Hermann Franconia
Hermann Franken (born January 28, 1846 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ; † May 17, 1931 at Gut Frankenhof near Reken ) was a German entrepreneur and politician . He was a member of the German Reichstag , the Prussian House of Representatives and various clubs and associations.
Life
Franconia attended the elementary school in Mülheim from 1852 to 1859 and during the three-year apprenticeship in his father's workshop from 1859 to 1861 the advanced training school for craftsmen. He settled in Schalke as a master locksmith in 1870 and expanded his business into a factory in 1880. This sheet metal goods factory and galvanizing plant was later expanded to include branches in Neheim-Hüsten and at the Gelsenkirchen harbor and converted into a stock corporation. After Hermann Franken retired, the company ran into difficulties as a result of the global economic crisis and went bankrupt in the year of Franken's death (1931).
Hermann Franken was a member of the district council of the Gelsenkirchen district and was a member of the management committee of the Westphalian Fire Brigade Association. He was also chairman of the Association of Protestant Workers' Associations in the Rhineland and Westphalia and co-founder of the Rheinisch-Westfälisches Feuerwehrmuseum and the Heimatmuseum in Gelsenkirchen.
From 1898 to 1903 he was a member of the German Reichstag for the National Liberal Party , as a member of the constituency of Arnsberg 5 (at that time including the Gelsenkirchen district, the Bochum district , the Hattingen district and the cities of Gelsenkirchen , Bochum and Witten ). From 1904 to 1908 he was also a member of the Prussian House of Representatives .
On February 11, 1926, the city of Gelsenkirchen granted him honorary citizenship .
Fonts
In his function as church master of the evangelical uniate church community Schalke, he published the festschrift for its 50th anniversary in 1929:
- The Protestant community of Schalke. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary celebration 1879–1929. Gelsenkirchen 1929. ( Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf )
Web links
- Hermann Franken in the database of the members of the Reichstag
- Hermann Franken's biography . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://gelsenkirchen.wikia.com/wiki/Hermann_Franken
- ↑ http://www.gelsenkirchener-geschichten.de/viewtopic.php?t=8095&sid=a0aef48cac7e19c6a09b4549f8f1c698
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Franconia, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and politician (NLP), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 1931 |
| Place of death | Gut Frankenhof |