David Morgenstern
David Morgenstern (born March 7, 1814 in Büchenbach near Erlangen ; died November 2, 1882 in Fürth ) was a member of the Bavarian state parliament and a tin foil manufacturer .
He attended high school in Erlangen, studied at the University of Würzburg Law and was legal intern at his political "foster father" Nicholas Titus . During his studies in 1834 he became a member of the old Erlanger fraternity Germania .
David Morgenstern was in the elections in December 1848 as the first Jewish member of parliament in Bavaria for the constituency of Erlangen-Fürth in the Second Chamber of the Bavarian Landtag elected. He was sworn in on February 4, 1849.
On April 30, 1858, for 9,000 guilders , he acquired half the share in a tin foil factory that his brother Josef Peifer Morgenstern had founded in Forchheim in 1854 . After three years he became the sole owner, the factory remained in family ownership until it was "Aryanized" in 1938 . Today, as 4-P, it is part of the Finnish Huhtamaki group.
literature
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 4: M-Q. Winter, Heidelberg 2000, ISBN 3-8253-1118-X , pp. 135-136.
- Ilse Sponsel: David Morgenstern (1814–1882), the first Jewish member of the state parliament in Bavaria . In: History and culture of the Jews in Bavaria. Resumes . (Publications on Bavarian history and culture; No. 18). Munich 1989, pp. 129-134.
- Falk Wiesemann: Morgenstern, David. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 108 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- David Morgenstern in the parliamentary database at the House of Bavarian History
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christine Bartholomäus: Dr. Fischel Arnhem . In: Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation Bayreuth (ed.): Jüdisches Bayreuth . Ellwanger, Bayreuth 2010, ISBN 978-3-925361-81-4 , pp. 106 .
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SURNAME | Morgenstern, David |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician and tin foil manufacturer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1814 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | gain |
DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 1882 |
Place of death | Fuerth |