David Morgenstern

Morgenstern's parents' house in Büchenbach, 2011

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

Commons : David Morgenstern - collection of images, videos and audio files

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 .

personal data
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

[1] 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 .