Felix Hoesch

Felix Hoesch as a member of the Reichstag in 1912

Felix Alwin Hoesch (born August 24, 1866 in Düren , † September 17, 1933 in Goslar ) was a farmer, landowner and member of the German Reichstag .

Life

Coming from the Rhenish industrialist family Hoesch , Felix Hoesch attended high schools in Düren and Cologne , then the Technical University in Braunschweig . Here he became a member of the Corps Teutonia in the summer semester of 1885 . For six years he completed a partly practical, partly scientific training, the latter at the Agricultural University in Berlin. In 1890 he bought the manor Neukirchen b. Seehausen, Krs. Osterburg, Altmark, initially with 350 hectares, later 625 hectares through further acquisitions. He was in the Landsturm , district deputy of the Osterburg district and a district councilor there, as well as dike captain , head of department, member of the Chamber of Agriculture (province of Saxony) and chairman of the animal breeding committee at the same.

Cold blood breeding

He was chairman of the breeding cooperative for the Rhenish-German draft horse, which rejected the then widespread use of the Shire horse breed and converted it completely to the Belgian draft horse and in 1910 joined the horse breeding association for the province of Saxony, whose chairman Hoesch remained until 1933. From 1921 he was also elected chairman of the Reich Association of German Cold Blood Breeders.

Animal breeding

The German Society for Zuchtungskunde elected him in 1905 as its first chairman, from 1923 as honorary chairman.

In pig breeding, Hoesch and its breeding herd played a decisive role in the development of the German refined country pig as a new breed. He has been a member of the German Agricultural Society (DLG) since 1889 and was elected to many bodies of this organization: in 1904 as a member of the committee for pig breeding, in 1919 as a member of the committee for horse breeding, in 1921 as chairman of the pig breeding department and in 1921 as a member of the executive committee and Chairman of the Special Committee on Cold Blood Breeding. He sent cattle, horses and pigs to several touring exhibitions of the DLG and won many awards. In addition, Hoesch was still in the agricultural district representation of the Osterburg district and chairman of the agricultural association Seehausen (Altmark).

Awards

Hoesch received the Red Eagle Order IV class , in 1902 the honorary title of Royal Economics Councilor , and in 1914 he was promoted to Dr. phil. hc from the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Halle . In 1916 he received the badge of honor from the Chamber of Agriculture of the Province of Saxony and in 1917 the Iron Cross . Hoesch was an honorary economist.

politics

From 1913 to 1918 he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives and from 1912 he was a member of the German Reichstag for the constituency administrative district Magdeburg 2 ( Stendal , Osterburg ) and the German Conservative Party . His mandate was declared invalid on March 26, 1914. Between 1924 and 1928 he was a member of the Prussian Landtag for the DNVP .

Web links

Hoesch, Felix Alwin in the database of members of the Reichstag
Biography of Felix Alwin Hoesch . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)

Individual evidence

↑ Bernd-A. Kahe, Alfred Priemeier, Ernst Battmer, Nils Höpken: Corps lists of the Braunschweig Seniors' Convent in the WSC, Teutonia, No. 43.Braunschweig 1990.
↑ Leicoma
^ Mann, Bernhard (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne . Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 185 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3); for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 402-404.
↑ Imperial Statistical Office (Ed.): The Reichstag elections of 1912 . Issue 2. Berlin: Verlag von Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, 1913, p. 88 (Statistics of the German Reich, Vol. 250)

personal data
SURNAME	Hoesch, Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hoesch, Felix Alwin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German farmer, landowner and politician (German Conservative Party, DNVP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	August 24, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH	Düren
DATE OF DEATH	September 17, 1933
Place of death	Goslar

[1] Bernd-A. Kahe, Alfred Priemeier, Ernst Battmer, Nils Höpken: Corps lists of the Braunschweig Seniors' Convent in the WSC, Teutonia, No. 43.Braunschweig 1990.

[2] Leicoma

[3] Mann, Bernhard (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne . Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 185 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3); for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 402-404.

[4] Imperial Statistical Office (Ed.): The Reichstag elections of 1912 . Issue 2. Berlin: Verlag von Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, 1913, p. 88 (Statistics of the German Reich, Vol. 250)