Wilhelm Bazille
Wilhelm Bazille | |
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Born | February 25, 1874 |
Died | February 1, 1934 | (aged 59)
Nationality | German |
Occupation(s) | Lawyer, politician |
Wilhelm Bazille (German pronunciation: ['vɪlhɛlm ba.ziː]) (born February 25, 1874, in Esslingen am Neckar; died February 1, 1934, in Stuttgart) was a German lawyer and politician (DNVP).
Life
Wilhelm Bazille was the son of Peter Franz Bazille (1839–1917). Peter Franz Bazille came from Savoy and was a skilled metal worker. His mother was Anna Amalia Rieb (1843–1921). He grew up in Geislingen, where his father was a metal master at the WMF Group. Bazille passed in 1892 abitur in Ulm, then he studied law and political science in Tübingen and Munich. During his studies he became a member of the Studentenverbindung A.V. Virtembergia to Tübingen .[1]
For health reasons, Bazille was exempted from military service. In 1899, he became a bailiff in
Bazille initially joined the young liberals and founded in 1919 the Württembergische Bürgerpartei, which was from 1920 the Württemberg affiliate of the DNVP, the main German conservative party under the Weimar Republic. He was from 1919 to 1932 a member of the Württemberg State Parliament and from 1920 to 1930 also a member of the Reichstag. From 1930 to 1932 he was an attached member.
On June 3, 1924, Bazille was elected as the successor of Edmund Rau for president of Württemberg and formed a coalition of Staatspartei, Bauernbund and Zentrum. Because of the high electoral defeat of the party in the regional elections on May 20, 1928, Bazille gave the office of the president on June 8, 1928, to his coalition partner
Bazille married in 1912 Lilly Ensinger (1884–1976), they had three children. His son
Literature
- Müller, Hans Peter: Wilhelm Bazille. Deutschnationaler Politiker, württembergischer Staatspräsident (1874–1934). In: Lebensbilder aus Baden-Württemberg. Band 21. Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2005
- Müller, Hans Peter: Wilhelm Bazille. In: Württembergische Biographien. Band 2. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2011
- Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, AG (Hrsg.): Reichshandbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft. Band 1, Berlin 1931