Stefan Karl Michel

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Stefan Karl Michel (born June 9, 1839 ; † March 30, 1906 in Mainz ) was a German businessman and politician . Michel was made an honorary citizen of Mainz in 1905 .

origin

His parents were Karl Georg Michel (1811–1865) from Idstein, and his wife Katharina Metz (1820–1901) from Mainz.

Life

Stefan Karl Michel was born in 1839. In the 1862 campaign he was Shrovetide Prince . After finishing school he was elected to the local council in 1871 at the age of 31 . In 1874 he resigned from the local council and Michel was elected to the Mainz city council. Three years later he resigned from the city council. During his tenure as councilor and city councilor, he initiated an important project for the city of Mainz: As a young and ambitious city councilor, he was one of the most important people in the political initiation of the Mainz city expansion on what was then Gartenfeld . In 1880 he began to be politically active again: from January 1, 1880, he was President of the Grand Ducal Chamber of Commerce in Mainz . Through his work, he helped the Chamber of Commerce to achieve exceptional recognition. This gave it a prominent role in trade compared to other institutions. On January 1, 1881, Michel was re-elected to the city council. He belonged to her now until his death. In the same year he became a member of the Hessian State Railway Council. On November 1, 1884, he became a member of the First Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . From 1885 to 1901 he was chairman of the leather industry trade association .

When the district and provincial order was introduced in 1894, he became a representative of the people in the Hessian provincial assembly and in the provincial committee and in the district assembly . From 1896 he participated in the preliminary examination of the first commercial code , which was announced on May 10, 1897 in the Reichsgesetzblatt . In 1897 he had to leave the Hessian State Railway Council as it was dissolved. From January 9, 1901, Michel was a member of the German Trading Association , on February 20, 1901 he was elected deputy chairman of this organization. He was also a member of the economic committee for the preparation of commercial contracts. In addition, he was a partner in the company Mayer, Michel and Deninger , after which he was a member of the management board and chairman of the supervisory board of Aktiengesellschaft Mainzer Lederwerke Mayer, Michel and Deninger . In addition, he was chairman of the board of the Darmstädter bank for trade and industry and vice-chairman of the board of the steam shipping company for the Lower and Middle Rhine in Düsseldorf .

From 1880 to 1905, Stefan Karl Michel was President of the Mainz Chamber of Commerce .

On December 31, 1904, the decision was made to make Michel an honorary citizen of Mainz. On January 2, 1905, he was made an honorary citizen. Michel fell seriously ill at the age of 66. After a short time Michel died on March 30, 1906 in Mainz. The eulogy held Karl Göttelmann . Stefan Karl Michel was buried in the main cemetery in Mainz .

family

He married Anna Maria Theresia Werner (* 1844) in Mainz on August 19, 1865 . The couple had at least one daughter:

  • Carl Franz Georg 06/02/1866 + 06/13/1914 ⚭ 08/15/1893 Margarethe Charlotte Freiin von Gedult von Jungsfeld * 06/13/1871
  • Maria (July 12, 1869– 1955) December 29, 1888 ⚭ Gustav Clemm von Hohenberg (* June 10, 1860; † May 24, 1945), Privy Councilor
  • Katharina December 6th, 1871 ⚭ August 6th, 1892 Otto Heinrich Adolf Henkell * May 20th, 1869 sparkling wine manufacturer in Wiesbaden
  • Franz Julis 12/22/1874 + 02/15/1921 in Basel Dr.jur Oberregierungsrat ⚭ 11/27/1902 Caroline Ottilie HeleneWesthofen * 12/24/1878 in Frankfurt
  • Stephanie * May 17th, 1882 Mainz + November 26th, 1965 Schondorf / Ammersee ⚭ Albrecht Schultz * May 10th, 1869 Wolde Mecklenburg + November 8th, 1936 in Schondorf / Ammersee

literature

  • Wolfgang Balzer: Mainz - personalities of the city's history. Volume I: Mainz honorary citizens, Mainz church princes, military figures, Mainz mayors. Printing and publishing house Gebr. Kügler, Mainz 1985, ISBN 3-924124-01-9 , pp. 24-25.
  • Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 263.
  • Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , No. 592.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Wolfgang Balzer: Mainz - personalities of city history. Volume I: Mainz honorary citizens, Mainz church princes, military figures, Mainz mayors. Printing and publishing house Gebr. Kügler, Mainz 1985, ISBN 3-924124-01-9 , pp. 24-25.
  2. ^ A b c d honorary citizen of the city of Mainz on the website of the city of Mainz
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h Michel, Stephan Carl. Hessian biography. (As of September 22, 2012). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  4. ↑ Michael Kläger: Mainz on the way to the big city (1866-1914) . In: Mainz: The history of the city . Verlag von Zabern, Mainz 1998, p. 459
personal data
SURNAME Michel, Stefan Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1839
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1906
Place of death Mainz