Franz Hessenland

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Franz Hessenland (born November 5, 1798 in Magdeburg , † April 21, 1866 in Stettin ; full name Johann Franz Valentin Hessenland ) was a German print shop owner , publisher and politician .

Hessenland's father was a printer and bookseller in Magdeburg. After his death, Hessenland's mother moved to Stettin with her children in 1810. Here Franz Hessenland learned the trade of printer, but then worked from 1819 to 1829 in a wood shop.

In 1829 Hessenland bought his uncle, Georg Karl Wilhelm Struck, his printing and publishing business, which went back to the book printing company founded in the 16th century by Georg Rhete . Hessenland ran the business under the company F. Hessenland . From 1835 he printed the Ostsee-Zeitung , initially under the title Börsen-Nachrichten der Ostsee , and became its owner in 1850. The F. Hessenland company developed into a large company that later existed in Stettin until 1945.

Hessenland was first elected city ​​councilor in Stettin in 1830 , and later he was also head of the city ​​council . In 1848 he emerged as head of the city council when, on March 14, at the first public session of the city council, he successfully submitted a petition to King Friedrich Wilhelm IV to convene the United State Parliament again.

Hessenland was elected deputy member of the Pomeranian Provincial Parliament for the city of Stettin in 1845 . In 1848 he took part in the United State Parliament for the city of Stettin .

Franz Hessenland had been married to Louise Amalie , a daughter of the Szczecin baker Martin Lentz , since 1830 . The daughter Franziska Louise Auguste married Karl August Redies , who had been Hessenland's partner since 1853. Redies (in 1869 when von Redei was raised to the nobility) continued the company after Hessenland's death in 1866, initially together with his widow. Another daughter of Hessen, Marie , married the businessman Wilhelm Heinrich Meyer , who was also involved in the company.

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Martin Wehrmann : History of the city of Stettin. Leon Saunier's bookstore, Stettin 1911, p. 473. (Reprint: Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg 1993, ISBN 3-89350-119-3 )
  2. ^ Rudolf Schmidt : German booksellers. German book printer. Volume 3. Berlin, Eberswalde 1905, pp. 436-440 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Hessenland, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hessenland, Johann Franz Valentin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German print shop owner, publisher and politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1866
Place of death Szczecin