Franz Joseph Giessler

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Franz Joseph Giessler
Franz Joseph Giessler

Franz Joseph Gießler (born October 7, 1854 in Kurzell , Grand Duchy of Baden , † April 7, 1923 in Lenzkirch ) was a German lawyer and Baden politician.

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Gießler studied law at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau and joined the Baden judicial service in 1874. He became a local judge in Engen in 1884 , and from 1894 in Mannheim , where he was promoted to district court director and head of the court in 1900. From 1915 Franz Joseph Gießler worked as district court director in Mosbach and retired in 1920.

In addition, the lawyer from 1893 to 1908 was one of the central deputy of the Second Chamber of the Badische States General (parliament Baden) that served as the Mannheim city councilor and was a member of the Reich Committee of the Center. 1909–1915 he headed the Mannheim Center Party as chairman.

Franz Joseph Gießler was a devout Catholic, an activist at several German Catholic Days (e.g. 1907 in Würzburg , 1909 in Breslau ) and since 1902 a member of the Central Committee of German Catholic Assemblies . 1908–1915 he was a member of the Reich Executive Committee of the People's Association for Catholic Germany . In addition, the lawyer was involved in charities and chaired the “rescue facility for neglected Catholics”. Girls ” in Mannheim-Käfertal ; In the “District Association for Social Justice Mannheim” he was one of the main members.

The journalist Rupert Gießler (1896–1980), Nazi victim and co-founder of the Badische Zeitung , was his son.

literature

  • Rupert Gießler: Joseph Gießler to the memory , in: Memorandum for the 40th anniversary of the New Mannheimer Volksblatt , Mannheim, October 1928, pages 37-39
  • Hans Jürgen Kremer: The Grand Duchy of Baden in the political reporting of the Prussian ambassadors, 1871-1918 , page 563, Kohlhammer Verlag, 1990, ISBN 3170110381 ; Excerpt from the source
  • Walther Killy: Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie (DBE) , Volume 4, Page 5, 1999, ISBN 3598231865 ; Excerpt from the source

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Website of the district association for social justice in Mannheim, Franz Joseph Gießler as 4th person ( memento of the original from January 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bezirksverein-mannheim.de
  2. ↑ Walther Killy: German biographical encyclopedia (DBE) , Volume 4, Page 5, 1999, ISBN 3598231865 ; Excerpt from the source on Rupert Gießler
personal data
SURNAME Giessler, Franz Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Giessler, Franz Josef; Giessler, Franz Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Short
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1923
Place of death Lenzkirch