Wilhelm Weissmann
Wilhelm Weißmann (born June 18, 1856 in Rothselberg , † December 27, 1937 in Metz ) was a liberal German politician.
Wilhelm Weißmann, who was a Protestant denomination, attended elementary school. He did an apprenticeship as a butcher and worked as a journeyman butcher in various German cities. In 1879 he moved to Metz, where he was master butcher and head master of the butchers' guild and chairman of the local chamber of crafts .
From January 27, 1901 to 1918, he was a member of the Metz municipal council. From 1906 to 1918 he was a member of the Lorraine District Assembly (Conseil Général de la Lorraine) for the Metz III constituency . As a representative of the Lorraine Chamber of Commerce, he was a member of the first chamber of the Landtag of the Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine from 1911 to 1918 .
After the First World War he was one of the few old Germans (i.e. who moved to Alsace-Lorraine from the Reich after 1871 ) who was not expelled and remained in Lorraine under French rule.
literature
- Hermann Hiery : Reichstag elections in the Reichsland. A contribution to the regional history of Alsace-Lorraine and the electoral history of the German Empire 1871–1918 (= contributions to the history of parliamentarism and political parties. 80). Droste, Düsseldorf 1986, ISBN 3-7700-5132-7 , p. 377, (also: Freiburg (Breisgau), University, dissertation, 1984).
- Government and Parliament of Alsace-Lorraine. Biographical-statistical manual. 1, 1911/1916 (1912), ZDB -ID 347180-9 , p. 141.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weissmann, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rothselberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1937 |
| Place of death | Metz |