Lorenz Theodor Nagel

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Lorenz Theodor Nagel (born February 28, 1828 in Schwabach ; † September 13, 1895 in Hamburg ) was a German publicist , journalist and civil servant .

Life

Born as the son of a teacher and vice principal, Nagel studied philosophy after attending grammar school in Nuremberg , then law in Erlangen , Leipzig and Munich . During his studies in Erlangen he became a member of the Bubenreuther fraternity in 1845 and was the founder of the politically radical-democratic fraternity of Concordia ( The Gray ) in 1846 . In 1846 he became a member of the Markomannia Leipzig fraternity , with whom he fought for democracy during the March Revolution 1848/49 on the barricades of Leipzig and Dresden, among others with Johannes von Miquel and Wilhelm Wehrenpfennig . In Munich he passed his first state examination in law in 1850 and was then a legal intern at the Nuremberg Regional Court until 1852 . His second state examination followed in 1852.

From 1853 to 1854 he worked as a legal trainee in law firms in Nördlingen and Ansbach . In Braunschweig he was editor of the system-critical magazine Blätter der Zeit from 1854 until it was banned in 1855 . From 1856 to 1859 he worked as a legal specialist in Wiesbaden for a court procurator. 1860 Nail secretary of Karl fryer and was related to Rudolf von Bennigsen and the German National Team . In 1861 he went to Frankfurt am Main , then in 1862 to Neuwied and in 1863 to Bonn , where he studied theology and philosophy. In Frankfurt he became editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung . The Prussian government prevented his habilitation efforts at the University of Jena and the work there as a private lecturer .

In 1864 he became secretary to the Thirty-Six Committee. From 1865 to 1867 he was managing director and committee member of the German National Association. He became editor-in-chief of its weekly paper . In 1867 he moved to Bockenheim near Frankfurt , lived in Dettenheim near Aschaffenburg until 1869, moved to Neuwied and later to Berlin , where he lived until 1876.

After his attitude towards Prussia had changed for the better in the course of time, in 1871 he became editor and editor of the Berlin weekly Concordia, a magazine for the workers' question . After the magazine was discontinued in 1876, he went to Switzerland for several years , where he lived in Hinrichsbad ( Canton Appenzell ). In 1879 he went to Hamburg and worked as an editor for the Hamburg Correspondents . From 1881 to 1895 he was secretary of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce , from 1882 also the supervisory authority for the guilds. 1890 made him the Hamburg Senate to state commissioner of the Hanseatic Insurance Institute for disability and old-age insurance .

Publications

  • Christian faith and human freedom. 2nd edition, Gotha 1881.

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