Paul Schmidt (politician, 1856)

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Paul Schmidt (born May 24, 1856 in Magdeburg ; † November 15, 1928 there ) was a German entrepreneur and member of the German Reichstag .

Life

Schmidt was born the son of the sugar manufacturer Albert Schmidt . His mother died when he was born. He grew up with his childless uncle Herrmann Schmidt and his wife Pauline in Westerhüsen , in the family home on the grounds of the Schmidt and Coqui brothers' sugar factory . Schmidt attended the Royal Cathedral Gymnasium in Magdeburg from 1865 to 1873 and the Sugar Industry School in Braunschweig in 1880 . From 1873 to 1876 he completed his apprenticeship and from 1877 to 1879 he worked as a businessman in Nuremberg and Hamburg . In 1876/77 he did his military duty. Between 1879 and 1881 he trained in sugar factories and in 1881 he joined his father's factory and agricultural company, the Schmidt and Coqui brothers' sugar factory. After the death of his father in 1881, he was responsible for managing the sugar factory. The business was run by his brother Gustav Schmidt . In 1881 Paul Schmidt married Luise Riemann , the daughter of the Magdeburg businessman Eduard Riemann . The marriage resulted in four daughters and one son.

From 1889 he was a member of the municipal council of his place of residence Westerhüsen and from 1892 a member of the Buckau district synod . For a long time he lived at Schönebecker Strasse 3 , later Alt Westerhüsen 173, and was committed to the Westerhüser parish of Sankt Stephanus . From 1896 he was chairman of the branch association of the sugar industry for Magdeburg and the surrounding area and a member of the committee of the association of the German sugar industry. From 1902 he was a member of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce, a deputy member of the Magdeburg District Railway Council and a deputy member of the State Railway Council.

From October 1900 to 1907 he was a member of the German Reichstag for the constituency Magdeburg 6 ( Wanzleben ) and the National Liberal Party . From 1909 to 1918 he held the position of the patronage elder of the Westerhüsener parish. He was also a captain of the Landwehr as well as chairman and later honorary chairman of the local war club.

On November 16, 1909, his sugar factory burned down, presumably after a dust explosion. Schmidt let the steam off the steam engines himself to prevent worse. The house remained practically undamaged, benefiting from the wind direction. The sugar factory was not rebuilt. In 1917 Schmidt sold the remaining farm.

He also held the office of a city council in Magdeburg, where Westerhüsen was incorporated in 1910. In the 1920s he lived at Zollstrasse 15 in the Werder district of Magdeburg .

Honors

In an obituary in the Evangelisches Gemeindeblatt Magdeburg-Westerhüsen , his close connection with the history of Westerhüsen was acknowledged and his departure, which had taken place before his death, was regretted as a loss of the center of social life.

literature

  • The Westerhüser sugar factory in Evang. Municipal newspaper Magdeburg Westerhüsen , No. 12, December 1938

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Westerhüser sugar factory in Evang. Municipal newspaper Magdeburg Westerhüsen , No. 12, December 1938
  2. ↑ Address book for Fermersleben, Salbke and Westerhüsen, 1900–1903, Gust. Ad. Müller, Salbke-Westerhüsen
  3. ^ Magdeburg address book 1914, Part II, page 166
  4. ^ The Westerhüser factories in Evangelisches Gemeindeblatt Magdeburg-Westerhüsen, 1924 to 1942, probably 1930, Magdeburg City Archives, signature 80 / 8166n, part 2
  5. ^ Official telephone directory Magdeburg, July 1928, page 88
  6. ↑ On the memory of City Councilor Paul Schmidt in Evangelisches Gemeindeblatt Magdeburg-Westerhüsen, December 1928
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and politician (NLP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 1928
Place of death Magdeburg