Friedrich Heuss

Friedrich Georg Heuss (born November 12, 1804 in Haßmersheim , Neckar-Odenwald district , † September 16, 1870 in Mosbach ) was a German inland boatman and politician in the Baden Revolution of 1848/1849.

Life

Friedrich Heuss came from an old family of boatmen on the Neckar and, at a young age, operated shipping and trading business together with his brother Georg Ludwig (Louis), the great-grandfather of the first Federal President Theodor Heuss . In 1840 they set up the first direct shipping line Heilbronn - Holland with their own ship Patriot . His activities brought a Friedrich Heuss public recognition and brought him as a vigilante hauptmann in the Baden revolution 1848/1849 to political life. Heuss was a member of the Constituent Assembly of the Grand Duchy of Baden .

Friedrich Heuss was married three times and had eleven children from these three marriages, of which Benjamin Heinrich Heuss was mayor of the community of Haßmersheim from 1865 to 1888 .

Services

Heuss was a very active and recognized personality on the Neckar between Heilbronn and Heidelberg in the fields of economy, shipping and politics, who was nicknamed Neckar-Napoleon .

In 1998 the primary and secondary school in Haßmersheim was named Friedrich-Heuss-Schule in his honor.

literature

From Neckar Napoleon to Federal President. About the political tradition in the Heuss family. From speeches and writings by and about Theodor Heuss, compiled by Beate-Carola Padtberg. Reinhold Maier Foundation Baden-Württemberg, Konstanz 2000, ( OCLC 56492441 ).
Regional portrait of Friedrich Heuss (1804–1870) . In: Karl Heinz Neser: Political life in the Neckar-Odenwald district - yesterday and today , Verlag Regionalkultur , Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-89735-422-5 , pp. 38–45.

Individual evidence

↑ Dr. Hanns Heiman: Die Neckarschiffer - The situation of the Neckarschiffer since the introduction of the tugboat . tape 2 . C. Winter's Universitätsbuchhandlung , Heidelberg 1907, OCLC 491090143 , p. 433 ( digitized version ).
^ Karl Heinz Neser: Political life in the Neckar-Odenwald district - yesterday and today . Verlag Regionalkultur , Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-89735-422-5 , p. 40, 42, 43 .

personal data
SURNAME	Heuss, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Heuss, Friedrich Georg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Barge skippers and politicians
DATE OF BIRTH	November 12, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH	Haßmersheim , Neckar-Odenwald district
DATE OF DEATH	September 16, 1870
Place of death	Mosbach

[1] Dr. Hanns Heiman: Die Neckarschiffer - The situation of the Neckarschiffer since the introduction of the tugboat . tape 2 . C. Winter's Universitätsbuchhandlung , Heidelberg 1907, OCLC 491090143 , p. 433 ( digitized version ).

[2] Karl Heinz Neser: Political life in the Neckar-Odenwald district - yesterday and today . Verlag Regionalkultur , Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-89735-422-5 , p. 40, 42, 43 .