Leonor Reichenheim

Leonor Reichenheim, 1862 (graphic by Hermann Scherenberg)

Leonor Reichenheim (born May 3, 1814 in Bernburg ; † January 26, 1868 in Berlin ) was a German-Jewish entrepreneur and member of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation .

Life

Born as the son of the businessman Nathanael Reichenheim (1776-1852) and his wife Zipora Cäcilie Reichenheim, née. Lippert (1785–1858), Leonor Reichenheim attended high school in Bernburg and joined his father's trading company N. Reichenheim & Sohn at the age of 14 . After moving to Berlin in 1839, he became a partner in the company, and in the following year a member of the Society of Friends . In 1846 a wool and yarn spinning and weaving mill previously operated by the Prussian state was purchased in Wüstegiersdorf . The company soon employed 2,400 people there. In 1852 an import branch was also established in Bradford .

Mazevah Reichenheims in the Schönhauser Allee cemetery , Berlin

From 1858 Leonor Reichenheim was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives , to which he belonged until his death. and in 1867 of the constituent Reichstag of the North German Confederation for the constituency of Breslau 10 ( Waldenburg ). At first he was old liberal, in 1861 he was a co-founder of the Progress Party. From 1867 he belonged to the National Liberal Party . From 1867 he was also an unpaid city councilor in Berlin. As a member of parliament, he campaigned for freedom of trade and was an opponent of Bismarck in the Prussian constitutional conflict .

family

He married Helena Arndt (1821-1892). The couple had 5 sons and one daughter, including:

• Georg (around 1842–1903), Dr. phil., art collector, factory owner in Berlin ∞ Margarete Eisner (1857–1932)
• Max (1853–1924), Dr. med., ophthalmologist in Berlin ∞ Martha Wollheim
• Agnes (1852–1921) ∞ James Simon (1851–1932), co-owner of the cotton company “Gebr. Simon ”in Berlin

literature

• Florian Tennstedt, Flora Veit-Wild:  Reichenheim, Leonor. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 307 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

• Leonor Reichenheim in the database of members of the Reichstag
• Leonor Reichenheim's biography . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
• family

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Ernest Hamburger: Jews in public life in Germany. P. 220 ff.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Neue Deutsche Biographie , ... (see literature)
3. ↑ Bernhard Mann (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives 1867-1918. (with the collaboration of Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne) Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 314. (= Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties , volume 3.)
4. ↑ Thomas Kühne: Handbook of the 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. 330–333.
5. ^ 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, Verlag Carl Heymann, Berlin 1904, p. 72.
6. ^ Isidor Kastan: Berlin memories. In: Yearbook for Jewish History and Literature , Volume 27 (1926). P. 112 ( online ( memento of the original from December 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ), P. 113.