Ottomar Blüher

Theodor Heinrich Ottomar Blüher (born December 22, 1824 in Geyer ; † November 10, 1891 in Freiberg ) was a German lawyer and liberal politician ( DFP ).

Live and act

The son of Geyer's pastor Friedrich Gustav Blüher (1794–1863) attended the grammar school in Annaberg from 1837 to 1842 and then until 1843 the Thomas School in Leipzig . From 1844 to 1847 he studied law at the University of Leipzig . He found his first job as an accessist with the financial procurator Neubert in Dresden . In July 1849 he passed his state examination in law and took up a position as an actuary at the city court of the Erzgebirge mountain town of Ehrenfriedersdorf . In October 1849 he moved to Freiberg , where he was employed at the City Court until February 1850 and then settled down as a lawyer and notary.

Blüher was the city councilor of Freiberg from 1852 to 1874, including at least 15 years as head of the city council assembly. In 1875 he rose to the city council. From 1875 until his resignation on June 5, 1879 for professional reasons, he was a member of the second chamber of the Saxon state parliament as a representative of the 6th urban constituency . He was also a member of the district committee of the Freiberg district administration .

family

Blüher was married to Therese Canzler. The marriage had at least three children. The daughter Jenny (1858–1886) had been married to the industrialist Kurt Sorge (1855–1928) since 1879 , who after her death in 1888 married the older sister Helene (* 1854). Blüher's son Bernhard Blüher (1864–1938) was Lord Mayor of Dresden.

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 , pp. 350–351.