Samuel Erdmann Tzschirner

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Samuel Erdmann Tzschirner, wood engraving 1849

Samuel Erdmann Tzschirner (born June 29, 1812 in Budissin (today Bautzen ), † February 17, 1870 in Leipzig ) was a German lawyer and politician. He was the leader of the revolution in the Dresden May uprising in 1849.

Life

His father was a “master, citizen and stocking manufacturer”. Tzschirner studied law and opened a law firm in Bautzen in 1840. He later worked as a lawyer in Dresden .

In the 19th urban constituency, Tzschirner was elected in a by-election for the Democrats in the Second Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament in 1848, where he organized the democratic minority as opposition leaders. Also in 1848 he was a leading co-founder of the Democratic Fatherland Association. He was also a member of the Landtag, which was elected in December 1848 according to the liberalized suffrage of November 15, 1848 . He was a member of the 7th electoral district and took over the office of vice-president of the second chamber.

Tzschirner played a leading role in the Dresden May uprising from May 3rd to 9th, 1849. This was the attempt to overthrow King Friedrich August II and to establish a republic . Tzschirner belonged to the provisional government. After the Saxon Revolution was put down by Prussian troops, Tzschirner went to Karlsruhe . There he took part in the Reichsverfassungskampanie Baden. He was also involved on June 5, 1849 in founding the "Club of Resolute Progress". After the end of the revolution, Tzschirner went into exile in Zurich . In 1854 he emigrated to the USA . On the way there he wanted to meet Karl Marx and Peter Imandt in London. In 1861 he got a job at the New York Customs Office. In the USA he was politically active on the Republican side . After he was granted amnesty in 1865 , he returned to Germany. When Tzschirner died in Leipzig's Jacobshospital in 1870 , no one was prepared to pay their last respects to the grave. August Bebel , who had not known him personally, gave an address in mourning.

Memorial plaque on Tzschirnerstrasse in Bautzen

Among other things, the Dresden Tzschirnerplatz and a street in Bautzen are named after him.

Characteristics

"Samuel Erdmann Tzschirner: medium stature, stocky, nose: dull, eyes: gray, hair: blonde, thin, face color: very pale, age: 35 years."

- Oeffentlicher Anzeiger (No. 2) of the Official Gazette of the Royal Government of Potsdam and the City of Berlin from May 18, 1849

Works

  • The third general assembly of the General Advocate Association in the Kingdom of Saxony: held in Bautzen on August 23, 24 and 25, 1847 . Helfer, Bautzen 1847
  • Report of the Extraordinary Deputation examining the questions concerning Robert Blum's death. Rapporteur: Member of Parliament Tzschirner . Dresden 1849
  • Fellow citizens! The king and the ministers have fled. The country has been left to its own devices without a government. The imperial constitution is denied signed Samuel Erdmann Tzschirner; Otto Leonhard Heubner; Karl Gotthelf Todt, 1849 Leaflet Publisher: [Sl] 1849

literature

Web links

Commons : Samuel Erdmann Tzschirner  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rolf Weber: Samuel Erdmann Tzschirner , p. 297 footnote 1. According to Ev.-luth. Parish office St. Petri, Bautzen.
  2. ^ Rolf Weber, p. 297.
  3. ↑ Josef Matzerath : Aspects of Saxon State Parliament History - Presidents and Members of Parliament from 1833 to 1952 , Dresden 2001, p. 132.
  4. ↑ His membership in the Frankfurt National Assembly is also mentioned in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie . However, it is not listed in the stenographic reports of the National Assembly and in Best / Weege. compare Heinrich Best, Wilhelm Weege: Biographical Handbook of the Members of the Frankfurt National Assembly 1848/49. Düsseldorf: Droste-Verlag, 1998. ISBN 3-7700-0919-3 ( online version ( Memento of the original dated November 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and Archive link according to instructions and then remove this note. ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / zhsf.gesis.org
  5. ↑ Josef Matzerath: Aspects of Saxon State Parliament History - Presidents and Members of Parliament from 1833 to 1952 , Dresden 2001, p. 132.
  6. ^ Karl Marx to Friedrich Engels March 9, 1854 ( Marx-Engels-Werke Vol. 28, p. 328).
  7. ↑ Rolf Weber, p. 328.
  8. ↑ In August 1863 he had applied for an amnesty. On September 8, 18963, the profile against him was canceled. (Rolf Weber, p. 328)
  9. ↑ August Bebel: From my life . Berlin 1946, Part 2, p. 93.
  10. ↑ Profile (digitized version)
personal data
SURNAME Tzschirner, Samuel Erdmann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lawyer and politician, leader of the revolution of the Dresden May uprising in 1849
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Budissin (Bautzen)
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1870
Place of death Leipzig