Carl Blell

Johann Carl Friedrich Otto Blell (born August 10, 1838 in Brandenburg an der Havel , † June 15, 1914 there ) was a German wholesale merchant and liberal member of parliament.

Blell attended high school and the knight academy in Dom Brandenburg . Then he came to the Thudichum Pension in Geneva . Blell later worked as a merchant in North America . After his return, he ran a cloth export business in Brandenburg with a branch in Bucharest from 1894 . Blell traveled extensively for his business. In 1898 Blell was the initiator and president of the Brandenburg Chamber of Commerce . He was also chairman of the supervisory board of the Brandenburg Bank Association. He was also director of the Association of Credit Cooperatives for West Brandenburg.

In the city of Brandenburg, Blell was a councilor and in 1892, together with a library association, suggested the establishment of the city library as the first open access library in the province of Brandenburg based on the model of the English public library .

Politically, Blell belonged to the Free People's Party . For this he was a member of the Reichstag from 1898 to 1907 and of the Prussian House of Representatives from 1904 to 1918 . In this he represented the constituency Frankfurt 4 ( Frankfurt a. O. (city), Lebus ). From 1908 to 1914 he was secretary of the House of Representatives.

literature

Minutes of the Prussian State Ministry. Volume 9, p. 334 ( digital copy ; PDF; 2.9 MB)
A. Plate: Handbook for the Prussian House of Representatives. Edition for the 20th legislative period. Berlin, 1904 p. 294

Web links

Blell, Johann Carl Friedrich Otto in the database of members of the Reichstag
Biography of Carl Blell . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)

Individual evidence

^ Friedhilde Krause, Gerhard Heitz, Ina-Maria Treuter, Bernhard Fabian, Karen Kloth: Handbook of the historical book inventory in Germany. Georg Olms Verlag, 1996, p. 274
^ Mann, Bernhard (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne . Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 70 (Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: Vol. 3)

personal data
SURNAME	Blell, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Blell, Johann Carl Friedrich Otto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German wholesale merchant and liberal member of parliament
DATE OF BIRTH	August 10, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brandenburg on the Havel
DATE OF DEATH	June 15, 1914
Place of death	Brandenburg on the Havel

[1] Friedhilde Krause, Gerhard Heitz, Ina-Maria Treuter, Bernhard Fabian, Karen Kloth: Handbook of the historical book inventory in Germany. Georg Olms Verlag, 1996, p. 274

[2] Mann, Bernhard (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne . Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 70 (Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: Vol. 3)