Hermann von Christians

Friedrich Hermann von Christen (born March 5, 1841 in Besenhausen , † September 26, 1919 in Werleshausen ) was a member of the Reichstag for the Free Conservative Party , which from 1871 onwards also called itself the German Reich Party .

biography

Werleshausen manor house

Hermann von Christen grew up in the border triangle of what is now Lower Saxony, Thuringia and Hesse and attended high school first in Eschwege , then in Jena . After graduating from high school, he studied natural sciences and philosophy at the University of Göttingen from 1860 to 1861 and was a member of the Corps Hannovera . Then he took up the management of his agricultural business in Werleshausen in Eichsfeld . Christen was involved locally in local politics as head of office and in various functions at the district level in the district of Heiligenstadt . He also became a member of the district committee of the Erfurt administrative district and from 1889 to 1908 a member of the Prussian House of Representatives . He was a member of the German Reichstag from 1884 to 1890 and from 1898 to 1910 for almost five full legislative periods. He represented the constituency of Eschwege-Schmalkalden-Witzenhausen in both the state parliament and the Reichstag . On January 18, 1896, he was raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility.

He died on his manor in Werleshausen near Witzenhausen on the Werra . His three sons, the district administrators Fritz von Christen , Walter von Christen and Heino von Christen were the heirs of the estate. The former manor is now in Hesse due to the Wanfried Agreement .

Individual evidence

^ Mann, Bernhard (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne. Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 95 (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. 647-649.

literature

Heinrich F. Curschmann: Blue Book of the Corps Hannovera to Göttingen. Volume 1: 1809-1899. Göttingen 2002, p. 206, no.661
Hans Friedrich von Ehrenkrook : Genealogical handbook of the nobility . Volume 78, CA Starke, 1981, p. 118

Web links

von Christen, Hermann in the database of the members of the Reichstag
Biography of Hermann Friedrich von Christen . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
Christians, Friedrich Hermann von. Hessian biography. (As of February 28, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

personal data
SURNAME	Christians, Hermann von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (Free Conservative Party), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	March 5, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH	Besenhausen
DATE OF DEATH	September 26, 1919
Place of death	Werleshausen manor

[1] Mann, Bernhard (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne. Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 95 (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. 647-649.