Maximilian von Wächter

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Maximilian Wächter , later Knight von Wächter , (born December 14, 1811 in Neustadt an der Aisch , † August 27, 1884 in Nuremberg ) was the first mayor of Nuremberg from 1854 to 1867.

Life

Wächter studied law in Munich and Würzburg from 1829 to 1833 . After working as an administrative officer with the governments of Upper and Middle Franconia in 1852 he came to Nuremberg to one at City Authority Visitation perform.

In January 1854, the council of municipal representatives, the forerunner of the city council at the time, elected him to succeed Jakob Friedrich Binder as the city's first mayor. During his tenure, the city acquired the Judenbühl (today Nuremberg City Park ) as well as the Gleißbühl and Bottleneck areas , and the Marienvorstadt was the first planned expansion of the city to the southeast of the city center. The sewer system, road network and water supply were developed and built under watchmen.

When Prussian troops advanced on Nuremberg in the course of the German War in 1866, Wächter pushed for the city to be deconsolidated. The Bavarian King Ludwig II thereupon revoked the status of a weapons field in Nuremberg, so that the city was occupied on July 31, 1866 without fighting or destruction. As a result, Wächter campaigned for the occupation to run smoothly and for the Prussian troops to be billeted.

After resigning as mayor, he went to Augsburg and was government director of Swabia and Neuburg there from 1867 to 1874. He died on August 27, 1884 in Nuremberg and was buried in the Johannisfriedhof .

Awards

For his services in Nuremberg he received the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown . Waechterstrasse in the gardens of the Nuremberg district of Wöhrd is named after him. In 1855 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown by the King of Württemberg , which was associated with the personal title of nobility.

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  1. Royal Württemberg Court and State Manual 1862, p. 45.