Ernst Bareuther
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Biography
Johann Christian Ernst Bareuther (19 January 1838, Asch, Austria-Hungary - 17 August, 1905, Freiburg im Breisgau) was a Bohemian-Austrian politician. Bareuther was born the son of Johann Christian Bareuther, a cloth manufacturer, and Sophia (née Just), daughter of Upper pastor Karl August Just of Asch. The sock manufacturer Johann Christian Wunderlich was his godfather. He studied in Prague and became a lawyer. In 1871, he was a member of the Czech national parliament and, in 1873, the Austrian Imperial Council. He was advocated by Georg Ritter von Schönerer. He co-founded the Union of Germans in Bohemia. From 1882 to 1885, he was also a member of the Vienna City Council. He was a member of the Protestant community in Vienna and leader of Away from Rome!. Bareuther was an honorary member of Burschenschaft Teutonia Prag. He died in Freiburg, and was buried in his home town of Asch.
Literature
- Helge Dvorak: Biografisches Lexikon der Deutschen Burschenschaft. Band I Politiker, Teilband 1: A-E. Heidelberg 1996, S. 50. (mit Bild)
- "Bareuther Ernst". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 1, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 50.