Wilhelm Meyer (Mayor)
Wilhelm Meyer (born January 29, 1835 in Manderscheid ; born Johann Peter Wilhelm Meyer ; † March 21, 1900 in Malstatt ) was Mayor of Malstatt- Burbach (1866–1900).
Life
His father was Franz Georg Jakob Meyer, mayor of his place of birth, nothing is known about his mother. He married Maria geb. Müller (1850–1929) from Saarlouis , the marriage resulted in their son Wilhelm (1871–1920).
On November 23, 1864 he was appointed civil supernumerar (comparable to a civil servant candidate in today's time) with the government of Trier , he remained so until November 3, 1866. At this time, Malstatt was in personal union with the old Saarbrücken resident Mayorry of the Prussian Rhine Province administered. The incumbent mayor Johann Carl Schmidtborn asked for partial release from his official business and for the spinning off of the rapidly growing Malstatt and economically up-and-coming Burbach as an independent municipality. His request was granted on October 17, 1866. Subsequently, an independent administration was constituted in Malstatt, which on November 7th, 1866 passed the municipal council resolution to hire a salaried mayor. On November 17, 1866, Meyer's appointment as provisional mayor followed by the Trier district government at the request of the municipal council, his inauguration on November 30, 1866, and his final appointment on July 24, 1867. After the introduction of Rhenish order Malstatt received further local self-government rights May 3, 1875 What Meyer on June 3, 1875 his appointment meant in office and appointment as mayor for life. On March 1, 1900 Meyer announced his resignation to the city council after almost 34 years in office, but he himself did not live to see the day of his planned release on October 1 of that year.
Wilhelm Meyer was buried in an honorary grave in the old Malstatter cemetery .
Honors
- Red Eagle Order 4th class
- The Wilhelm-Meyer-Brücke and Wilhelm-Meyer-Strasse in what is now Saarbrücken's Malstatt district were named after him.
literature
- Hanns Klein: short biographies of the mayors of Saarbrücken ; in: Journal for the history of the Saar region 19, 1971, p. 523.
Web links
1: Alt-Saarbrücken district , from 1815 mayor's office, from 1859 city mayor's office (from 1897 with Sankt Arnual )
Karl Zimmermann (1815–1816) | Friedrich Köllner (1816–1823) | Christian Heinrich Quien (1823–1831) | Heinrich Böcking (1832–1838) | August Ludwig Reuther (1838–1841) | Friedrich Haldy (1841–1844) | Ludwig Wagner (1844–1854) | August Kromayer (1854–1862) | Carl Schmidtborn (1862–1871) | Julius Kiefer (1871–1884) | Friedrich Wilhelm Feldmann (1884–1907)
2: St. Johann district , from 1859 mayor's office (until 1862 in personal union with old Saarbrücken)
Friedrich Bentz (1851) | Karl Karcher (1862–1868) | Heinrich Rumschöttel (1868–1871) | Hermann Falkenhagen (1872–1888) | Paul Neff (1888–1909)
3: Malstatt district (with Burbach ), from 1859 state mayor's office (until 1866 in personal union with old Saarbrücken), from 1875 city mayor's office
Wilhelm Meyer (1866–1900) | Paul Schmook (1900-1909)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyer, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meyer, Johann Peter Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of Malstatt |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manderscheid |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 21, 1900 |
| Place of death | Painting place |