Carl Reiss (politician)

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Carl Reiss (born February 15, 1843 in Mannheim ; † January 3, 1914 there ) was consul general and honorary citizen of the city of Mannheim and the community of Neuhofen . He and his sister Anna founded the Reiss Museum . After him, the Mannheim reserve is tearing island named.

Gravesite of Friedrich, Wilhelm and Carl Reiss, Mannheim

origin

Carl and Anna were children of Friedrich Reiss , who was Lord Mayor of Mannheim from 1849 to 1852. The mother, née Reinhardt, was a granddaughter of Johann Wilhelm Reinhardt , who was also Lord Mayor of Mannheim from 1810 to 1820.

Life

Carl Reiss married a daughter of Friedrich Engelhorn , the founder of BASF , who died early.

Reiss was involved in the founding of numerous companies. Among the best known are the Rheinische Creditbank , the Pfälzische Hypothekenbank , the Mannheimer Versicherungs- Gesellschaft and the Mannheimer rubber, guttapercha and asbestos factory.

He was a Privy Councilor of Commerce, on his 70th birthday he was appointed a Privy Councilor . Reiss was Imperial-Turkish Consul General, 1889-1891 member of the Second Chamber of the Baden Estates , the National Liberal Party , 1896-1914 City Councilor in Mannheim and 1903-1914 member of the First Chamber of the Baden Estates. The Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg awarded him an honorary doctorate , and in May 1891 he was awarded the Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Order of the Zähringer Löwen . In 1901 he was made an honorary citizen of Mannheim by a unanimous city council resolution.

estate

Tear the grave in the main cemetery in Mannheim

Having remained childless, Carl Reiss bequeathed his entire fortune to the city of Mannheim. In particular, this included:

  • the Pheasant Island, which from then on was to be called Tissue Island ,
  • his villa in E 7, 20 , which was to be made available to the mayors of Mannheim as official residence,
  • numerous company investments and credits. The assets from this should serve for a new art museum between the art gallery and Friedrichsplatz. The monumental building was to be built according to plans by Bruno Schmitz and called the tearing museum .

literature

  • Heinz Baumann: Mannheim Perspectives. Festschrift for Hans Reschke . Mannheimer Morgen , Mannheim 1974.
  • Anja Gillen: Carl Reiss . In: Ulrich Nieß , Michael Caroli (ed.): The highest award in the city. Portrait of 42 honorary citizens of Mannheim , with contributions by Birgit Arnold, editor: Andrea Hoffend. Brandt, Mannheim 2002, ISBN 3926260556 (Stadtarchiv <Mannheim>: Kleine Schriften des Stadtarchiv Mannheims; number 18).

Web links

Commons : Carl Reiss  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.alemannia-judaica.de/mosbach_texte.htm
  2. ↑ MARCHIVUM : Chronicle star . December 13, 1901. Retrieved September 29, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Tear, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1914
Place of death Mannheim