Wilhelm Christian Griesbach

Wilhelm Christian Griesbach (born April 8, 1772 in Karlsruhe ; † April 16, 1838 there ) was the first Lord Mayor of Karlsruhe.

Griesbach was the owner of tobacco factories in Karlsruhe and Ettlingen as well as a leather factory in Rüppurr . In 1812 he was one of the co-founders of the first Karlsruhe music school and in 1813 of the later Chamber of Commerce. In 1818 Griesbach became a board member of the newly created Badischer Kunstverein and in 1819 became a member of the Badische Ständeversammlung , the first Baden state parliament. In 1833 a beneficiary's house was opened on his initiative, which offered help to the elderly and poor. In 1809, Griesbach was only directly elected as the second mayor of Karlsruhe after Johannes Sembach . The growing tasks of the city administration led them to hire a second mayor from 1812. Griesbach therefore carried the title of Lord Mayor from 1812 and thus became the first Lord Mayor of the city of Karlsruhe.

literature

• Susanne Asche: Education, Economy and Politics. The first Lord Mayor of Karlsruhe Christian Griesbach (1772−1838) as a representative of the new bourgeoisie . In: Journal for the History of the Upper Rhine 144 (1996) ( ISSN  0044-2607 ) pp. 355–379. (not evaluated)

Web link

• Lord Mayor of the City of Karlsruhe from 1809 to 2006

predecessor	Office	successor
-	Lord Mayor of Karlsruhe 1809–1816	Bernhard Dollmaetsch