Karl Matthias Schiffer

Karl Matthias Schiffer (born October 2, 1867 in Süchteln , † 1930 in Berlin ) was a leading functionary of the Christian trade unions in Germany and since 1905 chairman of the general association of Christian trade unions in Germany. He was also a politician for the German Center Party .

education and profession

After attending primary school in Süchteln , Schiffer completed an apprenticeship as a velvet weaver . Later he worked as a cotton weaver and factory weaver.

Trade unionists

In 1895 he joined the local Catholic workers' association in Bocholt. In 1899 he was one of the founders of the Christian trade unions. From 1900 he was a full-time trade union official in the Christian trade unions . Between 1900 and 1904 he was also editor of the magazine “Christian Textile Workers”, the newspaper of the Central Association of Christian Textile Workers in Germany. In 1905 he was chairman of the general association of Christian trade unions in Germany.

Political party

Schiffer was a member of the German Center Party.

Mandates

Schiffer was a city councilor in Krefeld in 1903/04, and in Düsseldorf since 1907. He belonged to the Reichstag of the Empire from 1907 to 1918 for the constituency of Münster 3 Recklinghausen - Borken . His nomination as a candidate met with considerable resistance within the Center Party in 1907, because the upper-class and agrarian circles of the center wanted to hold on to the previous Reichstag member, Jakob Euler . From the election to the German National Assembly on January 19, 1919, he was a member of the Weimar National Assembly until his resignation in September .

Individual evidence

^ Compare short biography in: Bureau des Reichstag (ed.): Reichstag manual. Twelfth legislative term. Completed April 3, 1907 . Berlin: Norddeutsche Druckerei und Verlagsanstalt, p. 357, picture on page 480
↑ Imperial Statistical Office (Ed.): Statistics of the Reichstag elections of 1907. Berlin: Verlag von Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, 1907, p. 86 (special publication on the quarterly books on statistics of the German Reich) - Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: Die Reichstag elections of 1867 to 1907. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd edition supplemented by an appendix. Addendum. The Reichstag election of 1907 (12th legislative period). Verlag Carl Heymann, Berlin 1908 p. 37 - Imperial Statistical Office (Ed.): The Reichstag elections of 1912 . Issue 2. Berlin: Verlag von Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, 1913, p. 91 (Statistics of the German Reich, vol. 250)
^ 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 1, Droste, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 685-688.

Web links

Literature by and about Karl Matthias Schiffer in the catalog of the German National Library
Karl Matthias Schiffer in the database of members of the Reichstag

personal data
SURNAME	Schiffer, Karl Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (center), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	October 2, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH	Addicts
DATE OF DEATH	1930
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Compare short biography in: Bureau des Reichstag (ed.): Reichstag manual. Twelfth legislative term. Completed April 3, 1907 . Berlin: Norddeutsche Druckerei und Verlagsanstalt, p. 357, picture on page 480

[2] Imperial Statistical Office (Ed.): Statistics of the Reichstag elections of 1907. Berlin: Verlag von Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, 1907, p. 86 (special publication on the quarterly books on statistics of the German Reich) - Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: Die Reichstag elections of 1867 to 1907. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd edition supplemented by an appendix. Addendum. The Reichstag election of 1907 (12th legislative period). Verlag Carl Heymann, Berlin 1908 p. 37 - Imperial Statistical Office (Ed.): The Reichstag elections of 1912 . Issue 2. Berlin: Verlag von Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, 1913, p. 91 (Statistics of the German Reich, vol. 250)

[3] 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 1, Droste, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 685-688.