Adam Flesch
Adam Flesch (until 1859 Jacob Gustav Flesch ) (born June 2, 1819 in Frankfurt am Main ; † November 28, 1892 there ) was a German doctor and politician .
Flesch was originally Jewish and the son of the ironmonger Gustav (Hirsch) Flesch (1791–1856). He studied medicine and was awarded a doctorate in Berlin on August 2, 1839. med. PhD. He was an assistant doctor in Halle, Würzburg and Paris. From 1841 he then lived as a pediatrician in the Free City of Frankfurt . From the 1851 marriage with Florence Creizenach (1832-1894), the daughter of the rabbi Michael Creizenach (* May 16, 1789, † August 5, 1842), the common sons Karl Flesch and Max Flesch emerged. In 1859 the whole family converted to the Evangelical Lutheran faith and he took the first name Adam. As a result, he lost many well-paying Jewish patients.
He was also politically active and in 1865 was a substitute member of the legislative body of the Free City of Frankfurt.
literature
- Paul Arnsberg : The history of the Frankfurt Jews since the French Revolution. Volume III: Biographical lexicon of the Jews in the areas: science, culture, education, public relations in Frankfurt am Main . Eduard Roether Verlag, Darmstadt 1983, ISBN 3-7929-0130-7 , p. 531.
- Andrea Hopp: Jewish bourgeoisie in Frankfurt am Main in the 19th century, 1997, ISBN 978-3-515-06985-4 , p. 143, digitized
Web links
- Flesch, Adam. Hessian biography (as of November 28, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on October 5, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Flesch, Adam |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Flesch, Jacob Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor, Frankfurt politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 28, 1892 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |