Friedrich Elz

Friedrich Elz (born March 30, 1848 in Alzey ; † May 9, 1915 in Darmstadt ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian and member of parliament .

Elz was the son of the carpenter Peter Elz (1804-1870) and his wife Catharina nee Schmitt (1816-1883). He attended high school in Mainz and studied theology at the German College in Rome from 1868 to 1874. On June 7, 1873 he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in Rome. From 1874 to 1887 he was chaplain in Mainz and from 1887 to 1888 parish administrator in Viernheim and then in Gießen . There he was pastor from 1888 to 1891 and from 1891 was pastor in Darmstadt. In 1894 he became dean and in 1898 a clergyman . In 1905 he received the title of honorary cathedral chapter in Mainz .

In 1867 he was the founder of the General Association of Catholic Business Associations and in 1881 the founder of the Merkuria magazine.

As a representative for Bishop Heinrich Brück he was a member of the First Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse in 1903 . He took his parliamentary oath on March 26, 1903.

literature

• Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , pp. 266-267.

Web links

• Elz, Friedrich. Hessian biography. (As of March 30, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).