Karl Wenders

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Karl Wenders (born February 22, 1841 in Erkrath ; † June 5, 1905 in Düsseldorf ) was mayor of Neuss and a member of the German Reichstag .

After attending grammar school in Düsseldorf, he studied law at the universities of Bonn , Heidelberg and Munich . In 1864 he became a trainee lawyer at the regional court in Düsseldorf. Just one year later he was elected alderman for the city of Düsseldorf, a position he held until 1877. From 1878 to 1898 he represented the Düsseldorf constituency in the 2nd Chamber of the Prussian House of Representatives . From 1882 to 1890 he was mayor of Neuss.

In 1890 he was elected to the German Reichstag as a member of the constituency of Düsseldorf 4 (city and district of Düsseldorf), where he joined the faction of the center . He was a member of the Reichstag until 1898.

In Neuss the "Wendersplatz" has been named in his honor.

Individual evidence

  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. 410 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3)
  2. ^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 165; see. also: Reichstag Bureau (ed.): Official Reichstag manual. Eighth legislative period 1890/1895 . Berlin: Verlag Crowitzsch & Sohn, 1890, p. 269f
  3. ^ Reichstag Bureau (ed.): Official Reichstag manual. Ninth legislative period 1893/1898. Berlin: Verlag Crowitzsch & Sohn, 1893, p. 254.

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SURNAME Wenders, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mayor and politician (center), MdL, MdR
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Erkrath
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1905
Place of death Dusseldorf