Otto Munsterberg

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Otto Münsterberg (born 1854 in Danzig , Prussia ; died 1915 in Danzig, German Reich ) was a German politician.

Life

Otto Münsterberg was a son of the timber merchant Moritz Münsterberg (1825–1880) and Rosalie Bernhardy. Among his siblings were the poverty scientist Emil Münsterberg (1855–1911), the psychologist Hugo Münsterberg (1863–1916) and the printer's owner Oskar Münsterberg (1865–1920). As the eldest son, Münsterberg took over his father's business in Langfuhr . He was appointed to the Commerce Council and appointed judge at the Commercial Court. He was involved in the community as a poor carer and became a member of the Gdańsk city council, in which he was elected deputy head of the city council.

From 1893 he was a member of the Liberal Association and the successor to the Progressive People's Party and belonged to the Prussian House of Representatives for the constituency of Danzig from 1903 to 1908 and from 1913 until his death . In parliament he spoke on questions of economic policy, education and universities as well as art policy.

Through his marriage to Charlotte Schirmacher (1861–) he was related by marriage to the women's rights activist Käthe Schirmacher , whom he supported financially.

Fonts (selection)

The trade of Gdańsk (1906)
Changes in Commerce (1914)
  • The trade of Danzig: an attempt to portray the development of a German seaside city in the east . Berlin: Simion, 1906
  • The fight against the animation bars . Lecture. Berlin: Mässigkeits-Verlag, 1908
  • Prostitution and the state . Lecture. Leipzig: Barth, 1908
  • The land policy of Gdańsk . Danzig: AW Kafemann, 1911
  • Forty years ago: Forays into the development of Danzig trade using memories from my apprenticeship and youth . Danzig: Kafemann, 1911
  • American impressions . Danzig: Kafemann, 1912
  • The economic conditions in the east . Berlin: Simion, 1912
  • Changes in trade . Lissa: Eulitz, 1914
  • Ceremonial speech go to d. urban commemoration, e.g. Memory of d. Liberation of Danzig 100 years ago by Otto Münsterberg, in 1914 in Danzig . Danzig: Kafemann, 1914

literature

  • Obituary in: Communications of the West Prussian History Association, 1915, p. 76
  • Otto Münsterberg , in: Ernest Hamburger : Jews in public life in Germany: members of the government, civil servants and parliamentarians in the monarchical era. 1848-1918 . Tübingen: Mohr, 1968, p. 375
  • Bernhard Mann (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918. Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne. Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1988 ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , pp. 278f.
  • Helmut Neubach : Jewish politicians from East and West Prussia , in: Michael Brocke , Margret Heitmann , Harald Lordick (eds.): On the history and culture of the Jews in East and West Prussia . Hildesheim: Olms, 2000, p. 477

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Moritz Miinsterberg in digiporta
  2. ^ Charlotte Münsterberg: Four fairy tales: With book decorations by Arthur Bendrat . Danzig: AW Kafemann, 1906
personal data
SURNAME Munsterberg, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH 1915
Place of death Danzig