Fritz Kalle

Jakob Friedrich (Fritz) Kalle (born January 12, 1837 in Paris ; † July 31, 1915 in Wiesbaden ) was a manufacturer , rentier and social politician ( National Liberal Party ). He is an honorary citizen of Wiesbaden .

Life

After studying in Bonn , Berlin and at the Bergakademie Freiberg , Fritz Kalle was a Prussian mining official and manager of a private mine from 1858 until he joined the family business Kalle und Compagnie in Biebrich as a partner in 1865 . From 1881 he lived as a reindeer in Wiesbaden, where he had already moved his residence in 1878. Here he was from 1883 to 1885 a member of the local council and from 1891 to 1903 unpaid city council.

From 1873 and again from 1879 Kalle was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives. From 1884 to 1890 Kalle was a member of the Reichstag , where he represented the constituency of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 3 (Alsfeld - Lauterbach - Schotten). From 1893 to 1911 he was a member of the district committee for the Wiesbaden administrative region. In 1899 he was awarded the title of professor, in 1907 the character of a secret government councilor, and in 1913 an honorary doctorate from the University of Erlangen . Kalle was active in numerous charitable associations. He was also a co-founder of the Society for the Spread of Popular Education in 1871 and co-founder of the Association for the Protection of the Interests of the German Chemical Industry in 1877 , of which he became the first chairman. In 1895 he introduced the " Wiesbaden system " of school medical checks.

literature

Eckhard Hansen, Florian Tennstedt (Eds.) U. a .: Biographical lexicon on the history of German social policy from 1871 to 1945 . Volume 1: Social politicians in the German Empire 1871 to 1918. Kassel University Press, Kassel 2010, ISBN 978-3-86219-038-6 , pp. 82 f .; uni-kassel.de (PDF; 2.2 MB).
Fritz Kalle: worker aid funds . In: The Gazebo . Issue 40, 1878, pp. 655-656 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).

Web links

Fritz Kalle in the database of members of the Reichstag
Fritz Kalle's 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. 262.

personal data
SURNAME	Kalle, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kalle, Jakob Friedrich (full name); Kalle, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German manufacturer, rentier and politician (NLP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	January 12, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris
DATE OF DEATH	July 31, 1915
Place of death	Wiesbaden

[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. 262.