Heinrich Happy

A tree planted in front of the house on the Alb in 1957 in honor of Heinrich Glücklich on his 80th birthday

Heinrich Glücklich (born January 11, 1877 in Homburg vdH ; † September 16, 1971 in Wiesbaden ) was a businessman and politician.

From 1890 he completed a commercial apprenticeship in Homburg. From 1893 he was based in Wiesbaden, at times he worked in London and Frankfurt am Main .

From 1897 he was a member of the district committee of the National Liberal Party in Homburg, and later on the executive committee of the National Liberal Party of Wiesbaden. At the beginning of 1900 he was the cashier of the Mitteldeutsche Creditbank in Baden-Baden , then took up a position in Nice in 1903/04 .

Then he was the main agent of the North German Lloyd in Wiesbaden and participation in the real estate business of his uncle Johann Christian Glücklich.

From 1910 to 1928 he was a city councilor in Wiesbaden, during this time he took part in the First World War, most recently as a captain . From 1918 to 1933 he was chairman of the German People's Party in Wiesbaden, and from 1920 also director of the German branch of the Ed cigarette factory. Laurens GmbH.

From 1928–1933 he was an unpaid magistrate, in 1939 the company separated into a real estate agency and a travel agency Glücklich

In addition, he worked until 1905 as chairman of the commercial association in Homburg vdH, since 1907 in Wiesbaden, 1907–1914 as a board member of the German Association of Commercial Associations. Glücklich was a co-founder in 1910 and later president of the German Society for Health Resorts and Recreation Homes for Trade and Industry ( Merchant Recreation Homes ) a. a. In 1945 he was one of the founders of the CDU Wiesbaden, after leaving the party, he was one of the founders of the Citizens 'and Peasants' Party . After their merger with the LDP , he became chairman of the LDP for Wiesbaden and the Rheingau. From 1946–1950 he was a member of the Hessian state parliament (LDP / FDP ) and from 1948–1952 again honorary city councilor in Wiesbaden.

Awards

• 1950: Honorary citizenship of the city of Wiesbaden
• 1952: Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

literature

• Jochen Lengemann : The Hessen Parliament 1946–1986 . Biographical handbook of the advisory state committee, the state assembly advising the constitution and the Hessian state parliament (1st – 11th electoral period). Ed .: President of the Hessian State Parliament. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-458-14330-0 , p. 265 ( hessen.de [PDF; 12.4 MB ]).
• Jochen Lengemann: MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 147.

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Glücklich  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Happy, Heinrich. Hessian biography. (As of July 10, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).