Carl Ludwig Funck

Carl Ludwig Funck (born July 11, 1852 in Frankfurt am Main ; † August 25, 1918 there ) was a leather dealer and member of the German Reichstag .

life and work

Funck attended the model school in Frankfurt and completed an apprenticeship in his father's business from 1868 to 1871. He then completed his military service year and had a stay in England for further commercial training from 1872 to 1874. Then he returned to his father's business, which he did after the death of his father in 1884 he was the sole director. He was a member of the city council in Frankfurt a. M. since 1883 and member of the Hessen-Nassau Provincial Parliament from 1877 until his death.

In 1892/93 and from 1899 to 1913 he represented Frankfurt in the Prussian House of Representatives . From 1890 to 1893 he was a member of the German Reichstag for the constituency of Wiesbaden 1 Obertaunus, Höchst, Usingen and the German Liberal Party .

In parliament, he was particularly committed to founding the University of Frankfurt . In recognition of his services, the Faculty of Law made him one of its first honorary doctorates . Funck was a member of the Board of Trustees and the Grand Council of Frankfurt University and a member of the board of directors of the New Theater .

Funckstraße is named after him in the Kuhwaldsiedlung in Frankfurt-Bockenheim .

literature

Carl Funck: Memoirs . With an introduction by Ludwig Heilbrunn. Frankfurt a. M.: Englert & Schlosser, 1921 (Frankfurter Lebensbilder; Vol. 2)
Wolfgang Klötzer (Hrsg.): Frankfurter Biographie . Personal history lexicon . First volume. A – L (= publications of the Frankfurt Historical Commission . Volume XIX , no. 1 ). Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-7829-0444-3 , p. 234-235 .

Web links

Carl Ludwig Funck in the database of members of the Reichstag
Biography of Carl Ludwig Funck . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)

Individual evidence

^ 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. 139 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3); for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 672-675.

personal data
SURNAME	Funck, Carl Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German leather merchant and politician (DFP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	July 11, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH	August 25, 1918
Place of death	Frankfurt am Main

[1] 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. 139 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3); for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 672-675.