Theodor Kutzer

Theodor Kutzer (born January 30, 1864 in Amberg , † February 26, 1948 in Fürth ) was a German politician. He was Lord Mayor of Fürth and Mannheim .

Life

After graduating from high school in Landshut in 1882 , Kutzer studied law in Munich through the Maximilianeum Foundation . During his studies he became a member of the Academic Choral Society in Munich . In 1890 he became a legal assessor with the city of Munich and in 1892 a legal councilor. In 1899 he became an alderman in Düsseldorf before he returned to Bavaria two years later after he had been elected First Mayor of the city of Fürth. From 1908, Kutzer carried the title of Lord Mayor . Under his leadership, the city experienced a great boom. A gas and electricity plant was built, but he also had social issues in mind with the establishment of a maternity and baby home, non-profit housing and a public education center with a library.

At the age of fifty, Kutzer moved to Mannheim, where he was elected mayor in 1914. Shortly afterwards the First World War began , so that the most urgent task was initially to supply the population with food and, after the end of the war, to resolve the housing shortage. Economically, the city got into difficulties with the cession of Alsace-Lorraine and the French occupation of the Palatinate , because industry and the port lost important parts of their hinterland. Nevertheless, important infrastructure projects such as the Herschelbad and the clinic were able to be implemented. In 1922, Kutzer was re-elected almost unanimously. Now, with the National Theater , Castle Museum , Museum of Natural History and Ethnology and the Planetarium , cultural projects have also received strong support.

For health reasons, Kutzer retired in 1928. He spent his retirement in Munich and later in Traunstein . In the winter of 1947/48 he went back to Fürth, where he died shortly afterwards.

Works

The Bavarian homeland law with the relevant rights of marriage and residence systematically presented. J. Schweitzer Verlag, Munich 1905, VIII, 610 pages.

Contributions to the question of the unification of the city of Fürth with Nuremberg. Nuremberg 1912.

Tax and burden sharing between the state and the municipality in 8 German states. Deutscher Kommunal-Verlag, Berlin-Friedenau 1929, 81 p. (Association publications // Association for local economy and local politics; Issue 33)

The right of service of the stage members. With a supplement: The supply institution of German theaters. Bensheimer, Mannheim, Berlin, Leipzig 1931, XV, 516 pp.

Honors

The University of Erlangen awarded Kutzer an honorary doctorate in 1914 . After his death, the cities of Fürth and Mannheim named streets after him. In addition, the Kutzerweiher in Mannheim's Luisenpark bears his name.

literature

Karl Otto Watzinger : Kutzer, Theodor. In: Bernd Ottnad (Ed.): Badische Biographien , NF Vol. 3 . Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-17-009958-2 , p. 166 f. ( E-text ).

Individual evidence

^ Association of Alter SVer (VASV): Address book. Membership directory of all old men. As of October 1, 1937. Hanover 1937, p. 163.
↑ MARCHIVUM: street names, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer. Retrieved August 27, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Kutzer, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician, Lord Mayor of Fürth and Mannheim
DATE OF BIRTH	January 30, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH	On the mountain
DATE OF DEATH	February 26, 1948
Place of death	Fuerth

[1] Association of Alter SVer (VASV): Address book. Membership directory of all old men. As of October 1, 1937. Hanover 1937, p. 163.

[2] MARCHIVUM: street names, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer. Retrieved August 27, 2018 .