Alexander zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (politician)

Alexander Prince zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst , also called Alexander von Hohenlohe (born August 6, 1862 in Lindau ; † May 26, 1924 (according to other information: May 16, 1924) in Badenweiler ), was a diplomat, publicist and member of the German Reichstag .

Alexander von Hohenlohe, 1902

Life

Alexander zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst was the son of Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst and attended high school in Wiesbaden and then studied law at the universities of Graz , Vienna , Paris , Leipzig and Göttingen . However, he did not succeed in passing the state examination in law. In 1886 he nevertheless became a trainee lawyer in the civil administration of Alsace-Lorraine in Strasbourg , the boss of which was his father as imperial governor.

After his father became Chancellor, he followed him to Berlin and was Imperial Legation Councilor and assistant worker in the Foreign Office in Berlin from 1894 to 1898. In May 1898, his father pushed through his appointment as Imperial District President for Upper Alsace in Colmar .

From 1893 to 1903 he was a member of the German Reichstag for the constituency Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen 10 ( Hagenau , Weißenburg ). In the Reichstag he was initially a member of the Reich Party , was elected as a candidate for the German Conservative Party in 1898 and was ultimately non-attached. In 1903 he ran as an independent conservative, but was narrowly defeated in the runoff election. His social liberal stance earned him the nickname “Red Prince”.

After the death of his father, he printed his memoir against the express wish of the emperor. The emperor forced his resignation as district president.

He later lived in Switzerland and spoke out against the use of gas in the First World War . These pacifist writings at the latest led to Alexander's break with his family. After a long illness he died in poor conditions.

On July 23, 1903, he was made an honorary citizen by the Weißenburg local council.

Fonts

Alexander von Hohenlohe: From my life . Frankfurter Societät, Frankfurt am Main 1925.

literature

Hermann Hiery: Reichstag elections in the Reichsland. A contribution to the regional history of Alsace-Lorraine and the electoral history of the German Empire 1871–1918. Droste, Düsseldorf 1986, ISBN 3-7700-5132-7 , pp. 457-458.
Volker Stalmann: The "red" prince. Prince Alexander zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1862–1924). In: Zeitschrift für Württembergische Landesgeschichte (ZWLG) 63 (2004), pp. 271–308.
Patrick Bormann: Prince Alexander zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1862-1924). The noble “peace friend” in exile in Switzerland. In: Alma Hannig, Martina Winkelhofer-Thyri (eds.): The Hohenlohe family. A European dynasty in the 19th and 20th centuries . Verlag Böhlau, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-41222201-7 , pp. 157-179.

Web links

Commons : Alexander zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Alexander zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst in the database of members of the Reichstag
Biography of Alexander Prince Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
Newspaper article about Alexander zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .

Individual evidence

^ Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890-1918. Alliances, results, candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 15). Half volume 2, Droste, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 1535-1538; compare also Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 302.
↑ Ernst Hüsmert, Gerd Giesler (ed.): Carl Schmitt. The military period 1915 to 1919. Diary February to December 1915. Articles and materials. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-05-004079-3 , p. 394.

personal data
SURNAME	Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Alexander zu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, Alexander Prinz zu; Hohenlohe, Alexander von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German diplomat, journalist and politician, MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	August 6, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lindau (Lake Constance)
DATE OF DEATH	May 26, 1924
Place of death	Badenweiler

[1] Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890-1918. Alliances, results, candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 15). Half volume 2, Droste, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 1535-1538; compare also Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 302.

[2] Ernst Hüsmert, Gerd Giesler (ed.): Carl Schmitt. The military period 1915 to 1919. Diary February to December 1915. Articles and materials. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-05-004079-3 , p. 394.