Theodor Eduard Burscher Explained

Theodor Eduard Burscher
Office1:High mayor of Stettin
Term Start1:1868
Term End1:9 May 1877
Predecessor1:Karl Hering
Successor1:Hermann Haken
Office2:High mayor of Elbing
Term Start2:1853
Term End2:1868
Predecessor2:Adolph Philipps
Successor2:Johann Carl Adolph Selke
Birth Date:1818
Birth Place:Cottbus, Kingdom of Prussia (now part of Germany)
Death Place:Stettin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland)
Spouse:Ernestine Friederike Natalie Thusnelde Adelheid Burscher
Children:Elise Caroline Laura Adelheid Burscher

Theodor Eduard Burscher, also known as Theodor Konrad Burscher (1818 – 9 May 1877), was politician, who served as the high mayor of the city of Elbing, Kingdom of Prussia (now Elbląg, Poland) from 1853 to 1868, and the high mayor of the city of Stettin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland), from 1868 to 1877.

History

Burscher was born in 1818, in Cottbus, Kingdom of Prussia (now part of Germany). He was the son Gottlieb Burscher and Caroline Burscher (née Selling), and was of Protestant faith. He was married to Ernestine Friederike Natalie Thusnelde Adelheid Burscher (née Belian).[1] Together, they had daughter, Elise Caroline Laura Adelheid Burscher, who was born on 9 October 1856, in Trautzig, Kingdom of Prussia (now part of Olsztyn, Poland).[2]

In 1853, he became the high mayor of the city of Elbing, Kingdom of Prussia (now Elbląg, Poland). His yearly salary was 2000 Reichsthaler. He remained in the office until 1868, when he resigned, to become the high mayor of the city of Stettin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland).[3] [4] He died in office, on 9 May 1877, around 10:30, in the Old Town Hall in Stettin.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Sterbenebenregister des Standesamts Stettin I, Pommern, 1877, vol. 2, no. 839/1877.
  2. Heiraths-Register 1877 Stettin, vol. 2
  3. A. Groth: Burmistrzowie i prezydenci Elbląga w latach 1286–1950, Elbląg, 2013.
  4. Tadeusz Białecki (editor): Encyklopedia Szczecina, vol. 1 (A-O), Wyd. US-Instytut Historii, Szczecin 1999, pp. 139–141,