Philipp Hangen (politician)

Philipp Hangen (born March 5, 1848 in Biebelsheim , † August 23, 1920 in Mainz ) was a German lawyer and politician .

family

Hangen was the son of the landowner and mayor of Biebelsheim Philipp Hangen and his wife Christine née Emmerling. On May 3, 1880, he married Anna Susanna Billhard (* 1857), the daughter of the Mainz high school teacher Cornelius Billhard (1829–1862) and Bertha née Heckler (* 1833).

Life

After attending grammar schools in Kreuznach and Worms, Hangen studied law at the University of Giessen . During his studies he became a member of the Germania Gießen fraternity . He took part in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, most recently as a lieutenant . After his exams in 1870 and 1872 and his doctorate as Dr. jur. through the University of Giessen in October 1871, he became a lawyer in Mainz in 1877, and in 1896 a regional judge at the regional court of the province of Rheinhessen . There he was presiding judge of the Chamber of Commerce. Around 1897 he made a contribution to the introduction of the German Civil Code (BGB). In 1899 he was High Court Judge at the Higher Regional Court of Darmstadt , in 1901 he became a member of the examination committee for the judicial and administrative specialist and 1905 President of the District Court of the province of Rheinhessen in Mainz. From 1911 he was a member of the First Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse , appointed by the Grand Duke for life . He took his parliamentary oath on December 19, 1910. His mandate ended with the November Revolution in 1918. In 1916 he became a privy councilor and retired in 1919.

Honors

• Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Merit , Commander's Cross 2nd class with crown

literature

• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 2: F-H. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0809-X , pp. 234-235.
• 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 , pp. 387-388.

Web links

• Hangen, Philipp. Hessian biography. (As of May 3, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).