Wilhelm Stahl (economist)

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Friedrich Wilhelm Stahl (born June 10, 1812 in Munich , † March 19, 1873 in Gießen ) was a German political scientist and politician.

Origin and studies

Friederich Wilhelm Golson-Uhlfelder was born as the grandson of the head of the Jewish community Abraham Uhlfelder , son of his daughter Barbara and her husband Valentin Golson from Heidingsfeld , and the younger brother of Friedrich Julius Stahl . He was baptized with his parents and six siblings on March 6, 1824 in the Evangelical Church in Munich and, like them, took the surname Stahl, following the example of Julius, who had already converted. his christening father was Friedrich Immanuel Niethammer . After the early death of both parents, Wilhelm Stahl came to the house of the well-known philologist Döderlein in Erlangen (godfather and friend of his brother Julius and Niethammer's son-in-law), who directed his upbringing. After graduating from high school, he studied natural sciences, especially physics and chemistry, in Munich and Halle . In 1828 he joined the Marcomannia Munich fraternity , and in 1829 the Germania Munich fraternity . In 1835 he obtained his doctorate in Erlangen. phil.

activity

Employed as a teacher at the trade school in Fürth from 1836–1845 , Stahl, encouraged by FBW Hermann (at that time professor in Erlangen), engaged in more in-depth studies of economics, founded the trade association in Fürth in 1844 and qualified as a lecturer in Erlangen in 1845, where he worked in 1846 received an extraordinary professorship in the state economy, police and finance economy.

In 1848 Wilhelm Stahl was elected in Ellingen for the 8th constituency of Middle Franconia as a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly, to which he belonged from May 18, 1848 to May 24, 1949. He had a seat on the economic committee and initially belonged to the liberal faction " Württemberger Hof ", but in September 1848 he joined its conservative spin-off " Augsburger Hof ". In addition, Stahl was leader of the small German hereditary imperial deputies from Bavaria and voted for the election of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. As Emperor of the Germans. From May 24, 1848 he sat in the Economic Committee and from April 11, 1849 in the Committee for the Implementation of the Imperial Constitution ( Thirties Committee ).

In June 1849 Stahl took part in the Gotha post-parliament .

From 1856 to 1862 he was a member of the 2nd Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

In 1851 Wilhelm Stahl followed a call to Giessen as a full professor of political science , was also rector of the university from 1861–62 and 1866–67 and, since 1852, a member of the examination committee for the judicial and government subjects.

Wilhelm Stahl was married to Ida von Klipstein, a daughter of the mineralogist and geologist August von Klipstein , and died on March 19, 1873 in Gießen.

Works

literature

  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , pp. 479-480.
  • Ernest Hamburger: Jews in Public Life in Germany. Members of government, civil servants and parliamentarians in the monarchical period 1848-1918. (Series of scientific papers of the Leo-Baeck-Institut). Tubingen 1968.
  • Journal for Hessian history and regional studies . 99th vol. (1994), pp. 127-150.
  • Karl Friedrich Umpfenbach:  Steel, Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, p. 403.
  • Wilhelm Stieda : Friedrich Wilhelm Stahl, Professor of Political Science, 1812-1873 . In: Hessische Biographien 3 , pp. 217–222;
  • Heinrich Best , Wilhelm Weege: Biographical Handbook of the Members of the Frankfurt National Assembly 1848/49 Düsseldorf 1998, p. 325.
  • BAF III C 19. (Federal Archives Branch Office Frankfurt)
  • Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (2nd Chamber) and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Vol. 5). Verlag des Historisches Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-922316-14-X , pp. 244–245.
  • Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 365.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ baptismal register excerpt
  2. ^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , p. 479.
  3. ^ Heinrich Best / Wilhelm Weege: Biographical Handbook of the Members of the Frankfurt National Assembly 1848/49 Düsseldorf 1998, p. 325.
  4. ^ Jochen Lengemann: The German Parliament (Erfurt Union Parliament) from 1850. A manual . Jena 2000, p. 299.
  5. ^ Heinrich Best / Wilhelm Weege: Biographical Handbook of the Members of the Frankfurt National Assembly 1848/49 Düsseldorf 1998, p. 325.
  6. ^ Wilhelm Stieda: Friedrich Wilhelm Stahl, Professor of Political Science, 1812-1873 . In: Hessische Biographien 3 , p. 220.
personal data
SURNAME Stahl, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stahl, Friedrich Wilhelm (full name); Jolson, Friedrich Wilhelm (maiden name); Golson-Uhlfelder, Friedrich Wilhelm (also birth name); Stahl, Fr. Wilhelm; Stahl, Franz Wilhem (wrong name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1873
Place of death to water