Ludwig Georg Winter

Ludwig Winter

Statue in Karlsruhe

Ludwig Georg Winter (born 18 January 1778 in Elzach-Prechtal, died 27 March 1838 in Karlsruhe) was a politician from Baden.^[1][2][3]

Biography

In 1815 Winter joined the Baden Ministry of the Interior as Ministerialrat. In 1830 he became Minister of the Interior of the Grand Duchy, and from 1833 to 1838 he headed the affairs of state in Baden as Minister of State.

He was a prominent figure during the early liberal economic and political reforms in Baden. He campaigned for the correction of the Rhine, the expansion of the Mannheim harbor and the road network, and the construction of the railway network.

In 1830, Ludwig Georg Winter was awarded the Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion Order. Winter died of a stroke on March 27, 1838.^[4][5]

References

1. Court and State Manual of the Grand Duchy of Baden , 1834, p. 52
2. Edwin Kech: The founding of the Grand Ducal Baden State Railways . G. Braunsche Hofbuchdruckerei, Karlsruhe 1904, p. 116
3. Klaus-Jürgen Matz: Nebenius, Carl Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , pp. 16-18
4. "Winter, Ludwig Georg". deutsche-biographie.de.
5. "Ludwig-Georg-Winter-Denkmal". stadtwiki.net.