Benedict Lever

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Benedict Lever

Benedikt Hebel (born March 31, 1865 in Westerheim near Ottobeuren , † February 26, 1922 in Augsburg ) was a Roman Catholic priest and member of the Reichstag for the Center Party and the Bavarian People's Party (BVP).

Life and career

After finishing high school in Dillingen, he studied theology in Munich from 1886 to 1890 . Ordained a priest in 1890, he worked as a chaplain in Pfronten and Mittelberg near Kempten . From 1892 to 1896 he had a benefit in Illertissen . From 1896 to 1902, Hebel acted as pastor in Dietershofen near Illertissen , from 1902 to 1918 in Wiedergeltingen near Mindelheim, where he was appointed dean . From October 1918 until his death, he was the cathedral capitular in Augsburg.

Political and association functions

Lever was active early on in improving agricultural conditions in his communities and held numerous honorary positions in agricultural associations. His work as secretary and secretary of the Swabian Christian Farmers' Association from 1898 to 1918 was particularly important. In addition, the priest gained fame through agricultural publications. He was politically active in the Center Party, which he led temporarily as chairman in the Schwaben constituency. Due to his commitment to agriculture, he was a candidate for the center in the Chamber of Deputies in 1899 , to which he was a member until 1907, and in 1903 in the constituency of Illertissen-Memmingen-Neu-Ulm (Schwaben 4) in the Reichstag until 1918 . Also in the Weimar National Assembly he got on the center list of the new constituency 24, which included the administrative districts of Upper Bavaria and Swabia . After the revolution of 1918 , the Bavarian regional association broke away from the center and became independent as the Bavarian People's Party . On February 24, 1920, Hebel resigned his mandate in the National Assembly in protest against the decision of the BVP's National Assembly to dissolve the working group with the center.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Election results in 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. 1111–1114.

literature

  • Bernd Haunfelder : Member of the Reichstag of the German Center Party 1871–1933. Biographical handbook and historical photographs (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 4). Droste, Düsseldorf 1999, ISBN 3-7700-5223-4 , p. 176.

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personal data
SURNAME Lever, Benedict
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (BVP, center), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Westerheim near Ottobeuren
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1922
Place of death augsburg