Moritz Seeburg

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Moritz Seeburg (born March 19, 1794 in Torgau , † October 30, 1851 in Leipzig ) was a lawyer and city councilor in Leipzig.

Life

After studying law at the University of Leipzig, Seeburg worked as a lawyer in Leipzig . As a result of the state and municipal reform in Saxony in 1830/31, Leipzig received a city council to which the thirty-seven year old Seeburg was elected and to which he belonged until his death. He developed a wide range of activities that benefited primarily the Leipzig workers.

The Ratsfreischule in Leipzig received special support from Seeburg , which enabled children of poor parents to attend school. From 1831 on he was also head of the Johannis Hospital , which he reorganized.

Memorial stone for Moritz Seeburg in the allotment gardens Johannistal

As head of the Johannishospital, he approved the request of a Ms. Amalie Winter for a small space to be provided on the grounds of the hospital's former sand pit to set up a garden. That was the impetus for more gardens, and on November 7, 1832, the city council decided, at Seeburg's request, to convert the sand pit of the Johannishospital into an allotment garden. On June 24, 1833, the Midsummer Festival was celebrated in Leipzig's first allotment garden. Although the number of gardens has been reduced by new construction projects, this complex still exists today and the association still uses 141 of the former 221 gardens.

Moritz Seeburg was also a member of the first board of directors of the Conservatory of Music in Leipzig, founded in 1843 .

In 1881 he was honored by naming a street southeast of Leipzig city center, after which the whole district was later called the Seeburgviertel . Seeburg's widow donated a memorial stone in 1858, which is still in the Johannistal gardens today.

Fonts

  • Something to defend the trade in state papers, especially in relation to the Kingdom of Saxony , Leipzig: AG Liebeskind, 1825
  • A look at Germany's state of emergency in relation to trade and commerce , Leipzig: JC Hinrichssche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1827
  • Most submissive address to His Majesty the King Anton of Saxony, the current constitution of the censorship system, the introduction of a possible freedom of the press in the Kingdom of Saxony and a few other requests regarding the reports submitted by the elected deputation , Leipzig, 1830
  • The Marienborn and Leipzig's aqueduct - in additions to the history of the city of Leipzig, 1836

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Moritz Seeburg on the website of KGV Johannistal
  2. ↑ Horst Riedel: Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z . PRO LEIPZIG, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-936508-03-8 , p. 543
  3. ^ Website of the KGV Johannistal
personal data
SURNAME Seeburg, Moritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and city councilor
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Torgau
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1851
Place of death Leipzig