Heinrich Joseph Horwitz

Heinrich Joseph Horwitz (born April 28, 1824 in Putzig , Prussia ; died November 17, 1899 in Berlin ) was a lawyer and member of the German Reichstag .

Life

Horwitz was born a Jew and was later baptized as a Protestant. He initially studied medicine and later law at the universities of Berlin, Breslau and Heidelberg . During his studies in 1840 he became a member of the Raczeks Breslau fraternity . In 1850 he entered the judicial service and in 1855 he became a court assessor at the Berlin City Court. In 1858 he first settled as a lawyer and notary in Liebenwerda , then in Grünberg in 1862 and in Berlin in 1867. Among other things, he published in 1848 The Constitutions of the Constitutional-Monarchical and Republican States of the Present . Horwitz was also the editor of the parliament newspaper . From 1870 he was a member of the city council in Berlin. From 1878 to 1879 he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives for the constituency Merseburg 1 ( Liebenwerda - Torgau ) and from 1883 to 1887 and from 1890 to 1893 he was a member of the German Reichstag for the German Liberal Party .

literature

HJ Horwitz , in: Ernest Hamburger : Jews in public life in Germany: members of the government, civil servants and parliamentarians in the monarchical era. 1848-1918 . Tübingen: Mohr, 1968, p. 300f.
Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 2: F-H. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0809-X , p. 404.

Web links

Heinrich Joseph Horwitz in the database of members of the Reichstag
Biography of Heinrich Joseph Horwitz . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)

Individual evidence

↑ Bernhard Mann (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918. Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne. Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 190 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Vol. 3); for the election results see Thomas Kühne : Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 422-425.

personal data
SURNAME	Horwitz, Heinrich Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and politician (DFP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	April 28, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cute
DATE OF DEATH	November 17, 1899
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Bernhard Mann (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918. Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne. Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 190 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Vol. 3); for the election results see Thomas Kühne : Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 422-425.