Adolf Tachezy, also known as Leopold Adolf Tachezy (20 February 1814, Cheb, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Czech Republic)^[1] – 25 March 1892, Cheb^[2])^[3], was an Austrian and Czech politician who was the mayor of Cheb, and in the 1860s and 1870s, member of the Czech Provincial Assembly.

Biography

He was born to a family of pharmacists in Cheb. He graduated from high school in Cheb, and then graduated from Charles University in Prague, majoring in pharmacy. In 1839, he took over his father's pharmacy, U Černého orla, in Cheb. From 1841 on, he was an officer in the Střeleckého club in Cheb (in 1843 and his centurion, in 1868, Major).^[3]

Hee was publicly involved in the Cheb region during the Revolutions of 1848, together with Anton Gschier and Forter.^[4] From 1848 onward, he sat in the municipal assembly and council. During 1848, he was a member of the deputation which the town of Cheb sent to Minister Franz von Pillersdorf in which they demanded greater autonomy for the Cheb region along with the Czech regions. Later, he was also a member of the district school board, the Cheb Bureau of Chamber of Commerce and Trade, chairman of urban societies and other local corporations and associations.^[3]

In the 1860s, he was involved in provincial politics. In the provincial elections in the Czech Republic in January 1867, he was elected to the Czech provincial assembly in the curia business and trade chambers for the District of Cheb.^[5] He defended his mandate in the circuit in shortly after the provincial elections held in March 1867.^[6] He was elected in provincial elections in 1870^[7] and 1872.^[8]

From 1873 to 1882, he served as mayor of Cheb. In the function, he influenced the development of the nearby health spa town Franzensbad. During his tenure as mayor, the town opened a new theater and the school building. For this and other accomplishments, he received the Order of Franz Joseph.^[3]

He died in 1892 and is buried in Cheb.^[3]

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