Christian Zeller (politician)

Christian Felix Zeller (born September 14, 1807 in Wiernsheim ; † August 26, 1865 in Darmstadt ) was a Hessian agricultural scientist and politician and a member of the 2nd Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

Christian Zeller was the son of pastor Heinrich Friedrich Johann Zeller (1758–1833) and his wife Ludovika Dorothea, née Kerner (1778–1823). Zeller, who was a Protestant, married Auguste Karolina nee Sommerschu (1810-1891).

From 1826 he studied at the agricultural teaching, experimental and model institute in Hohenheim and in 1831 became secretary at the management of the Baden agricultural association in Karlsruhe . In 1835 he became a teacher at the local school teacher seminar and in 1838 changed to the Catholic school teacher seminar in Ettlingen . From 1839 he was permanent secretary of the Hessian agricultural associations and editor of the "Journal of the agricultural associations of the Grand Duchy of Hesse". In 1852 he became a Councilor , 1863 to secret appointed Governing Council.

From 1842 to 1847 and again from 1851 to 1862 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Estates. He was first elected for the constituency Starkenburg 10 / Breuberg-Höchst and then for the constituency Oberhessen 2 / Battenberg. In the estates he initially represented liberal and later conservative positions.

The University of Würzburg made him an honorary doctorate .

Works

• "Agricultural bookkeeping according to Hohenheim facilities and based on my own experience" (Karlsruhe 1836)
• "Instructions for tobacco growing" (Karlsruhe 1837)
• "The most useful and newer agricultural machinery and equipment" (Karlsruhe 1838)
• "Description of the ducal Baden estates at Rothenfels and Augustenburg" (Darmstadt 1842)
• "Agricultural relations" (Darmstadt 1842)
• “The meadow culture law and other measures to promote meadow culture in the Grand Duke. Hesse"
• “The effectiveness of the agr. Association in the Grand Duke. Hesse from 1831 to 1856 "(Darmstadt 1857)

literature

• C. Leisewitz :  Christian Felix Zeller . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 45, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1900, pp. 23-25.
• Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (2nd Chamber) and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Vol. 5). Verlag des Historisches Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-922316-14-X , pp. 277-278.
• Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 423.