Alexander Riess

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Alexander Riess , also Riess (born March 9, 1812 in Nauheim ; † May 31, 1868 ibid) was a Hessian landowner and politician and a member of the Second Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

Alexander Riess was the son of Lieutenant Johann Philipp Riess and his wife Catharine, née Eusser. Riess, who was Protestant, was a farmer in Nauheim and married Elisabeth nee Mörler.

From 1866 to 1868 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Estates. He was elected for the constituency of Oberhessen 14 / Nauheim . In the estates he represented liberal-conservative positions. After his death, Wilhelm Curtmann was elected as his successor.

The office of Dorheim with Nauheim was Electoral Hesse (Hessen-Kassel) until 1866 and was passed on to the Grand Duchy of Hessen (Hessen-Darmstadt) in an exchange of territory after the Prussian-Austrian War in the peace treaty of September 3, 1866 .

From 1856 to 1868 he was mayor of Nauheim.

Riess was buried in the old cemetery . His grave is no longer preserved. The Rießstraße in Bad Nauheim was named after him.

literature

  • Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 311.
  • Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , pp. 736-737.
  • Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (2nd Chamber) and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Vol. 5). Verlag des Historisches Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-922316-14-X , pp. 217-218.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b [1]
  2. ^ [2] Pages of the Alter Friedhof - Historischer Bürgerpark eV association, list of the year of death 1868, item 33
personal data
SURNAME Riess, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riess, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Member of Parliament for the Grand Duchy of Hesse
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Nauheim
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1868
Place of death Bad Nauheim