Heinrich Claessen

Heinrich Anton Joseph Claessen (born February 10, 1813 in Erkelenz , † October 17, 1883 in Cologne ) was a German doctor and politician.

Life

Claessen was the son of the notary Matthias August (in) Wenceslaus Claessen and his wife Maria Francisca nee Korschilgen. His brother Gustav Claessen (1816–1875) became district administrator in Erkelenz and a member of the Prussian House of Representatives. His brother Theodor Claessen (1821–1898) was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives. Claessen, who was a Catholic denomination, married Auguste Karoline Koch (born January 22, 1810 in Neuss, † July 3, 1843 in Naples), the daughter of Friedrich Koch. On November 27, 1848, he married Ida Theegarten (born June 6, 1829 in Solingen; † May 22, 1903 in Cologne), the daughter of Peter Wilhelm Theegarten. The daughter from his second marriage, Anna Claessen (1852–1929) married Ernst von Holleben (1844–1923), a son of Ernst von Holleben .

Claessen studied medicine in Heidelberg from 1831 and was awarded a Dr. med. PhD. He was a general practitioner in Cologne and the founder and head of an eye clinic until 1848. In 1848/49 he was temporarily secretary of the legation and head of the press office at the Prussian representative at the German central authority in Frankfurt am Main, Ludolf Camphausen . In 1853 he was one of the founders of the Cologne life insurance company Concordia and from 1853 to 1881 its general director. He was deputy chairman of the supervisory board of the Rheinische Zeitungsgesellschaft and co-founder of the Cologne-Krefeld railway company and the Rheinische Eisenbahngesellschaft , of which he was a member of the board of directors until his death.

During the March Revolution in 1848/49 he was one of the founders of liberal associations in Cologne. He worked as an advisor to Ludolf Camphausen. From 1847 to 1869 he was a city councilor in Cologne. From 1849 to 1852 he was a member of the Second Prussian Chamber . In 1850 he was a member of the Volkshaus of the Erfurt Union Parliament .

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 , p. 109.