Ludwig Jolly

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Ludwig Jolly (born June 14, 1780 - † December 8, 1853 ) was a German businessman and politician. From 1836 to 1849 he was the first mayor of Mannheim .

family

Jolly came from an old Huguenot family. His father was a pastor of the Walloons in Mannheim. His younger brother Isaak Jolly became Baden's Minister of Justice. Ludwig Jolly was married to Eleonore Alt (1786-1859). Their son Julius Jolly rose to the position of President of the State Ministry . Philipp von Jolly , another son, became a well-known physicist.

Life

At the age of fifteen Jolly joined the Electoral Palatinate-Bavarian fusilier regiment and became an officer. In 1809 he settled in Mannheim as a businessman. In 1830 he became head of the trade guild and a year later, after being transferred to the Chamber of Commerce, its first president.

Jolly's grave in Mannheim

Jolly was elected municipal councilor in 1836 after Heinrich Andriano's resignation as head of Mannheim. During his term of office, the port was expanded and Jolly campaigned for the connection between Baden and the Zollverein, which is important for Mannheim . By 1840 the state built the Mannheim – Heidelberg railway . With the opening of the main cemetery in 1842 and the first permanent bridge over the Neckar in 1845, the city also implemented important infrastructure projects. After the suppression of the Baden Revolution , the Baden state commissioner Jolly and the Mannheim municipal councils relieved of their offices in July 1849.

Honors

The city of Mannheim named a street after Ludwig Jolly and maintains his grave in the main cemetery as a grave of honor . This has a sandstone stele with a volute crown . The stele has corner acroteries with poppy seed capsules. It was restored in 1984.

See also

literature

  • Friedrich Walter : Mannheim in the past and present. Volume 2: History of Mannheim from the transition to Baden (1802) to the foundation of the empire. 1907. (Unchanged reprint: Frankfurt am Main 1978, ISBN 3-8128-0001-2 )
  • Rudolf Haas, Wolfgang Münkel: Guide to the graves of well-known Mannheim personalities. Mannheim 1981.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MARCHIVUM: street names, Ludwig-Jolly Road. Retrieved August 27, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Jolly, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jolly, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1780
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1853