Franz Biener

Franz Hermann Biener (born March 4, 1866 in Schandau , † June 13, 1940 in Chemnitz ) was a German politician ( DNVP , WP ).

Life and work

After attending the community school in Schandau, Biener, who was of Protestant faith, completed an apprenticeship as a baker, which he completed in 1883 with the journeyman's examination. In 1891, in the meantime he had passed the master craftsman's examination, he set up his own bakery in Chemnitz . In 1898 he was elected head master of the Chemnitz bakers' guild. He was a co-founder and until 1922 chairman of the protection association for trade and commerce in Chemnitz. He was also the chairman of the Association of Insurance Companies for Self-Employed Businesses in Saxony . In 1911 he was involved in founding the Chemnitz commercial bank.

Political party

During the German Empire, Biener was a member of the Deutsch-Völkischer Verein in Chemnitz and ran for the anti-Semitic German Reform Party . In 1918 he took part in the founding of the DNVP , from which he resigned in 1930 to join the Reich Party of German Mittelstandes (Economic Party).

MP

From 1897 on, Biener was a member of the city council of Chemnitz .

From 1909 to 1918 Biener was a member of the Second Chamber of the Saxon Estates Assembly . There he joined the conservative faction as an intern. He was a member of the Weimar National Assembly in 1919/20 , after which he was a member of the Reichstag until July 1932 .

Honors

The Obermeister Franz Biener Foundation , which was established in 1923 and dissolved during the National Socialist era, was named after Biener . Its task was to provide old-age provision for old and disabled bakers. Biener is also immortalized as a baker and member of the Reichstag from Heinrich-Beck-Straße in Chemnitz in the story Kaßberg by Stephan Hermlin . In 2010, the Chemnitz Bakers' Guild awarded the Franz Biener Prize for the first time .

Web links

Franz Biener in the database of members of the Reichstag

Individual evidence

^ Elvira Döscher, Wolfgang Schröder: Saxon Parliamentarians 1869–1918. The deputies of the Second Chamber of the Kingdom of Saxony in the mirror of historical photographs. A biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 5). Droste, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-7700-5236-6 , pp. 102 and 349.
↑ Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdR. The Reichstag members of the Weimar Republic during the National Socialist era. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation 1933–1945. A biographical documentation , Droste, Düsseldorf 1991, ISBN 978-3-7700-5162-5 , p. 39.
↑ Award of Honor - Chemnitz Bakers Guild awards honorary award for the first time , website of the Chemnitz Bakers Guild, accessed on November 24, 2018.

personal data
SURNAME	Biener, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Biener, Franz Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (DNVP, WP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	March 4, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schandau on the Elbe
DATE OF DEATH	June 13, 1940
Place of death	Chemnitz

[1] Elvira Döscher, Wolfgang Schröder: Saxon Parliamentarians 1869–1918. The deputies of the Second Chamber of the Kingdom of Saxony in the mirror of historical photographs. A biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 5). Droste, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-7700-5236-6 , pp. 102 and 349.

[2] Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdR. The Reichstag members of the Weimar Republic during the National Socialist era. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation 1933–1945. A biographical documentation , Droste, Düsseldorf 1991, ISBN 978-3-7700-5162-5 , p. 39.

[3] Award of Honor - Chemnitz Bakers Guild awards honorary award for the first time , website of the Chemnitz Bakers Guild, accessed on November 24, 2018.