Moritz Schmitt

Moritz Schmitt (born July 2, 1794 in Bingen , † April 5, 1850 in Mainz ) was a Hessian judge and politician and member of the 2nd Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

Moritz Schmitt was the son of a doctorate doctor Philipp Schmitt and his wife Maria Anna, née Mellhaus. Schmitt, who was of Catholic faith, married Therese, born Brotzelter, on June 2, 1821 in Mainz.

Schmitt studied law from 1814 at the University of Heidelberg . In 1824 he became a supplementary judge and later a lawyer at the Mainz District Court . In 1840 he became a full member and in 1843 vice-president.

From 1832 to 1841 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Estates. He was first elected for the constituency constituency Rheinhessen 5 / Bingen and then for the constituency of the city of Bingen. In 1834 he was president of the second chamber.

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 , p. 338.
• Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , No. 784.
• Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (2nd Chamber) and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Vol. 5). Verlag des Historisches Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-922316-14-X , pp. 232–233.

Web links

• Schmitt, Moritz. Hessian biography. (As of April 5, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).