Carl Overweg

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Carl Overweg

Carl Overweg (born November 28, 1805 in Unna ; † May 27, 1876 in Letmathe , today a district of Iserlohn ; full name: Carl Adolph Overweg ) was a German politician and industrialist.

Entrepreneurial career

After studying law in Bonn, where he became a member of the Corps Guestphalia , Overweg entered the Prussian civil service in 1826 . From 1830 he worked as a judicial commissioner (i.e. lawyer ) in Iserlohn and Hohenlimburg . In 1842 he became a landowner and in 1852 he bought the Letmathe house . He was a member of the general commission for brand division.

He was involved in mining and founded the Letmather zinc smelter . He rose to become an influential industrialist through supervisory and administrative board mandates at Hibernia AG , Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft , Deutsche Bank AG and A. Schaaffhausen'schen Bankverein . Due to his entrepreneurial achievements, he was also a judge at the world exhibitions in Paris and London.

In addition to these supraregional activities, he also played an important role in promoting industry in the Sauerland in the Brandenburg region , for example as President of the Iserlohn Chamber of Commerce . Due to his political influence he was responsible for the construction of the "Iserlohner Bahn" (1864), during the expansion of which in 1868 the Dechen cave was discovered.

Political influence

Overweg was a non-attached member of the Frankfurt National Assembly for Iserlohn from November 10, 1848 to May 20, 1849 , in 1850 he was a member of the Erfurt Union Parliament and until 1852 a member of the First Chamber of the Prussian State Parliament. From 1858 to 1873 he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives, from 1871 to 1874 he was a member of the Reichstag for the constituency of the administrative district of Arnsberg 3 (Iserlohn-Altena). In the Reichstag he was a member of the national liberal parliamentary group. He always belonged to moderately left or liberal factions.

Carl Overweg was accepted into the Freemason Lodge for German Righteousness in Iserlohn in 1833 .

family

His son August Overweg also became a politician. His grandson Friedrich Overweg (born in Letmathe) sold the entire property of Haus Letmathe to Prince Adolf zu Bentheim, Tecklenburg and Rheda in 1918 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 10 , 29
  2. ↑ Bernhard Mann (arrangement) with the assistance of Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh , Thomas Kühne : Biographisches Handbuch für das Prussische Abrafenhaus 1867–1918 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , p. 293; 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. 617-620.
  3. ^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd edition, Verlag Carl Heymann, Berlin 1904, p. 141; see. also A. Phillips (Ed.): The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1883. Statistics of the elections for the constituent and North German Reichstag, for the customs parliament, as well as for the first five legislative periods of the German Reichstag. Verlag Louis Gerschel, Berlin 1883, p. 89; see. also: Georg Hirth (Ed.): German Parliament Almanach. 9th edition of May 9, 1871. Verlag Franz Duncker, Berlin 1868, p. 236.

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SURNAME Overweg, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Overweg, Carl Adolph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (LRP), MdR and industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Unna
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1876
Place of death Letmathe