Marcus Mester

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Marcus Mester (* 1806 near Bruges near Kiel; † November 11, 1881 in Rosdorf ) was a German village school teacher and member of the state parliament.

Marcus Mester was born one of 12 children to an organist. He trained as an autodidact and became a teacher. From autumn 1829 he was a teacher in Döhnsdorf .

During the March Revolution , the Döhnsdorf People's Education Association was founded and Mester was elected chairman. This association was committed to radical democratic reforms and the education of the rural population. In 1850 he was part of the Schleswig-Holstein Workers' Association.

In the election for the constituent state assembly , Mesters was elected in the 22nd Holstein electoral district (Lütjenburg) with 1,271 votes. Two MPs were elected in the constituency. The runner-up, Christian Wilhelm Gustav Rosenhagen received 1085 votes. In the national assembly he belonged to the left opposition.

On February 5, 1849 there was a stoppage of work by the Insten at Gut Farve . The ringleaders of the strike were arrested. Marcus Mester was also accused of being a driving force behind the riots.

Mester was also elected to the state assembly in the elections for the first regular state assembly in June 1850. At the last session of the regional assembly on January 11, 1851, he voted against the acceptance of the Olomouc punctuation .

After the Schleswig-Holstein uprising came to an end , Marcus Mester was charged with embezzling collected funds. The investigation began on April 30, 1851 and was associated with a suspension of Mester from school service from May 1, 1851. Mester's former parliamentary colleague Friedrich Hedde acted as defense attorney . The process went through all instances. The Higher Appeal Court in Kiel acquitted Mester on July 9, 1853. Despite the acquittal, Mester was dismissed from school on August 9, 1854 without a pension. He moved to Rosdorf and lived there as a farmer.

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SURNAME Mester, Marcus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German village school teacher and member of the state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH near Bruges near Kiel
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1881
Place of death Rosdorf