Otto Freytag (politician)

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Emil Otto Freytag

Otto Emil Freytag (born September 14, 1835 in Plauen , † November 16, 1917 in Leipzig ) was a German lawyer and social democratic politician. He was the first social democratic member of the state parliament in the Kingdom of Saxony .

Live and act

From 1855 to 1858 Otto Freytag studied law in Leipzig. Freytag was one of the founding members of the Landsmannschaft Plavia Leipzig and was also an honorary member. Between 1863 and 1865 he was mayor of Adorf in Vogtland . He then settled in Leipzig as a lawyer.

In 1866 he was a co-founder and committee member of the Saxon People's Party , and from 1867 to 1869 a board member of the Association of German Workers' Associations. In 1868 he also co-founded the " Democratic Weekly ".

In 1872 Freytag together with his brother Bernhard Freytag defended August Bebel and Wilhelm Liebknecht and Adolf Hepner in the Leipzig high treason trial .

Freytag was a member of the Second Saxon Chamber from 1877 to 1882; from 1878 he was significantly involved in the organization of the resistance against the socialist law . In 1879 he was co-founder and initially chairman of the "Training Association for Workers". He was a member of parliament until 1883.

literature

  • Wolfgang Schröder : Leipzig is the cradle of the German labor movement . Karl Dietz Verlag, Berlin 2010, pp. 66, 98, 156, 161, 176, 180 rf., 209, 230, 246, 250, 307, 309 f., 373, 414, 458. ISBN 978-3-320- 02214-3

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Archives of the Landsmannschaft Plavia-Arminia Leipzig: P01.
  2. ^ List of the members of the Saxon State Parliament 1877/78
  3. ↑ List of the members of the Saxon State Parliament 1879/80
  4. ↑ List of the members of the Saxon State Parliament 1881/82
  5. ^ Wolfgang Schröder: Leipzig-the cradle of the German labor movement , Karl Dietz Verlag Berlin 2010, pp. 309-310.

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personal data
SURNAME Freytag, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Freytag, Otto Emil (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and member of parliament (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Plauen
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1917
Place of death Leipzig