Otto Steiger (politician, 1851)
Karl Otto Steiger (born October 18, 1851 in Löthain , † June 28, 1935 in Dresden ) was a German manor owner , secret economist and conservative politician .
Live and act
The son of the secret economic council and manor owner Heinrich Adolph Steiger (1817–1897) on Leutewitz , Löthain and Kleinbautzen and his wife Juliane Aurora born. Gadegast (1819-1894) attended grammar school in Dresden and was an apprentice at the Jahna manor . He broke off his apprenticeship in 1870 to take part in the Franco-German War as a Großenhainer hussar . He left the army as captain of the reserve.
He then worked as an administrator on various estates. In April 1876 he leased the manor and the Leutewitz family sheep farm from his father and after his death was the owner of the manor from 1897. He was able to enlarge the property, which originally comprised 85 hectares, to 260 and 341 hectares respectively through acquisitions. Like his father and grandfather Carl August Gadegast (1791–1865), he devoted himself intensively to sheep and plant breeding ( Leutewitzer Runkel , Leutewitzer yellow oats ). From 1900 until his death he was a member of the board of directors of the Agricultural Credit Association in the Kingdom of Saxony . From 1903 he worked as an agricultural expert in the Saxon Ministry of the Interior .
From 1891 to 1909 he represented the 18th rural constituency in the Second Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament . From 1913 to 1918 he was an elected member of the manor owners in the Meißner Kreis in the I. Landtag Chamber .
Steiger was an elected member of the state culture council from 1890 to 1925. From 1922 to 1923 he held the office of deputy chairman and from 1923 until the dissolution in September 1925 the office of chairman. He was also the long-time chairman of the Agricultural Association in Krögis .
In 1925 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Leipzig as Dr. hc
literature
- Elvira Döscher, Wolfgang Schröder : Saxon parliamentarians 1869–1918. The deputies of the Second Chamber of the Kingdom of Saxony in the mirror of historical photographs. A biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 5). Droste, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-7700-5236-6 , p. 474.
Individual evidence
- ^ Josef Matzerath : Aspects of Saxon State Parliament History - Presidents and Members of Parliament from 1833 to 1952. Dresden 2001, p. 129
- ^ Josef Matzerath: Aspects of the Saxon State Parliament History - Presidents and Members of Parliament from 1833 to 1952. Dresden 2001, p. 51
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| SURNAME | Steiger, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Steiger, Karl Otto (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German manor owner, secret economic councilor and conservative politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Löthain |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 28, 1935 |
| Place of death | Dresden |