Andreas Zöppritz

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Johann Andreas Zöppritz (born September 26, 1760 in Darmstadt ; † April 28, 1826 there ) was a Hessian entrepreneur and liberal politician and former member of the 2nd Chamber of the Land estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

family

Andreas Zöppritz was the son of the grocer Christian Heinrich Zöppritz (1728-1801) and his wife Maria Elisabeth née Emmerich (1728-1807). Andreas Zöppritz, who was a Protestant denomination, married Katharina Margaretha, née Schwarz (1774–1856), on May 29, 1794 in Darmstadt. The marriage produced six sons.

  1. Johann Jakob Christian Zöppritz (1796–1879, co-founder of the company Gebr. Zoeppritz ceiling factory in Mergelstetten) and member of the state parliament
  2. Johann Ludwig (Louis) Zöppritz (1802–1881), merchant and wool spinning mill owner in Darmstadt
  3. Georg Gottfried Zöppritz (1804–1892), co-founder of the company Gebr. Zoeppritz ceiling factory in Mergelstetten, landowner on Ganterhof near Ravensburg
  4. Johann Wilhelm Zöppritz (1806–1866), landlord in Fürstenberg near Paderborn, then to Burgstall near Rothenburg od Tauber
  5. Carl Adam Zöppritz (1812–1900), Kgl. Württemberg. Kommerzienrat , 1892 Secret Kommerzienrat, member of the 2nd Hessian Chamber of Estates
  6. Johann Friedrich Zöppritz (1814–1861), pharmacy owner in New York

education and profession

Andreas Zöppritz was a businessman in Darmstadt. There he founded a wool mill and a blanket and flannel factory in Pfungstadt .

politics

In the 1st and 2nd electoral periods (1820-1824) Andreas Zöppritz was a member of the second chamber of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. In the state estates he represented the constituency of the city of Darmstadt .

literature

  • 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 , p. 281.
  • 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. 427.

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