Arnold Bergstrasse

Arnold Bergsträsser (born October 5, 1841 in Breuberg , † January 5, 1897 in Darmstadt ) was a Hessian politician ( NLP ) and a former member of the 2nd Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

family

Arnold Bergsträsser was the son of the Erbach-Schönberg rent clerk and member of the Hessian state parliament Friedrich Bergsträsser (1800–1847) and his wife Anna, née Camesaca. Arnold Bergstrasse, who was of Protestant faith, married Johanna Louise Marie Anna née Diehl (1843-1893) in Darmstadt on September 8, 1868, and on September 9, 1895 in Munich, her second marriage was Erna née Brandlis.

education and profession

Arnold Bergstrasser initially did military service, became a lieutenant in the 1st Grand Ducal Hessian Infantry Regiment No. 115 on May 20, 1859 and first lieutenant on June 16, 1866. On April 16, 1867, he was retired from military service.

In 1865 he studied engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich , where he founded the Teutonia fraternity in 1865 together with a few fellow students .

He worked as a bookseller and publisher in Darmstadt. From 1855 to 1888 and from 1892 to 1897 he was a member of the Exchange Association of German Booksellers in Leipzig and President of the Publishers and Booksellers Association.

politics

In the 26th and 29th electoral period (1887-1896) Arnold Bergstrasse was a member of the second chamber of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. In the state estates he represented the Starkenburg 3 / Höchst electoral district in the Odenwald in the 26th and 27th electoral periods . In 1891 he left the state parliament (his successor was Karl Scherer ), but in the same year he moved to the chamber for the constituency of the city of Darmstadt (as successor to the late Albrecht Ohly ). He was a city councilor in Darmstadt.

Awards

Bearer of the Grand Ducal Hessian field service mark
January 23, 1878 Awarded the Prussian Crown Order IV class
March 20, 1888 Award of the Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Baden Order of the Zähringer Löwen
January 14, 1894 Awarded the Knight's Cross, First Class, of the Hessian Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous
1894 Award of the wedding medal on the occasion of the first marriage of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse

literature

Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume 1: Politicians. Sub-Volume 1: A-E. Winter, Heidelberg 1996, ISBN 3-8253-0339-X , p. 84.
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. 71.
Karl Friedrich Pfau : Bergstrasse, Arnold . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 46, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1902, p. 385 f.
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 , p. 155.
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. 62–63.

Web links

Bergstrasse, Arnold. Hessian biography. (As of January 6, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

^ Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette 1859, Supplement No. 40, p. 554.
^ Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette 1867, Supplement No. 15, p. 166.
^ Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette 1867, Supplement No. 30, p. 355.
^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume 1, Part 1. 1996, p. 84.
↑ Rack also states that he was President of the Darmstadt Chamber of Commerce . But that does not coincide with the sources there.
^ Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette 1878, Supplement No. 4, p. 32.
^ Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette 1888, Supplement No. 6, p. 42.
^ Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette 1894, Supplement No. 3, p. 15.
↑ Court and State Manual of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1896, p. 97.

personal data
SURNAME	Bergstrasse, Arnold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Member of the State Parliament of the Grand Duchy of Hesse
DATE OF BIRTH	October 5, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH	Breuberg
DATE OF DEATH	January 5, 1897
Place of death	Darmstadt

[1] Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette 1859, Supplement No. 40, p. 554.

[2] Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette 1867, Supplement No. 15, p. 166.

[3] Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette 1867, Supplement No. 30, p. 355.

[4] Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume 1, Part 1. 1996, p. 84.

[5] Rack also states that he was President of the Darmstadt Chamber of Commerce . But that does not coincide with the sources there.

[6] Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette 1878, Supplement No. 4, p. 32.

[7] Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette 1888, Supplement No. 6, p. 42.

[8] Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette 1894, Supplement No. 3, p. 15.

[9] Court and State Manual of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1896, p. 97.