Victor Marcus
Victor Wilhelm Marcus (born July 9, 1849 in Cologne , † November 17, 1911 in Weißer Hirsch near Dresden ) was a senator and mayor in Bremen .
biography
Marcus was the son of a councilor who was married to an Englishwoman. He studied from 1866 jurisprudence at the University of Bonn and the University of Berlin and received his doctorate Dr. jur. In Bonn he became a corps bow bearer of the Hansea Bonn in 1867 . He did his military service in the meantime and afterwards and fought in the Franco-German War in 1870/71 . At the beginning of 1870 he took the first and in 1876 the second legal exam in Berlin and became a court assessor .
In November 1876, Marcus received the position of in-house counsel at the Bremen Chamber of Commerce . He supported the correction of the Weser and the construction of Freeport I (today Europahafen ), the construction of which began in 1887. In 1884, the Chamber of Commerce established the Bremen Rhederverein , of which he was the first secretary. In 1887 he became a senator for the city of Bremen. He was primarily responsible for trade, customs matters and shipping as well as for relations with the Reich . He was a member of various deputations and led several authorities. In 1907 and 1909 he was appointed mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. He actively accompanied the city beautification and the construction of the New Town Hall .
Foundations
- On the occasion of the Northwest German Trade and Industry Exhibition in 1883, he donated the Marcus Fountain, built in 1889, for the new facilities in the Bürgerpark and Stadtwald .
- The sculpture Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten , donated by Marcus, is located in a wall niche in the Senate room in the Bremen Ratskeller .
- In 1908 he donated another Marcus fountain for the Unser-Lieben-Frauen-Kirchhof .
- The statue of Saint Michael in front of the St. Michaelis Church was donated by him, it stands today in front of the Rosenhof of the Egestorff Foundation .
Initiator of the reading hall Bremen
In 1900, Marcus was the main initiator of the reading hall association in Bremen , which opened the first public library at Ansgarikirchhof in 1902 . Marcus donated both the house and the furnishings from his private fortune. In the following years, too, he repeatedly supported the reading room with large sums of money; In 1906 he also financed the necessary extension. In his will he left the so-called Marcus Fund with 1/2 million RM to the reading hall, the interest income of which secured the reading hall in the inflationary years until 1923.
Honors
- The Marcusallee at Rhododendron Park Bremen in Horn-Lehe was named after him in 1922.
- In the central library of the Bremen City Library , the Victor-Marcus-Room reminds of the founding father.
Works
- Free trade, even without reciprocity! Trade Policy Study. Schünemann Verlag , Bremen 1879.
- The sea ports in today's world traffic. Lecture given at the Volkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft zu Berlin on January 30, 1886. Volkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft zu Berlin, Berlin 1886.
Individual evidence
- ^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 22 , 191
- ↑ Erwin Miedtke: Arthur Heidenhain, the first librarian of the "reading hall in Bremen" from 1901-1933. An appreciation, in: Bremisches Jahrbuch, vol. 96, 2017, p. 90
literature
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marcus, Victor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marcus, Victor Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German administrative lawyer, senator and mayor in Bremen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 17, 1911 |
| Place of death | White deer |