Nicola Racke

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Nicola Racke

Josef Adolf Nicola Racke , often Racké (born January 11, 1847 in Mainz , † December 26, 1908 in Mainz) was a wine merchant and member of the German Reichstag and the second chamber of the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Catholic People's Party or Center ).

Life

Nicola Racké is the son of the merchant Jakob Racké and his wife Anna Maria née Wüst. After several years of private lessons, Racke attended the Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium until 1864 and then until 1866, a foreign institute for further training in the field of commercial science and modern languages. After his father's death in 1866, he took over his father's wine vinegar factory and wine shop .

On July 12, 1870, Nicola Racké married Katharina Wilhelmine Moufang, a niece of the Mainz diocese administrator and canon Christoph Moufang and sister of the Heidelberg lawyer Wilhelm Moufang senior, the father of the Heidelberg lawyers Nicola Moufang , Eugen Moufang , Franz Moufang and Wilhelm Moufang . Nicola Racké's brother Karl Racké was mayor of Mainz.

politics

In 1869, Nicola Racké played a leading role in founding the Hesse Catholic People's Party, a forerunner of the Hesse Center Party . In 1874 Racké was elected to the Mainz city council. In 1884 he was a co-founder of the center in Mainz. In the 22nd to 28th electoral period (1875-1893) he was a member of the second chamber of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. In the estates he represented the constituency of Rheinhessen 10 / Bingen-Land .

Because of his political and religious convictions, he was sentenced to three weeks in prison, among other things, because he called the offering of the Mass by a suspended and excommunicated priest a sacrilege according to the church .

From 1884 to 1890 he was a member of the German Reichstag for the constituency of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 9 Mainz , Oppenheim and the German Center Party. At the beginning of the 1890s he was involved in conflicts in the Hessian center, from which Adam Joseph Schmitt emerged as the leader of the Hessian center.

Awards

In June 1875 he received the Order of Pius from the Pope , and in 1883 the Hessian Medal of Merit with the ribbon of the Order of Philip for his services in averting the danger of water in the city of Mainz.

literature

  • Karl Bachem : Prehistory, history and politics of the German Center Party . 1932 (reprint 1968), p. 212.
  • Bernd Haunfelder : Member of the Reichstag of the German Center Party 1871–1933 . 1999, ISBN 3-7700-5223-4 , p. 236.
  • 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 , pp. 299-300.
  • 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. 686.
  • 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 , p. 212.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ruppel / Groß indicate Nicola as the first name and Racké as the family name
  2. ↑ BIORAB Empire online. Alphabet: Racke, Josef Adolf Nicola Archived copy ( memento of the original from November 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / zhsf.gesis.org
personal data
SURNAME Racke, Nicola
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Racke, Josef Adolf Nicola (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German wine merchant and politician (center), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1908
Place of death Mainz