Sebastian Weidner

Sebastian Weidner (born September 24, 1850 in Herchenhain ; † December 21, 1904 ) was a Hessian politician ( Free Economic Association ) and a member of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . He was born as a son of the shoemaker Heinrich Weidner and his wife Katharina. Büttner born.

politics

Sebastian Weidner was elected mayor of Herchenhain in 1877 and was re-elected three times (1886, 1895, 1904). During his tenure as mayor, he tried to help his ailing community, including by trying to set up a paper and cigar factory. On the other hand, his proposal to resettle most of the agricultural population of Herchenhain near Nidda , in the area of ​​today's district of Harb , was rejected because of the lower yields .

From 1896 until his death, Sebastian Weidner was a member of the second chamber of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Together with his Upper Hessian co-members Heinrich Schmalbach ( Crainfeld ) and Wilhelm Erk (Nidda), he campaigned for the further construction of the Vogelsbergbahn between Lauterbach and Gedern .

His son Ernst Weidner also became a member of the state parliament for a short time after the First World War and a member of the advisory state committee after the Second World War .

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• Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (2nd Chamber) and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Vol. 5). Verlag des Historisches Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-922316-14-X , p. 265.
• Maria Stock: 975 years of Herchenhain-Hartmannshain. Herchenhain 1990