 1869 a city councilor and alderman . He was head of the urban deputation for the poor and from 1873 to 1875 a member of the permanent deputation of the National Economic Congress . He was a member of the honorary board of the craftsmen and education association. 1869-1899 Seyffardt was chairman and reorganizer of the municipal poor commission in Krefeld. Since 1877 he has been instrumental in transforming denominational schools into non-denominational schools in Krefeld.

Seyffardt wrote a number of journalistic articles and an autobiography. In his memory, the citizens of Krefeld commissioned a memorial .

Social politics

Seyffardt was a member of the National Liberal Party. He sat on their central board from 1893 to 1898. From 1869 to 1870 he sat in the Reichstag of the North German Confederation . With brief interruptions he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives between 1873 and 1898 .

In the years 1886, 1890, 1895, 1897 and 1899 he sat on the committee of the Verein für Socialpolitik . Since 1881 a member of the main committee, he was chairman of the German Association from 1886 to 1901 . He was also a member of the Society for the Dissemination of Popular Education and, since 1889, a member of the main board of the Fatherland Women's Association. He was a co-founder of the Association against the Abuse of Liquor Drinks.

Seyffardt was a member of the national association, 1863 to 1864 in the German association for Krefeld and the surrounding area, school association for Krefeld. He was chairman of the Krefeld gymnastics club and the Krefeld workers' club.

literature

Irene Feldmann: ... to see participation in public life as a civic duty. Thoughts on a biography of the Krefeld silk manufacturer and social politician Ludwig Friedrich Seyffardt (1827-1901). In: Annals of the Historical Association for the Lower Rhine 217 (2014), pp. 221–240.
Eckhard Hansen, Florian Tennstedt (Eds.) U. a .: Biographical lexicon on the history of German social policy from 1871 to 1945 . Volume 1: Social politicians in the German Empire 1871 to 1918. Kassel University Press, Kassel 2010, ISBN 978-3-86219-038-6 , p. 149 ( online , PDF; 2.2 MB).
Bernhard Mann et al. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918. Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , p. 365.
Rudolph Bauer : Seyffardt, Ludwig Friedrich , in: Hugo Maier (Ed.): Who is who of social work . Freiburg: Lambertus, 1998 ISBN 3-7841-1036-3 , p. 548

Web links

Literature by and about Ludwig Friedrich Seyffardt in the catalog of the German National Library
Exhibition on the history of the German Association (with picture; PDF file; 874 kB)

Individual evidence

↑ Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann (edit.): Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867–1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook. (= Photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties , Volume 2.) Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, photo p. 307, short biography p. 469.
↑ Bernhard Mann et al. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918. (= Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties , Volume 3.) Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 365.

personal data
SURNAME	Seyffardt, Ludwig Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German textile entrepreneur and national liberal politician
DATE OF BIRTH	June 18, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aachen
DATE OF DEATH	January 26, 1901
Place of death	Krefeld

[1] Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann (edit.): Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867–1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook. (= Photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties , Volume 2.) Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, photo p. 307, short biography p. 469.

[2] Bernhard Mann et al. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918. (= Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties , Volume 3.) Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 365.