Wilhelm Franz (politician)

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Wilhelm Heinrich Ludwig Franz (* 1804 ; † 1871 ) was a Prussian councilor and landlord as well as a free conservative member of the constituent Reichstag of the North German Confederation .

Life

Franz was a Prussian councilor and since 1836 land tenant in Eggenstedt in the district of Wanzleben in the province of Saxony . He ran a pig farm and a distillery there and was involved in founding a savings bank in Eggenstedt. Franz wrote articles for the annals of agriculture in the Royal Prussian States . He was also chairman of the deputation for the promotion of horse breeding , a member of the commission for the control of animal shows and a member of the First Congress of North German Agriculture .

He had been tenant of the castle domain in Ballenstedt since 1848 and leased it to his son-in-law Ernst Rabe in 1857.

In February 1867 Franz was elected a member of the constituent Reichstag of the North German Confederation in the constituency of Magdeburg 6 ( Wanzleben ). He belonged to the free conservatives and approved the draft constitution of the Bismarck-friendly and small German majority.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Find in the state archive of Saxony-Anhalt
  2. ^ Hainer Plaul: Agricultural Workers' Life in the 19th Century . In: Publications on folklore and cultural history . tape 65 . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1979, p. 235 .
  3. Alexander von Lengerke: Contribution to the knowledge of agriculture in the Königl. Prussia. States. 1846, pp. 224-253 , accessed on July 7, 2011 (digitized version).
  4. Annalen der Landwirthschaft in den Königlich Preußischen Staats , Volume 16. Landes-Ökonomie-Kollegium Preußen, 1850, pp. 352–374 , accessed on July 7, 2011 (digitized version ).
  5. ^ H. von Mendel-Steinfels: Fifty Years of Agriculture in the Province of Saxony in the Light of the Activities of the Agriculture Central Association . Paul Parey, Berlin 1894.
  6. ^ Negotiations of the Congress of North German Agriculture. Kongress Norddeutscher Landwirthe, 1868, p. 424 , accessed on July 7, 2011 (digitized version).
  7. ^ Find in the state archive of Saxony-Anhalt
  8. ^ Find in the state archive of Saxony-Anhalt
  9. ^ List of members of the Constituent North German Reichstag
  10. ^ Franz's voting behavior in the Constituent North German Reichstag