Franz Joseph Keßler

Franz Joseph Keßler (born July 1, 1838 in Lohr am Main ; † June 18, 1904 there ) was Mayor of Lohr and a member of the German Reichstag .

Life

Keßler attended the Latin school in Lohr, the grammar school in Aschaffenburg and the University of Würzburg . At first he was a legal engineer after passing the state bankruptcy, since 1868 a functionary at the regional court Hammelburg and from October 1868 to the end of 1869 legal counsel at the city magistrate in Würzburg . From 1869 he was mayor of his hometown Lohr for many years. During his term of office, the construction of the Main Bridge (1872), the construction of the Lohr-Wertheim railway line and the forestry school (1883) as well as the expansion of the Latin school into a grammar school fall. Since 1881 he was a member of the Bavarian State Parliament and the finance committee. He exercised this mandate until his death.

From 1893 to 1898 he was a member of the German Reichstag for the constituency of Lower Franconia 3 ( Lohr , Karlstadt , Hammelburg , Marktheidenfeld , Gemünden ) and the German Center Party .

There is a Bürgermeister-Keßler-Platz in Lohr.

Web links

Franz Joseph Keßler in the parliamentary database at the House of Bavarian History
Franz Joseph Keßler in the database of members of the Reichstag
Biography of Franz Josef Kessler . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)

Individual evidence

^ 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 2, Droste, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 1091-1093.

personal data
SURNAME	Kessler, Franz Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kessler, Franz Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German mayor and politician (center), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	July 1, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lohr am Main
DATE OF DEATH	June 18, 1904
Place of death	Lohr am Main

[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 2, Droste, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 1091-1093.