Johannes Knapp

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Johannes Knapp (born March 13, 1807 in Hof Gnadenthal near Dauborn ; † August 13, 1875 in Dauborn) was a landowner, owner of a brandy distillery and member of the German Reichstag .

Life

Knapp was elected to the district council in 1851 and belonged to it until 1865. He was from 1851 to 1857 for deb constituency IX (Limburg) a member of the second chamber of the assembly of estates of the Duchy of Nassau . Knapp joined the liberal Nassau Progressive Party . In a by-election for Philipp Rincker , who had not accepted his mandate, he was re-elected to the chamber for constituency II (Herborn) in 1859. In 1864 the election took place in constituency II (Herborn) (which he did not accept) and in constituency XI (Runkel). He held this mandate until 1866. He was Vice President of the Chamber from 1863 to 1866. There he spoke out against a connection to Austria and for a rapprochement with Prussia.

In 1867 he became a member of the Prussian House of Representatives , to which he belonged first until 1870 and then again from 1873 until his death. In the House of Representatives he represented the constituency of Wiesbaden 8 (Oberlahnkreis). Also in 1867 he became a member of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation and initially joined the National Liberal Party , but from September 1867 belonged to the faction of the German Progressive Party in all parliaments in which he was represented . He was a member of the Customs Parliament and from 1871 until his death in 1875 he was a member of the German Reichstag for the constituency of Wiesbaden 4 district (Diez, Limburg).

family

Johannes Knapp (his name is also given as Johann, in some cases Johann IV is also used to distinguish him from his father of the same name) was the son of the estate manager of the Gnadenthaler Hof, Johann Philipp Knapp (born January 1, 1769 in Dauborn as the son of Jacob Knapp and Eva, born Preusser, † August 4, 1832 in Gnadenthal) and his wife Elisabetha, born Wagner (marriage date: July 17, 1795 in Dauborn) (born May 15, 1768 at the Eufinger Mühle near Dauborn as the daughter of the innkeeper Johannes Wagner and his wife Juliane nee Hepp; † March 15, 1827 in Gnadenthal).

He married on October 26, 1829 in Dauborn-Eufingen Elisabethe, born Preusser (born September 25, 1807 in Eufingen; † April 16, 1867 there), the daughter of Johannes Preusser and Dorothea, born Jäger.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernhard Mann: Biographical Handbook for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918. 1988, p. 219; 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. Vol. 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 692-695.
  2. ↑ Bernd Haunfelder, Klaus Erich Pollmann: Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867-1870. 1989, photo p. 197, short biography p. 426 f.
  3. ^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections along with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. C. Heymann, Berlin 1904, p. 156; compare also A. Phillips (Ed.): The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1883. Statistics of the elections to the constituent and north German Reichstag, to the customs parliament and to the first five legislative periods of the German Reichstag. Louis Gerschel, Berlin 1883, p. 94 ; compare also short biography in: German Parliament Almanach. 9th edition, 1871, ZDB -ID 515639-7 , p. 211 .

literature

  • Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867–1870. Historical photographs and a biographical manual (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Vol. 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 .
  • Hermann Kalkoff (Ed.): National Liberal Parliamentarians 1867–1917 of the Reichstag and the individual state parliaments. Contributions to party history. Published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the National Liberal Party of Germany. Publication distribution center of the National Liberal Party of Germany, Berlin 1917.
  • Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 216.
  • Bernhard Mann : Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867–1918 (= manuals on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Vol. 3). With the collaboration of Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne. Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 .
  • Nassau parliamentarians. Part 1: Cornelia Rösner: The Landtag of the Duchy of Nassau 1818–1866 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Nassau. 59 = Prehistory and history of parliamentarism in Hesse. 16). Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1997, ISBN 3-930221-00-4 , p. 92.

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personal data
SURNAME Knapp, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knapp, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (DFP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH Gnadenthal farm near Dauborn
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1875
Place of death Dauborn