Henri de Wendel

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Henri Paul François de Wendel (born March 24, 1844 in Hayange ; † October 10, 1906 Vaugien Castle , St. Remy les Chevreuse ) was an industrialist and a member of the German Reichstag .

Life

Henri de Wendel came from the de Wendel industrial dynasty . His nephew Charles de Wendel was also a member of the Reichstag. Henri de Wendel became an engineer (diploma from the école centrale in Paris). After the annexation of Lorraine, the company had to be divided, as large parts were still on French territory. Henri took over the ironworks in Hayange and fought off several takeover attempts from the Reich. During this time, de Wendel also adopted a British steelmaking process. By adopting this Thomas process , the company became important and Lorraine became an important steel district.

From 1872 he was married to Bertha Henrietta Marie Hélène Corbel von Vaulserre, with whom he had three sons.

From 1881 to 1890 he was a member of the German Reichstag for the constituency of Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen 13 ( Bolchen , Diedenhofen ). He was a member of the Alsace-Lorraine Protest Party.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 303.

literature

  • Hermann Hiery : Reichstag elections in the Reichsland. A contribution to the regional history of Alsace-Lorraine and the electoral history of the German Empire 1871–1918 (= contributions to the history of parliamentarism and political parties. 80). Droste, Düsseldorf 1986, ISBN 3-7700-5132-7 , p. 467, (also: Freiburg (Breisgau), University, dissertation, 1984).

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personal data
SURNAME Wendel, Henri de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wendel, Henri Paul François de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franco-German industrialist and politician, MdR
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Hayange
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1906
Place of death Vaugien Castle