Leopold Koelsch

Leopold Kölsch as a member of the Reichstag in 1912

Leopold Robert Kölsch (born June 21, 1870 in Karlsruhe ; † March 14, 1922 there ) was a businessman and member of the German Reichstag .

Life

Kölsch attended the Karlsruhe Realgymnasium. After completing his apprenticeship, he spent a longer period in England and Belgium. He was a deputy sergeant in the Landwehr and since 1903 a member of the Karlsruhe Chamber of Commerce in Baden, since 1905 a city councilor and since 1910 a deputy commercial judge. He was awarded the Knight's Cross 2nd class of the Zähringer Löwen .

From 1912 he was a member of the German Reichstag for the constituency of Baden 7 ( Offenburg , Kehl ) and the National Liberal Party . His mandate expired on November 27, 1913 because the Election Examination Commission declared the 1912 election to be invalid. In the replacement election on February 3, 1914, he was re-elected and belonged to the Reichstag until 1918.

In 1919 he became President of the Baden Regional Association, which he remained until his sudden death in 1922.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Birth register StA Carlsruhe, No. 447/1870
2. ↑ Death register StA Karlsruhe, No. 465/1922
3. ^ Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890-1918. Alliances, results, candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 15). Half volume 2, Droste, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 1285-1288.
4. ↑ 100 years of Black Forest tourism. Forays through 100 years of association and tourism history.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accompanying brochure, p. 5 (PDF, 7.3 MB)  

Web links

• Leopold Kölsch in the database of members of the Reichstag
• Biography of Leopold Koelsch . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)