Moritz Warburg

Moses (Moritz) Warburg (born June 28 , possibly also June 18, 1810 in Altona ; † April 15, 1886 there ) was a German lawyer and politician.

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As a member of the Warburg family, Moses Warburg was the son of the banker Wulff Salomon Warburg and his wife Bela, née Stieber, known as Betty Lazarus. His brother Pius Warburg also worked as a banker.

Warburg went to school in Wolfenbüttel from 1823. He then moved to the Christianeum in Altona , which he left in March 1831. He was very interested in banking, but followed his father's request and studied law in Heidelberg from the summer semester of 1832 , then in Berlin . In the winter semester of 1833/34 he moved to Kiel, probably to complete the biennium that was necessary to get a job in the duchies.

Warburg passed the exam at Easter 1836 and received an award in his second character. After that he worked until 1849 as a lower court advocate in the duchies, procurator in the upper presidium and at the Altona lower court. From 1850 to 1866 he worked as a senior court attorney and notary in Altona, then from 1867 to 1879 as a lawyer and notary. In 1875 he was appointed to the judiciary. In addition to working as a lawyer, he held silent shares in the Wulff Salomon Warburg bank founded by his father .

Warburg was an avowed liberal involved in politics. During the Schleswig-Holstein uprising , he was a member of the Schleswig-Holstein state assembly. After Prussia had annexed the duchies, he represented the 8th Schleswig-Holstein electoral district (Altona-Ottensen-Neumühlen) in the Prussian House of Representatives for six legislative periods from 1867 until his retirement in 1885. At first it belonged to the left center, switched to the German Progressive Party in 1870 and to the German Freedom Party in 1884 . He was in close contact with Eugen Richter in particular .

Warburg was seen as an increasingly closed personality who was friends with K. Groth, Gabriel Riesser and Anton Rée . He participated in public life until his death and was a member of the board of directors of the Altonas Israelite community.

Warburg was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Ottensen with great sympathy .

family

Warburg married Lea ( Helene ) Cohen on January 6, 1841 in Altona (* February 24, 1820 in Hanover ). The couple had three sons and two daughters.

• The daughter Zippora (Sophie) (born October 16, 1841 in Altona; † January 17, 1919 ibid) married the pianist and composer Carl von Holten .
• The son Albert (* 1843 in Altona; † 1919 there) was the last owner of the Wulff Salomon Warburg banking house. In 1855 he succeeded his uncle Pius Warburg as city councilor. From 1898 to 1910 he worked as President of the Altona Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In 1910 he was appointed to the Commerce Council and later to the Secret Commerce Council.

Since 1852 Helene Warburg suffered from a serious nervous disease that severely affected Moses Warburg's private life. His wife later lived in the insane asylum in Schleswig , where she died on October 4, 1868.

literature

• Peter Freimark: Warburg, Moritz . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , pages 364-365.