Otto Schill
Otto Schill (born December 9, 1838 in Schneeberg , † February 28, 1918 in Leipzig ) was a German lawyer and national liberal politician .
From 1882 to 1899, the attorney at law, Schill, chaired the Leipzig city council. From 1883 to 1909 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament . From 1901 he acted as vice-president of the chamber.
Otto Schill was made an honorary citizen of the city of Leipzig in 1899 . Because of his services to the city of Leipzig, the former Dorotheenstrasse (south of the Thomaskirche ) was renamed Otto-Schill-Strasse during his lifetime on April 19, 1912 .
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Individual evidence
- ^ Josef Matzerath : Aspects of Saxon State Parliament History. Presidents and members of parliament from 1833 to 1952. Saxon State Parliament, Dresden 2001, p. 125
- ↑ Gina Klank, Gernot Griebsch: Lexicon of Leipzig street names. Verlag im Wissenschaftszentrum, Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-930433-09-5 , p. 162
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| SURNAME | Schill, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and politician, MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schneeberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1918 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |