Emil von Kessler (politician)

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Emil Keßler , from 1870 von Keßler , (born February 2, 1841 in Karlsruhe , † May 16, 1895 in Baden-Baden ) was a German entrepreneur and politician .

Life

Emil Keßler jun. was the eldest son of the mechanical engineer and company founder Emil Keßler attended the Latin schools in Karlsruhe, Esslingen am Neckar and Korntal as well as the grammar school in Stuttgart . From 1857 he was initially trained as a locksmith at the Esslingen machine factory , then at the Wasseralfingen ironworks and finally at the Stuttgart Polytechnic . In 1862 he went on a study trip that took him to Great Britain and France. In 1867 he succeeded his late father as director of the Esslingen machine factory. In 1870 the factory produced the 1000th locomotive. After the boom of the early days came to an end with the Vienna stock market crash in 1873, the machine factory also suffered from a sales crisis in the following years. In 1882 there was therefore a merger with the machine factory of the Decker & Co. brothers in Cannstatt . Keßler has been involved in the construction of the Stuttgart rack railway since 1883 as the founder and chairman of the supervisory board of the operating company listed on the stock exchange. Towards the end of 1885 he left the management of the machine factory, but remained on its board of directors for a few more years.

Emil Keßler was a member of the national liberal German party . From 1871 to 1874 he sat in the German Reichstag . He represented the constituency of Württemberg 5 ( Oberamt Esslingen , Oberamt Nürtingen , Oberamt Kirchheim , Oberamt Urach ). Since January 9, 1883, he had held a mandate for the Esslingen Oberamt in the Württemberg Chamber of Deputies , which he resigned in December 1885 for health reasons after almost three years.

Emil Keßler married Marie Kienlin in 1867 . The only child from this relationship died in 1878. Emil von Keßler had lived in Baden-Baden since 1893, where he died two years later. His grave is in Esslingen am Neckar.

Honors

In 1870 Emil Kessler was awarded the Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Order of the Württemberg Crown , which was associated with the personal title of nobility . In 1881 he was awarded the knight's cross crown.

literature

  • Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 434 f .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives . 2nd edition, Verlag Carl Heymann, Berlin 1904, p. 238.
  2. ↑ Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1877 , page 29.
  3. ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1886 , page 26.
personal data
SURNAME Kessler, Emil von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kessler, Emil; Kessler, Emil von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and politician (DP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1895
Place of death Baden-Baden