Valentin Streuber
Valentin Streuber (* 1798 ; † October 11, 1849 in Mannheim ) was a participant in the Baden Revolution of 1848/1849.
Streuber was a flour weigher and flour dealer in Mannheim. He was chairman of the German-Catholic (today free religious) community of the city and from 1842 to 1848 a member of the community council.
Streuber made a name for himself as a democrat early on. In 1847 he was one of the signatories of the appeal for the Offenburg Assembly . He was elected second mayor of Mannheim, but rejected by the grand ducal government.
In 1848 he became captain of the vigilante group , which joined the revolution in the imperial constitution campaign . After the defeat of the Revolutionary Army by Prussian troops, Streuber was arrested in Heidelberg on June 26, 1849 and sentenced to death by a court martial on October 9, 1849 as ringleader for high treason .
On October 11, 1849, Streuber was shot by a Prussian firing squad in Mannheim's main cemetery. The Prussian army executed a total of 23 revolutionaries in Baden .
In Mannheim, Valentin-Streuber-Straße in the Almenhof district was named after him. In Mannheim's main cemetery there is an obelisk dedicated to the freedom fighters who were shot ( Adolf von Trützschler , Carl Höfer, Peter Lacher, Gottlieb Heinrich Dietz, Valentin Streuber).
Individual evidence
- ^ W. Münkel: The cemeteries in Mannheim . SVA 1992, p. 117
Web links
- Memorial plaque in Mannheim (PDF; 1.5 MB)
- Entry on the homepage of the city of Mannheim; Retrieved September 13, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Streuber, Valentin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baden revolutionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1798 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1849 |
| Place of death | Mannheim |