Oskar Brackmann
Oskar Brackmann (born October 10 . Jul / 22. October 1841 greg. On the estate Mikhailovskoye, Tula Governorate , Russia ; † 10. February 1927 in Parnu , Estonia ) was a Baltic German politicians .
Life and politics
Oskar Alexander Brackmann was born in the Tula Governorate south of Moscow into a Russian-German family. From 1861 to 1866 he studied law at the universities of Tartu (German Dorpat ) in Livonia and Heidelberg in Baden . He then moved to the Baltic States .
From 1866 to 1868 Brackmann gained his first experience in local politics as deputy council secretary in Jelgava ( Mitau ) in Livonia . From 1868 to 1871 Brackmann was Vogt in Pärnu ( Pernau ), then from 1871 to 1879 council syndic .
From 1879 to 1915 Brackmann was Lord Mayor of the city of Pärnu. During his long term in office, he had the city on the Baltic Sea expanded into a popular health resort . He planned numerous avenues near the beach to beautify the city. The founding of the marina goes back to his co-initiative. The city park was laid out between 1879 and 1882, and a modern mud and bathing facility was built in 1890. In 1896 Pärnu was connected to the city of Valga ( Walk ) via the Russian railway network and four years later to the Estonian capital Tallinn .
From 1907 to 1912 Brackmann was also a member of the 3rd Duma . There he belonged to the group of Octobrists .
During the First World War , the tsarist authorities banished Brackmann to Irkutsk in 1915 . He was only able to return to the Baltic States after the Russian Revolution in 1917. Then Brackmann was again mayor of Pärnu in 1918/19, before he largely withdrew from active politics.
Oskar Brackmann is buried today in the Alevi Cemetery ( Alevi kalmistu ) in Pärnu. A memorial in Pärnu has been commemorating him since 1991.
The Estonian film pioneer Johannes Pääsuke put an ironic memorial to Oskar Brackmann in the first Estonian feature film, Karujaht Pärnumaal ( Bear Hunt in the Pernauer Land ). In the vicious political satire from 1914, the mayor and local political disputes with his Estonian critics are targeted.
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Oskar Brackmann. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://paber.ekspress.ee/arhiiv/1999/43/Aosa/Kodumaa14.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 39f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brackmann, Oskar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brackmann, Oskar Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baltic German politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mikhailovskoye estate, Tula governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1927 |
| Place of death | Parnu , Estonia |