Gert Tönnies

Gert Cornils Johannes Tönnies (born May 15, 1851 in Oldenswort , † July 3, 1928 in Kiel ) was a farmer and member of the German Reichstag .

Life

Gert Tönnies - older brother of the sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies - attended elementary school, received private tuition and graduated from the high school in Husum . From 1868 to 1872 he was a wholesaler apprentice in Hamburg , 1872–73 a year- old volunteer in the 16th Hussar Regiment and from 1874 to 1881 in one of the first wholesale houses in London as a correspondent and accountant. In 1882 he took over the family headquarters in Garding and became a farmer. There he was also deputy mayor and in 1889 mayor. For many years he was also a member of the administrative committee of the Schleswig-Holstein Agricultural Cooperative Association in Kiel and a member of the supervisory board of Schleswig-Holstein's main cooperative in Kiel since it was founded.

From 1898 to 1903 he was a member of the German Reichstag for the constituency of the Province of Schleswig-Holstein 4 ( Tondern , Husum , Eiderstedt ) and the National Liberal Party . Between 1908 and 1918 he was also a member of the Prussian House of Representatives and at times also a member of the Schleswig-Holstein Provincial Parliament .

Individual evidence

↑ Uwe Carstens: Ferdinand Tönnies. Frisians and citizens of the world. 2005, p. 21
^ 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. Verlag Carl Heymann, Berlin 1904, p. 110.
↑ Bernhard Mann (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne . Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 388 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3)

Web links

Tönnies, Gert Cornils Johannes in the database of members of the Reichstag
Biography of Johannes Gert Toennies . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)

personal data
SURNAME	Tönnies, Gert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tönnies, Gert Cornils Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German farmer and politician (NLP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	May 15, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oldens word
DATE OF DEATH	July 3, 1928
Place of death	Kiel

[1] Uwe Carstens: Ferdinand Tönnies. Frisians and citizens of the world. 2005, p. 21

[2] 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. Verlag Carl Heymann, Berlin 1904, p. 110.

[3] Bernhard Mann (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne . Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 388 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3)