Felix Schwabach

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Felix Schwabach as a member of the Reichstag in 1912

Felix Schwabach (born June 20, 1855 in Sondershausen ; † January 6, 1928 in Berlin ) was a Prussian civil servant and German national liberal politician.

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Schwabach came from a Jewish family and later converted to Protestantism. He studied law and political science . In 1888 he became a court assessor and joined the Prussian state railway administration as a government assessor that same year . In 1889 Schwabach was promoted to government councilor. After 1893 he was successively a member of the railway management of Allenstein , Aachen and Altona . In 1903 he left the civil service with the rank of secret government councilor. Schwabach became a millionaire through marriage. In 1904 he went on a study trip to North America with Wilhelm Hoff on behalf of the Prussian Ministry of Public Works. The research on the American railways was published later.

Politically, Schwabach belonged to the national liberal party. Within the party he belonged to the left wing. He was a member of the central board and the executive committee of the party.

From 1907 to 1918 he was a member of the Reichstag as a member of the electoral district of the Reichstag electoral district of Königsberg 1 ). For a legislative period from 1908 to 1913 he was also a member of the Prussian House of Representatives .

In parliament, the railroad was one of his central topics. As a representative of the Memel-Heydekrug constituency, he also campaigned for the Lithuanian-speaking minority. He defended them as loyal citizens and condemned the attempt to ban the Lithuanian language.

He did not stand out in parliaments, but had great influence within the party. During the First World War he condemned - like the majority of the party - the policies of Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg . In 1917 he played a role in the overthrow of the Chancellor. After the end of the empire Schwabach's political role came to an end.

Felix Schwabach died after a serious illness on January 6, 1928 in his house in Berlin.

Publications

  • with Wilhelm Hoff: North American Railways. Your administration and economic management. Springer, Berlin 1906.
    • English: North American railroads. Their administration and economic policy. The Germania press, New York City [1906] ( digitized version ).

literature

  • Minutes of the Prussian State Ministry. Volume 9, p. 417 ( digital copy ; PDF; 2.9 MB)
  • Ernest Hamburger : Jews in public life in Germany: members of the government, civil servants and parliamentarians in the monarchist era. 1848-1918. Mohr, Tübingen 1968, p. 360f. ( Google Books ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890-1918. Alliances, results, candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 15). Half volume 1, Droste, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 4-9.
  2. ^ 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. 358 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3)
  3. ↑ Death of the Privy Councilor a. D. Felix Schwabach .. In:  Neue Freie Presse , January 8, 1928, p. 8 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp
personal data
SURNAME Schwabach, Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German civil servant and politician (NLP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Sondershausen
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1928
Place of death Berlin