Karl Lossen

Carl Maximilian Lossen (1793–1861), founder of the Concordia hut

Karl Maximilian Lossen (also Carl ) (born June 6, 1793 in the Sayner Hütte ; † April 28, 1861 in Bendorf-Mülhofen ) was an iron industrialist and member of the state parliament.

family

Karl Lossen was the son of the hut owner Anselm Lossen (1758–1821) and his wife Maria Gertrud Petronilla née Hoffmann (1768–1823). His brother Joseph Lossen also became the owner of the hut. His first marriage was Margaretha born Cathrein from Camberg (1796–1831) in 1820 and his second marriage in Hasselbach in 1835 was Caroline born Bender from Burgschwalbach (1816–1890).

From the second marriage the son Karl Lossen (1836-1881) emerged, who took over the father's business.

His niece was the actress Lina Lossen .

Life

Karl Lossen initially received home tuition from Wilhelm Frorath and attended high schools in Montabaur and Aschaffenburg from 1806 to 1808 . From 1808 he studied mineralogy and mountain huts at the University of Heidelberg . From 1809 he worked in his father's company. In 1811 he studied again, this time in Paris. From 1812 he worked in the Holzappel mine and from 1816 in Silesian mines.

During the Wars of Liberation in 1814 he volunteered as a Nassau hunter .

From 1818 he lived in Camberg and managed the Michelbacher Hütte (until 1844, with brother Mathias Aloisius). He actively supported the connection of the Duchy of Nassau to the Zollverein . Since 1838 he built up the Concordia hut in Sayn and managed the company. In 1840 he received the title Bergrat, in 1846 Oberbergrat. From 1844 he lived in Bendorf.

politics

He was an active member of the German Association for Patriotic Work. In 1839 he was elected to the second chamber of the estates of the Duchy of Nassau in a by-election for Heinrich Trombetta , where he was the spokesman for traders and ironworks. He was a member of the state parliament until 1845.

From 1852 until his resignation in 1853 he was a member of the first chamber of the estates, elected by the group of traders.

In 1850 he was elected to the Volkshaus of the Erfurt Parliament for the constituency Nassau 3 , but did not accept the mandate.

From 1842 to 1854 he was a member of the State Deputy Assembly. In 1851 he was the founder of the association for the sale of Nassau pig iron in Limburg and was its chairman until 1861.

Works

• The protection of the iron industry before the German constituent assembly , Wiesbaden, 1848

literature

• 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 , pp. 247-248.
• Nassau parliamentarians. Part 1: Cornelia Rösner: The Landtag of the Duchy of Nassau 1818–1866 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Nassau. Vol. 59 = Prehistory and history of parliamentarism in Hesse. Vol. 16). Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1997, ISBN 3-930221-00-4 , No. 151.
• Nassau parliamentarians. Part 2: Barbara Burkardt, Manfred Pult: The municipal parliament of the Wiesbaden administrative district 1868–1933 (= publications of the historical commission for Nassau. 71 = prehistory and history of parliamentarism in Hesse. 17). Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 3-930221-11-X , pp. 107-108.
• Otto Renkhoff : Nassau biography. Short biographies from 13 centuries (= publications of the Historical Commission for Nassau. 39). 2nd, completely revised and expanded edition. Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1992, ISBN 3-922244-90-4 , number 2654, pp. 478–479.

Web links

• Lossen, Carl Maximilian. Hessian biography. (As of June 6, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rolf Badenhausen :  Lossen, Lina. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 201 f. ( Digitized version ).