Friedrich Weill

Friedrich Weill (born March 30, 1858 in Lahr ; † June 3, 1934 in Karlsruhe ) was a German lawyer and politician.

Life

Friedrich Weill was born the son of the doctor Max Weill (1832–1895). He first attended the Lahr grammar school before the family moved to Karlsruhe in 1869. After graduating from high school in Karlsruhe, Weill studied law in Heidelberg, Berlin and Strasbourg. In 1880 he received his doctorate; then he worked as a lawyer in Mannheim and from 1884 in Karlsruhe.

In 1886 he married Ida, b. Herzfeld († 1927), the marriage resulted in four sons.

In 1890 Weill was one of the founders of the left-wing liberal "Free Democratic Party of Baden" (DDP), of which he was state chairman from 1910 to 1918. In November 1918 he was appointed to a group of experts that should work out a proposal for a new constitution for the Free State of Baden. A different draft constitution was later chosen. Weil was active as a city councilor in Karlsruhe from 1893 to 1919. In 1906 he was awarded the Knight's Cross First Class of the Order of the Zähringer Löwen for his services .

Works

• The workers' housing issue in Strasbourg i. E. In: The housing shortage of the poorer classes in German cities and proposals for their remedy: Expert opinions and reports. Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, pp. 147-160.
• Draft constitution for the free people of Baden. Braun, Karlsruhe 1918.
• From the memories of an old man from Karlsruhe. Müller, Karlsruhe 1929.

literature

• Paul Feuchte: Weill, Friedrich, lawyer, liberal politician. In: Baden biographies. New Series, Volume 4, 1996, pp. 310-312.
• Volker Steck: Friedrich Weill. In: Jewish Life in Baden 1809 to 2009. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7995-0827-8 , pp. 236-237.
• Jürgen Stude: Friedrich Weill (1858–1934) - a father of the Baden constitution. In: Jürgen Stude, Bernd Rottenecker, Dieter Petri: Jewish life in the Ortenau. Verlag seitenweise, Bühl 2018, ISBN 978-3-943874-25-9 , pp. 216-217.