Viktor Schnitzler

Viktor Schnitzler (born July 19, 1862 in Nachrodt , Westphalia , † July 26, 1934 in Mehlem ) was a German lawyer and member of the Prussian House of Representatives .

Life

Grave site in the Melaten cemetery

Schnitzler was the son of the Prussian government councilor and chief accountant Robert Schnitzler and his wife Klara, née Schmidt, and grandson of the Cologne banker Karl Eduard Schnitzler . He got married on July 19, 1888 with Ludowika von Borell du Vernay, called Wika Andreae. She was the adopted child of the secret commercial councilor Otto Andreae and Johanna geb. Steinkauler. He is buried in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (MA 3 between P and Q).

Viktor Schnitzler worked as a lawyer in his hometown and was appointed as such to the Privy Councilor. As Cologne city councilor he belonged to the liberal parliamentary group, and from 1899 to 1903 Schnitzler was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives and chairman of several cultural associations. Among other things, he was chairman of the Cologne Concert Society and there is a street named after him in both Cologne and Bonn-Mehlem. His parents' house was on Dompropst-Ketzer-Straße (today Hotel Excelsior ), but the V. Schnitzler family lived in Cologne on Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring , house number 19. In addition, the Villa Drachenstein property in Mehlem existed as a summer apartment. In Godesberger Heimatblätter there are several publications about him and other family members, including his father Robert Schnitzler.

Wika and Victor Schnitzler had three children: Clärchen and Olga Johanna and Antonia Johanna (1889–1968). Antonia Johanna became known under the name Tony Schnitzler . It played a considerable role in Cologne's intellectual life.

Viktor Schnitzler became a member of the Corps Palatia Bonn in 1882 during his studies .

Honor

In the Cologne district of Lindenthal , Viktor Schnitzler's work was honored by naming a street.

Remarks

1. ↑ Hist. Archive of the city of Cologne, "Der Kölner Rat", messages from the city archive ..., 92nd issue, Cologne 2001, p. 154; see also short biography in Bernhard Mann (arr.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne. Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 348 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3)
2. ↑ Armin Beuscher, Asja Bölke, Günter Leitner, Antje Löhr-Sieberg & Anselm Weyer: Melaten tells of Protestant life. A tour. Published by Annette Scholl on behalf of the Evangelical Congregation Cologne (in the series: The AntoniterCityTours present). 2010, p. 6f. ISBN 978-3-942186-01-8
3. ↑ Bernhard Mann (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne . Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 348 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3); for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , p. 721.
4. ↑ History of the Rheinische Musikschule Part 1
5. ^ Association for Home Care and Local History (VHH) Bad Godesberg e. V.
6. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 14 , 469
7. ↑ Konrad Adenauer and Volker Gröbe: Streets and Squares in Lindenthal , JP Bachem, Cologne 1992, ISBN 3-7616-1018-1 , p. 159f.

• Villa Drachenstein; see: Rhine. Office for the preservation of monuments to the history of the building: Villa Drachenstein - Villa Schnitzler, today Mainzer Straße No. 210. Compilation by Dr. Angelika Schyma ; Family archive Hufnagel + Grisar, Cologne / Sig. 671