Reichstag constituency Kassel district 3
The Reichstag constituency of the province of Hessen-Nassau - Kassel 3 administrative district was a constituency for the Reichstag elections in the German Empire and the North German Confederation from 1867 to 1918.
Constituency layout
It included the former Hessian circles Fritzlar , Homberg and Ziegenhain .
year | Residents |
---|---|
1890 | 80.351 |
1895 | 80,583 |
1900 | 80,596 |
1905 | 83,367 |
1910 | 83,396 |
Agriculture | Industry and commerce | Trade and services | |
---|---|---|---|
1895 | 67.4 | 21.4 | 11.2 |
1907 | 67.3 | 23.4 | 9.3 |
Evangelical | Catholic | |
---|---|---|
1890 | 93.3 | 3.6 |
1905 | 93.4 | 4.1 |
1910 | 93.6 | 4.0 |
MPs
choice | MP | Political party | image |
---|---|---|---|
Reichstag election February 1867 | Eduard Wiegand | NL | |
Reichstag election August 1867 to 1880 | Karl Bernhardi | NL | |
Reichstag election August 1867 to 1870 | Karl Bernhardi | NL | |
Replacement election 1870 | Oskar von Meibom | NL | |
Reichstag elections 1871 to 1881 | Wilhelm Wehrenpfennig | NL | |
Reichstag elections 1881 to 1887 | Otto von Gehren | NL | |
Reichstag elections 1887 to 1912 | Max Liebermann von Sonnenberg | DRefP | |
Reichstag elections 1912 to 1912 | Heinrich Hestermann | DBB |
elections
1867 (February)
There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 16,271. 10,181 votes were cast, the turnout was 62.6%. The number of valid votes was 10,158.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Eduard Wiegand | NL | 8920 | 87.8% |
1867 (August)
There was only one ballot. The number of valid votes was 4,324.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sigismund Bernhardi | NL | 3584 | 82.9% |
Bernhardi resigned his mandate in early February 1870.
Replacement election 1870
In the election of March 12, 1870, only one ballot took place. The number of valid votes was 3,170.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oskar von Meibom | NL | 2458 | 77.5% | |
Karl von Eschwege | K | 621 | 19.6% | District Administrator, MdK |
Others | 91 | 2.9 |
1871
There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 16,136. 5555 votes were cast, the turnout was 34.4%. The number of valid votes was 5,247.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wilhelm Wehrenpfennig | NL | 4922 | 93.6% | |
Karl von Eschwege | K | 313 | 6% | |
Others | 22nd | 0.4 |
1874
There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 14,504. 5081 votes were cast, the turnout was 35%. The number of valid votes was 5064.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wilhelm Wehrenpfennig | NL | 4456 | 88% | |
Karl von Eschwege | K | 98 | 1.9% | |
Wilhelm Franz Karl Adam Kreisler | center | 328 | 6.5% | City pastor and dean in Fritzlar |
Others | 182 | 3.6 |
1877
There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 15,055. 7,889 votes were cast, the turnout was 52.4%. The number of valid votes was 7,872.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wilhelm Wehrenpfennig | NL | 5295 | 67.3% | |
Karl von Eschwege | K | 1741 | 22.1% | |
Wilhelm Franz Karl Adam Kreisler | center | 143 | 1.8% | |
Heinrich Wedge | Hess RP | 680 | 8.6% | Farmer and Mayor of Unshausen |
Others | 13 | 0.2 |
Wehrenpfennig's mandate expired on January 5, 1878 when Wehrenpfennig was appointed secret councilor in the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Berlin.
Replacement election February 28, 1878
In the replacement election on February 28, 1878, only one ballot took place. The number of valid votes was 5887.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wilhelm Wehrenpfennig | NL | 4086 | 69.4% | |
Ernst Weyrauch | K | 1145 | 19.4% | |
Karl von Eschwege | K | 597 | 10.1% | |
Others | 59 | 1 |
1881
There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 14,845. 7,256 votes were cast, the turnout was 48.9%. The number of valid votes was 7,247.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Otto von Gehren | K | 3702 | 51.1% | |
Arthur von Griesheim | NL | 3244 | 44.7% | Tobacco manufacturer, MdL |
Wilhelm Franz Karl Adam Kreisler | center | 201 | 2.8% | |
K | 80 | 1.1% | ||
Others | 20th | 0.3 |
1884
There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 14,482. 7,162 votes were cast, the turnout was 49.5%. The number of valid votes was 7,158.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Otto von Gehren | K | 3779 | 52.8% | |
Karl David Maeckel | NL | 3268 | 45.9% | Mayor of Frielendorf, MdK |
K | 56 | 0.8% | ||
Others | 37 | 0.5 |
1887
There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 15,022. 9939 votes were cast, the turnout was 66.2%. The number of valid votes was 9924.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Otto von Gehren | K | 5632 | 56.7% | |
Max Hugo Liebermann von Sonnenberg | AS (DRefP) | 3896 | 39.3% | |
Wilhelm Franz Karl Adam Kreisler | center | 257 | 3.6% | |
Others | 39 | 0.4 |
1890
The Conservatives, who had won the constituency since 1881, fell out in 1890. The majority of the conservatives continued to support Otto von Gehren, an "agricultural group" instead spoke out in favor of Philipp von Hanau-Hořovice. There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 15,302. 10,261 votes were cast, the turnout was 67.1%. The number of valid votes was 10,251.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Max Hugo Liebermann von Sonnenberg | DRefP | 6269 | 61.2% | |
Otto von Gehren | K | 934 | 9.1% | |
Philipp von Hanau-Hořovice | K | 2947 | 28.7% | |
Max von Forckenbeck | DFrP | 82 | 0.8% | |
Others | 19th | 0.2 |
1893
There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 15,573. 10,560 votes were cast, the turnout was 67.8%. The number of valid votes was 10,546.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Max Hugo Liebermann von Sonnenberg | DRefP | 6482 | 61.5% | |
Oldenburg | K | 2406 | 22.8% | Oberamtmann at Wilhelmshof near Hersfeld, provincial chairman of the BdL |
Johann Pestalozzi | NL | 306 | 2.9% | Tenant of the state domain Morchen, member of the BdL, 1900 bankruptcy |
Richard Muller | Z | 183 | 1.7% | |
August Jordan | SPD | 395 | 3.8% | 1846-1938, master carpenter, later city councilor in Kassel |
Julius Martin | HessRP | 759 | 7.2% | |
Others | 15th | 0.1 |
1898
There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 15,657. 6345 votes were cast, the turnout was 40.5%. The number of valid votes was 6,328.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Max Hugo Liebermann von Sonnenberg | DRefP | 4818 | 76.1% | |
Richard Muller | Z | 83 | 1.3% | |
August Jordan | SPD | 523 | 8.3% | |
Julius Martin | HessRP | 833 | 13.2% | |
Others | 71 | 1.1 |
1903
There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 16,707. 10006 votes were cast, the turnout was 67.8%. The number of valid votes was 9974.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Max Hugo Liebermann von Sonnenberg | DRefP | 6767 | 67.8% | |
Johann Ludwig (Louis) Wagner | K | 2190 | 22% | 1851-1908, superintendent in Eschwege |
Richard Muller | Z | 352 | 3.5% | |
August Jordan | SPD | 644 | 6.5% | |
Others | 21st | 0.2 |
1907
There was only one ballot. The number of eligible voters was 17,926. 14,182 votes were cast, the turnout was 79.1%. The number of valid votes was 14,146.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Max Hugo Liebermann von Sonnenberg | AS | 8966 | 63.4% | |
Richard Muller | Z | 449 | 3.2% | |
Heinrich Freudenstein | FrVG | 3763 | 26.6% | |
August Jordan | SPD | 795 | 5.6% | |
Julius Martin | HessRP | 164 | 1.1% | |
Others | 9 | 0.1 |
1912
There were two ballots. The number of eligible voters was 18,881. 16054 votes were cast in the first ballot, the turnout was 85%. The number of valid votes was 16029.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Heinrich Hestermann | DBB | 4338 | 27.1% | |
Johann Henningsen | DSozP | 7453 | 46.5% | Secretary General in Hamburg |
Cornelius Trieschmann | HessBB | 1297 | 8.1% | |
Walter Laporte | FoVP | 1914 | 11.9% | |
SPD | 1027 | 6.4% | ||
Others | 0 | 0 |
16,523 votes were cast in the runoff election, the turnout was 87.5%. The number of valid votes was 16,488.
candidate | Political party | be right | in % | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Heinrich Hestermann | DBB | 8525 | 51.7% | |
Johann Henningsen | DSozP | 7963 | 48.3% |
literature
- Thomas Klein: The Hessians as Reichstag voters, first volume: Province of Hessen-Nassau and Waldseck-Pyrmont 1867–1933, 1989, ISBN 3-7708-0924-6 , pp. 171–212.
- Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890-1918, 1st half volume, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 753-757, 798-800.