William Karl Koch

William Karl Koch (born November 7, 1849 in Unterfarnstädt near Querfurt , † August 4, 1920 there ) was a German politician of the DDP .

Life and work

Koch, who was of Protestant faith, attended the Francke Foundations' community school , which he left in 1864. After working on other estates, he took over his father's estate in 1875, which he enlarged to 107 hectares through acquisitions.

MP

From 1912 to 1918 Koch was a member of the Reichstag for the constituency of Merseburg - Querfurt . He joined the Group of the Progressive People's Party . In 1919/20 he was a member of the Weimar National Assembly . He was also head of the community in Unterfarnstedt for ten years .

Individual evidence

↑ Imperial Statistical Office (Ed.): The Reichstag elections of 1912 . Booklet 2. Berlin: Verlag von Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, 1913, p. 89 (Statistics of the German Reich, vol. 250)

Web links

William Karl Koch in the database of members of the Reichstag
Biography of William Karl Koch . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)

personal data
SURNAME	Koch, William Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (FVP, DDP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	November 7, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH	Unterfarnstädt near Querfurt
DATE OF DEATH	4th August 1920
Place of death	Unterfarnstädt near Querfurt

[1] Imperial Statistical Office (Ed.): The Reichstag elections of 1912 . Booklet 2. Berlin: Verlag von Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, 1913, p. 89 (Statistics of the German Reich, vol. 250)