Theodor Reich (politician)

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Theodor Reich (1823-1892). Photograph by Alexander Richter, Kamenz around 1874

Theodor Heinrich Reich (born October 31, 1823 in Muskau ; † September 30, 1892 at Gut Biehla near Kamenz ) was a German manor owner and politician ( German Conservative Party ). He was a member of the Saxon state parliament and the Reichstag .

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After completing his high school education, Reich devoted himself to extensive trips. He worked as a businessman in Dresden. After the death of Wolf Friedrich von Walter-Jeschki, he inherited half of the Biehla manor together with the royal Prussian major Gustav Adolph von Ludewig. From 1871 to 1873 he had a new building built in the style of the Italian Renaissance on the foundations of the old manor house dating from 1661.

From 1877 to 1890 he was a member of the Reichstag in Berlin as a representative of the 3rd Saxon constituency (Bautzen-Kamenz). From 1881 to 1892 he belonged to the first chamber of the Saxon state parliament as a manor owner by royal appointment . In 1893 he switched from the German Conservative Party to the anti-Semitic German Reform Party .

Furthermore, Reich belonged to the church and school board in Biehla as well as the district and district committee. He was director of the district labor institute in Jesau near Kamenz.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biehla district. (No longer available online.) In: Website of the municipality of Kamenz . Archived from the original on September 9, 2014 ; accessed on March 2, 2014 . 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 / www.schoenteichen.de
  2. ↑ Josef Matzerath : Aspects of Saxon State Parliament History - Presidents and Members of Parliament from 1833 to 1952. Dresden 2001, p. 48
  3. ↑ Martin Schmidt: Upper Lusatia and Saxony in Central Europe: Festschrift for the 75th birthday ... , p. 479
personal data
SURNAME Reich, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reich, Theodor Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manor owner and politician, member of the Saxon State Parliament, MdR
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Muskau
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1892
Place of death Biehla near Kamenz