Theodor Günther

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Erdmann Theodor Günther (* 1823 ; † August 7, 1889 in Saalhausen ) was a German manor owner and conservative politician ( Liberal Reich Party , German Reich Party ). He was a member of the Saxon state parliament and the Reichstag .

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Günther grew up in the Saxon industrial city of Chemnitz , where he completed a commercial training. After coming of age, he took over his father's manor in Saalhausen near Oschatz , which included 155 hectares of real estate. Günther remained unmarried throughout his life. He made numerous trips across Europe.

Günther was one of the leading conservatives in the Kingdom of Saxony . He was a member of the Second Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament from 1860 to 1869 as a representative of the manor owners of the Meissen district . After the electoral reform of 1868 , he represented the 20th rural constituency from 1869 until his death. He was a member of the State Debt Administration Committee and, as such, personally signed 121,983 state-issued securities .

From 1867 until his death he represented the 11th Saxon constituency ( Oschatz-Wurzen-Grimma ) in the constituent and ordinary Reichstag of the North German Confederation and in the Reichstag of the German Empire . He initially represented the Liberal Reich Party, but then joined the German Reich Party. He was a founding member of the Conservative State Association in the Kingdom of Saxony.

Günther was a member of the Saxon regional synod of the Evangelical Lutheran regional church in 1871, 1874, 1876 and 1881 . Since 1878 he was a member of the state culture council. At least in 1885 he is proven as vice chairman of the Meißner district estates.

He was the author of various political and economic brochures a. a. about real estate loans , taxation and agricultural issues.

After his death on August 24, 1889, a larger capital than the Günther Foundation was exposed in the Oschatz administration .

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 , p. 384.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Josef Matzerath : Aspects of Saxon State Parliament History. Presidents and members of parliament from 1833 to 1952. Saxon State Parliament, Dresden 2001, p. 101.
  2. ^ Tabular chronicle of the city of Mügeln .