Emil Engelhard
Emil Engelhard (born May 24, 1854 in Mannheim ; † November 21, 1920 ibid) was a German entrepreneur and politician ( DDP ).
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Emil Engelhard was born in 1854 as the son of the Mannheim entrepreneur Hermann Engelhard. After attending grammar school in Mannheim, Engelhard studied chemistry at the Technical University of Karlsruhe (1870–1872) and at the Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg (1872–1873) . From 1874 he worked in his father's wallpaper factory, in which he became a partner in 1878 . In 1878 he married Helene Grohe (1858-1919). He managed the company until 1908 and brought it "to a great reputation". In 1905 Engelhard became a member of the Mannheim Chamber of Commerce and in 1908 he was promoted to Vice-President of this corporation, whose presidency he ultimately held from 1911 until his death. Engelhard, who belonged to the National Liberal Party (NLP) in the empire and was awarded the honorary title of Privy Councilor of Commerce , became a member of the first chamber of the Baden state parliament in 1909 (until 1918) and in 1911 a city councilor in Mannheim.
After the First World War , Engelhard joined the German Democratic Party (DDP). In January 1919 he was elected for the DDP in the Weimar National Assembly, in which he represented constituency 33 (Baden). Engeldhard resigned from the National Assembly in October due to health issues. He died a year later. Engelhard's mandate was continued by Gottfried Leiser from October 1919 until the end of the meeting in June / July 1920 .
His grave in the main cemetery in Mannheim consists of a partially open aedicule on a simple base made of shell limestone . Under a gable it has a writing plate with a decorative frieze. In front of it is a crypt entrance closed by a plate with a bronze handle ring.
Web links
- Emil Engelhard in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Speeches by Emil Engelhard in the Baden state parliament in the digital collections of the Badische Landesbibliothek
Individual evidence
- ^ Rudolf Haas: The Palatinate on the Rhine. 2000 years of national, cultural and economic history. 1968, p. 308.
- ↑ Mannheim City Archives : Mannheim in Plakaten, 1900-1933. On the occasion of the International Archive Weeks 1979. 1979, p. 44.
- ↑ Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg (ed.): Badische Biographien , New Series, Volume 1, 1982, p. 107.
- ^ W. Münkel: The cemeteries in Mannheim . SVA 1992, p. 103.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Engelhard, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneurs and politicians (DDP) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 1920 |
| Place of death | Mannheim |