Johann Ahlhorn

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Johann Friedrich Ahlhorn (1912)

Johann Friedrich Ahlhorn (born September 15, 1855 in Bohlenberge ; † July 8, 1934 in Oldenburg ) was a teacher and member of the German Reichstag .

Life

Ahlhorn was the son of the entrepreneur Johann Friedrich Ahlhorn and his wife Almuth Margarethe, geb. Behrens, and attended the elementary school in Bohlenberge from 1861 to 1870, and the seminar in Oldenburg from 1871 to 1873 and 1875/76. From 1873 to 1875 he was an assistant teacher in Grabstede , municipality of Bockhorn , and from 1876 to 1879 he was an auxiliary teacher in Klippkanne . Then he was a secondary teacher in Brake until 1886 and then until 1921 teacher in Easter castle at the Drielaker School. In 1880 he married Johanne Catharine Janßen. After the marriage he worked as an agent for fire and life insurance companies to supplement the low teacher's income.

From 1896 to 1911 Ahlhorn was a member of the Oldenburg state parliament and from 1892 to 1908 a member of the municipal council in Osternburg. He was also a member of the Amtsrat from 1892 to 1908 with a brief interruption.

From 1907 to 1918 Ahlhorn was a member of the German Reichstag for the constituency of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg 1 (Oldenburg, Eutin , Birkenfeld ) and the Liberal People's Party or Progressive People's Party .

Political activity

In local politics, Ahlhorn advocated the elevation of the municipalities of Bant , Heppens and Neuende to the rank of 1st class town of Rüstringen on May 1, 1911.

Because of his significant participation in the introduction of direct suffrage from 1903 onwards , he was also referred to as the father of the Oldenburg Electoral Reform Act . When the state elections were held in 1911 under this new law, this enabled a process of political change for the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg , which promoted the civic integration of the workers' movement and thus prevented a revolutionary overturning in Oldenburg in November 1918.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890-1918. Alliances, results, candidates . Second half volume. Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 2007, pp. 1401–1405 ( handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties , vol. 15)
  2. ^ Peter Haupt: Ahlhorn, Johann Friedrich. In: Hans Friedl u. a. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the history of the state of Oldenburg . Edited on behalf of the Oldenburg landscape. Isensee, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-135-5 , p. 17f. ( Digitized version, letter A (PDF, 7 MB) ).

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SURNAME Ahlhorn, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ahlhorn, Johann Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and politician, MdR
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Bohlenberge
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 1934
Place of death Oldenburg