Otto Theodor Meusel

Otto Theodor Meusel (born July 5, 1832 in Werbelin , † October 29, 1906 in Dresden ) was a German conservative politician . He was the district president and a member of the German Reichstag and the Saxon state parliament .

Life

Meusel attended the Princely School in Grimma from 1845 to 1850 and the University of Leipzig from 1850 to 1853 . He began his career in the Saxon judicial service and took over the regional council in Greiz in 1870 . From June 1, 1870 to October 1, 1874, in this capacity, he was also a member of the Federal Council for Reuss older line . Meusel resigned as governor in Plauen in the Saxon civil service in 1874 and was appointed to the Ministry of Finance in Dresden in 1877 as a secret finance councilor .

From 1877 to 1878 he was a member of the German Reichstag for the constituency of Saxony 23 (Plauen). As Ministerial Director a. D. Meusel was appointed by the Saxon King Albert in 1899 as a member of the First Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament, of which he was a member until his death in 1906. Meusel died in Dresden in 1906 and was buried in the Old Annenfriedhof .

In his memoirs, lawyer Rudolf Mothes also gave insights into Meusel's life and work:

“The Grimmensia ' Landsmannschaft Grimensia' was founded by the Grimma prince students, but took in foxes from everywhere. You helped her old Mr. Meusel to a special reputation. He came from a pastor's family, studied law, entered the Saxon civil service and worked for a few years in princely Reuss-Plauische services. After he returned to Saxony and became Ministerial Director in the Ministry of Finance, a great time began for the Meusel family and the Grimmensia. The 'Meuselei' was the name of the relatives of the Ministerial Director in Dresden. He placed the members of his clan in high state offices and had no inhibitions about it. So he tried successfully to get his brother-in-law St. at the Higher Administrative Court, which was brought into being under the state law of July 19, 1900, a council position, although he was not a lawyer enough to fill this office. As the business of this new authority grew, the other councilors had to do the work that St. was not up to ... "

- Rudolf Mothes : memories

literature

Anton Bettelheim (Hrsg.): Biographisches Jahrbuch and German Nekrolog. Volume 11. Reimer, Berlin 1906.

Web links

Otto Theodor Meusel in the database of members of the Reichstag
Biography of Otto Theodor Meusel . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)

Individual evidence

^ Josef Matzerath : Aspects of Saxon State Parliament History - Presidents and Members of Parliament from 1833 to 1952 . Dresden 2001, p. 46
↑ death survey . In: Dresdner Geschichtsblätter , No. 2, 1908, p. 248.
↑ Rudolf Mothes: Memoirs of a Leipzig lawyer, Part A, p. 135., Archive of the City of Leipzig, quoted. from the website of Klaus Schmiedel, PDF , accessed on December 5, 2010.

personal data
SURNAME	Meusel, Otto Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician, MdR, member of the Saxon state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH	July 5, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH	Werbelin
DATE OF DEATH	October 29, 1906
Place of death	Dresden

[1] Josef Matzerath : Aspects of Saxon State Parliament History - Presidents and Members of Parliament from 1833 to 1952 . Dresden 2001, p. 46

[2] death survey . In: Dresdner Geschichtsblätter , No. 2, 1908, p. 248.

[3] Rudolf Mothes: Memoirs of a Leipzig lawyer, Part A, p. 135., Archive of the City of Leipzig, quoted. from the website of Klaus Schmiedel, PDF , accessed on December 5, 2010.