Otto Euler
Otto Euler (born June 6, 1835 in Opladen ; † January 26, 1925 in Düsseldorf ) was a lawyer , secret councilor , city councilor and member of the city parliament of Düsseldorf. In his final years he was the leader of the Center Party .
Life
Otto Euler was born as the son of the notary and politician Joseph Euler (1804–1886) and his wife Antonie geb. Blin (* 1812) born.
From 1843, when he was eight years old, he attended high school in Düsseldorf . After high school he studied in Bonn and Heidelberg Jura , and prepared to Berlin Auskultator -Examen ago. In addition to studying law, Otto Euler also studied art history and the history of philosophy .
After successfully passing the legal traineeship exam, the major state law examination and the assessor exam, Otto Euler settled as a lawyer at the Düsseldorf Regional Court . Otto Euler quickly established himself in court through his clear and factual lectures. Until 1892 he worked continuously as a lawyer. Around 1890 Otto Euler, who lived in Klosterstrasse 20, was listed in the address book of the Lord Mayor of Düsseldorf as a judicial advisor, lawyer and city councilor.
Otto Euler was active in local politics. He fearlessly stood up for his convictions during the Kulturkampf . In 1878 he was elected city councilor in Düsseldorf. From 1879 to 1908 he was a member of the Düsseldorf city parliament. In recent years he has been the leader of the Center Party. In this capacity he also gained the esteem of his opponents.
He was committed to the welfare of Düsseldorf; So he vigorously advocated the expansion of the Hofgarten and was also instrumental in the disclosure of many of Düsseldorf's major streets. Otto Euler was also socially committed. He was a member of the Vincentian Community and chairman of the Vincent Conference and got to know the needs of the poor, which he helped alleviate. In addition, he was temporarily director of the company for overseas transport and member of the supervisory board of the Cologne-Düsseldorfer Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft . For many years he was also the syndic of the cooperative of the Rhenish knight-born nobility and in this capacity met many important contemporaries such as B. know General Walter von Loë and Castle Captain August von Spee . Also to be mentioned is Otto Euler's commitment as long-time chairman in the church council of the parish of St. Mary's Conception .
But he was not only committed to his job: like his father Joseph Euler, he was very open to cultural and artistic issues. The art-loving home, the marriage with Marie Henriette geb. Bendemann and the friendship with the painters Ernst Deger , Franz Ittenbach , Karl and Andreas Müller brought Otto Euler into the milieu of the Düsseldorf School of Painting . On his father's estate, the "Eulerhof" in Flingern , there was a lot of music played at parties. The composer Ferdinand Hiller from Cologne was a frequent guest . In addition, Otto Euler was a member of the administrative board and board of directors of the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf , member of the finance commission , the boards of trustees of the municipal higher education institutions , the Aders-Tönnies scholarship foundation for the promotion of gifted children, the administrative board of the gallery association , the board of trustees of the municipal music association and the board of trustees for the Public libraries .
Otto Euler's merits were a. a. honored with the award of the honorary title of Privy Councilor of Justice (1888), the award of the Red Eagle Order 3rd Class (1892) and the award of the Royal Crown Order (1905). In addition, the Pope honored him with the award of the Commander's Cross of the Order of Gregory .
Otto Euler died on January 26, 1925, almost 90 years old, in Düsseldorf.
family
His love for art was also underlined by his marriage to Marie Henriette Bendemann (born June 20, 1841). Her father was the painter Eduard Bendemann , director of the Düsseldorf Art Academy , her mother Lida Schadow (1821–1895) was a daughter of Johann Gottfried Schadow .
Otto Euler had three children with Marie Henriette: Eduard (* 1867), Maria (* May 22, 1870) and Johannes (* January 2, 1874). Shortly after the birth of their son Johannes, Marie Henriette died on January 16, 1874. Eduard Euler devoted himself to art and became a landscape painter, at times belonging to the Worpswede artists' colony before he settled in Düsseldorf. Maria Euler joined the Cooperative of the Daughters of the Holy Cross after the death of her father, whom she had looked after . On April 22, 1927 she presented as Sister Ignatia Loyola the vows from. Johannes Euler studied theology and became a pastor.
Eulerstraße in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort was named after the Euler family .
literature
- Eckhard Hansen, Florian Tennstedt (Eds.) U. a .: Biographical lexicon on the history of German social policy from 1871 to 1945 . Volume 1: Social politicians in the German Empire 1871 to 1918. Kassel University Press, Kassel 2010, ISBN 978-3-86219-038-6 , p. 2 (Establishment of the Aders-Tönnies Foundation) ( Online , PDF; 2.2 MB ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Euler, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, notary and city councilor in Düsseldorf |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Opladen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 26, 1925 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |