Carl Mez

This article is about the industrialist and liberal politician Carl Mez . For the botanist and university professor of the same name, see Carl Christian Mez

Mez's grave in the main cemetery in Freiburg

Several rolls of mez twine

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Karl (Carl) Christian Mez (born April 20, 1808 in Kandern ; † May 28, 1877 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was an industrialist, liberal politician and an early Protestant advocate of Christian socialism .

Life

His silk thread factory in Freiburg, inherited from his father, was known for the social institutions introduced by Mez, such as workers' houses, bathing establishments and factory savings banks. Mez started his activity with reference to his religion. The company was bought by the Scottish competitor J. & P. ​​Coats in 1930 . From then on, the two companies operated as Mez AG .

From 1834 to 1849 and again from 1863 Mez was a city councilor in Freiburg, where he founded the Evangelical Monastery and provided it with considerable financial resources.

From May 1848 to June 1849 Mez was a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly as a member of Villingen . From 1843 to 1849 he was also represented in the second chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly. He was of a radical democratic disposition and, as a debate speaker, dealt primarily with social issues. Although Mez refused to participate in the Brentano government during the Baden Revolution , he was no longer able to be politically active for more than a decade. In later years he joined the Moravian Church and had numerous contacts with famous spirits of the time.

Remembrance day

May 28 in the Evangelical Name Calendar .

literature

• Heiko Haumann , Hans Schadek : History of the City of Freiburg im Breisgau , Theiss, Stuttgart 2001., ISBN 3-8062-1635-5 , pp. 698-703
• Karl Friedrich Ledderhose:  Mez, Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, pp. 664-667.
• Klaus vom Orde:  Carl Mez. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 5, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-043-3 , Sp. 1431-1443.
• Rainer Witt:  Mez, Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 410 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Mühlhäusser: Karl Mez. In: Baden biographies . (Editor Friedrich von Weech ), 3. Part, Karlsruhe 1881, pp. 82-85 online in the Baden State Library .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Carl Mez in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints

Web links

• History of MEZ sewing threads