Theodor Liesching

Theodor Gottfried Liesching (born August 14, 1865 in Stuttgart , † July 25, 1922 in Böblingen ) was a German lawyer and politician.

Life

He was the son of the publisher Hermann Theodor Liesching (1821–1871) and Caecilie Susanne Luise Regenbrecht (1840–1915) and belonged to the Protestant church . After attending grammar school in Stuttgart, he studied law in Tübingen and Breslau . In Tübingen he became a member of the Hohenstaufia Gymnastics Association (today in the CC ). From 1890 to 1891 Liesching was a lawyer in Stuttgart and then from 1891 to 1917 in Tübingen. From 1917 to 1918 he served as a senior councilor at the Württemberg embassy in Berlin .

politics

From 1901 to 1918 he held a mandate in the second chamber of the Württemberg state parliament . From 1912 to 1918 he was also a member of the Reichstag . In the Reichstag he represented the constituency of Württemberg 8 ( Freudenstadt , Horb , Oberndorf , Sulz ). Liesching was nominated in 1912 as a joint candidate of the National Liberals and the Progressive People's Party . In the runoff election he prevailed against the conservative candidate with the help of the Social Democrats .

From November 7th to 9th, 1918 Liesching was the last royal Württemberg Prime Minister ( President of the State Ministry ) as well as Foreign Minister and Justice Minister. As a member of the Progressive People's Party (which the Württemberg People's Party had joined in 1910), he helped found the DDP at the end of 1918 .

From November 10, 1918 to February 20, 1922 he worked as the Württemberg finance minister in the cabinets of Blos and Hieber . From 1919 to 1920 he was a member of the Württemberg constitutional state assembly and from 1920 to 1922 of the Württemberg state parliament. He died in 1922 of a longstanding lung disease.

Publications

On the history of the Württemberg constitutional reform in the state parliament. 1901-1906 . JCB Mohr, Tuebingen 1906.

literature

Liesching, Theodor . In: Wilhelm Kosch : Biographisches Staats Handbuch . Lexicon of politics, press and journalism . Continued by Eugen Kuri. Second volume. A. Francke Verlag, Bern and Munich 1963, pp. 768–769.
Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 505 f .

Web links

Theodor Liesching in the database of members of the Reichstag
Biography of Theodor Liesching . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
Works by and about Theodor Liesching in the German Digital Library
Entry on Theodor Liesching in Kalliope
LEO BW

Individual evidence

^ Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890-1918. Alliances, results, candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 15). Half volume 2, Droste, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 1228-1232.

predecessor	Office	successor
Karl von Weizsäcker	Württemberg Foreign Minister 1918	Wilhelm Blos

personal data
SURNAME	Liesching, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Liesching, Theodor Gottfried (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and politician (VP, FVP, DDP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	August 14, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH	July 25, 1922
Place of death	Boeblingen

[1] Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890-1918. Alliances, results, candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 15). Half volume 2, Droste, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 1228-1232.