Ludwig Kirsner

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Ludwig Kirsner (born November 11, 1810 in Donaueschingen ; † September 6, 1876 ​​there ) was a German pharmacist and member of the Reichstag .

Ludwig Kirsner attended grammar school in Donaueschingen before doing natural science studies in Freiburg and Halle . Trained in this way, he was able to take over the farm pharmacy from his father Josef Kirsner, which he ran throughout his life.

On November 20, 1832, Kirsner married Amalia Elsässer (* December 31, 1810) in Donaueschingen, whose sister Josephine (* April 20, 1823) was to marry the sculptor Franz Xaver Reich in 1843 .

Kirsner was elected board member of a liberal-conservative association in 1848 and elected to the Second Baden Chamber in 1849 . From 1852 to 1854 he was mayor of his hometown Donaueschingen. In 1860 he was one of the champions against the Concordat concluded by the Ministry of Franz von Stengel with the Vatican . From 1871 Ludwig Kirsner was President of the Second Chamber.

From 1868 to 1871 he was a member of the Customs Parliament and from 1871 to 1874 of the German Reichstag for the National Liberal Party and constituency 2. Baden, Donaueschingen- Villingen - Bonndorf - Engen - Triberg .

During his third term as President of the Second Chamber of the Baden State Parliament, he resigned on April 10, 1876 due to illness. The following day August Lamey was elected to succeed him. He died on September 6, 1876.

On October 5, 1879, a monument was unveiled in his honor in Donaueschingen: a pyramid with a bronze bust of the politician, the model of which his brother-in-law Franz Xaver Reich had created, was enthroned on the pedestal . The pedestal was provided with words written by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel :

"Free-minded and just, statesmanlike, moderate and reconciling, selfless fulfillment of duty, role model - a blessed quarter of a century of constitutional life in Baden is linked to his work."

In Donaueschingen there is still a street named after Ludwig Kirsner.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Details on Ludwik Or Louis Kirsner. In: Germany Heiraten, 1558–1929. FamilySearch.org, accessed November 13, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Xaver Reich and Josephine Elsaesser. In: Germany Heiraten, 1558–1929. FamilySearch.org, accessed November 7, 2015 (FHL Microfilm 890,576.).
  3. ↑ a b For freedom and democracy. Baden parliament history 1818–1933 . A chronicle of the democratic movement since 1818 with biographies, historical film and sound recordings, election results, image documents and a comprehensive bibliography. Multimedia CD-ROM published by the Karlsruhe City Archives 1997, ISBN 3-9805956-0-9 .
  4. ^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 249.

literature

  • Ludwig Kirsner . In: Friedrich von Weech (Ed.): Badische Biographien . Volume 3, Braun, Karlsruhe 1881, pp. 65-66.
  • Hermann Kalkoff (Ed.): National Liberal Parliamentarians 1867–1917 of the Reichstag and the individual state parliaments. Nationallib's font distribution office. Party of Germany, Berlin 1917, p. #.

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personal data
SURNAME Kirsner, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pharmacist and politician (NLP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Donaueschingen
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1876
Place of death Donaueschingen