Friedrich Forkel

Johann Friedrich Forkel (born November 17, 1822 in Coburg ; † July 18, 1890 there ) was a lawyer, honorary citizen of Coburg and a member of the German Reichstag .

Life

Forkel was a high school student in Coburg from 1835 to 1841 and studied law in Jena and Heidelberg from 1841 to 1844 . During his studies he became a member of the Arminia fraternity in the Burgkeller in 1841 and of the Walhalla Heidelberg fraternity in 1843 . In 1848 he became a lawyer and from 1849 to 1858 he was also a provisional public prosecutor . He has been a member of the German Lawyers' Association since it was founded.

Since 1853 he was a member, from 1856 chairman of the city council in Coburg. From 1852 to 1856 he was a member and secretary of the Special Landtag in Coburg and the joint Landtag in Coburg and Gotha . Between 1860 and 1864 he was again a member of both state parliaments.

Between 1867 and 1871 he was a member of the North German Reichstag and from 1877 to 1881 of the German Reichstag for the National Liberal Party and the Coburg constituency.

In 1884 he became an honorary citizen of the city of Coburg.

literature

Hermann Kalkoff (Ed.): National Liberal Parliamentarians 1867–1917 of the Reichstag and the individual state parliaments. Contributions to party history. Publication distribution center of the National Liberal Party of Germany, Berlin 1917.
Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867–1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 (with picture).
Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 2: F-H. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0809-X , pp. 57-58.

Web links

Forkel, Friedrich in the database of members of the Reichstag
Friedrich Forkel biography . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)

Individual evidence

^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 283.
↑ Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867-1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 , photo p. 123, short biography p. 401.

personal data
SURNAME	Forkel, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Forkel, Johann Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and politician (NLP), MdR, city councilor
DATE OF BIRTH	November 17, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH	Coburg
DATE OF DEATH	July 18, 1890
Place of death	Coburg

[1] Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 283.

[2] Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867-1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 , photo p. 123, short biography p. 401.