Gisbert Lensing
Gisbert Lensing (born December 8, 1783 in Hüthum ; † April 25, 1856 there ) was a canon , later a landowner and politician.
Life
He was a Catholic priest and was a canon there until the abolition of the St. Martini monastery in Emmerich am Rhein in 1811. He was responsible for the administration of the foundation's assets and the agricultural properties. Later he was a landowner. At first he was politically active in various ways in Emmerich. During the French era , he managed to secure the school foundations of the closed grammar school from being confiscated by the French, and later he campaigned for the construction of a railway connection. He was also a dikemaster.
Beyond the place he was a member of the Rhenish provincial council for the state of the rural communities . In 1847 he was a member of the United State Parliament . There he supported Ludolf Camphausen's demands for an all-Prussian parliament. During the revolution of 1848/49 he was a member of the Prussian National Assembly . In parliament he belonged to the right wing. In 1850 he was a member of the state house of the Erfurt Union Parliament . Then he belonged to the Prussian second chamber and was temporarily its vice-president. He is considered one of the most prominent advocates of Jewish emancipation in the Rhineland.
A park in Emmerich is named after him.
literature
- Jochen Lengemann : The German Parliament (Erfurt Union Parliament) from 1850. A manual: Members, officials, life data, parliamentary groups (= publications of the Historical Commission for Thuringia. Large series, Vol. 6). Urban & Fischer, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-437-31128-X , 199-200.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Jewish worlds in the Rhineland. Cologne u. a., 2011 p. 111
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lensing, Gisbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | first canon, then squire and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1783 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Huethum |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 1856 |
| Place of death | Huethum |