Heinrich Joseph Horwitz Explained

Heinrich Joseph Horwitz
Birth Date:28 April 1824
Birth Place:Putzig, Kingdom of Prussia (Puck, Poland)
Office1:Prussian House of Representatives
Term Start1:1877
Term End1:1879
Constituency1:Liebenwerda, Torgau
Office2:Member of the Reichstag
Term Start2:1883
Term End2:1887
Term Start3:1890
Term End3:1893
Constituency2:Liebenwerda
Party:National Liberal Party
Liberal Union (Germany)
German Free-minded Party
Occupation:lawyer

Heinrich Joseph Horwitz (28 April 1824 – 17 November 1899) was a German lawyer and liberal politician.

Biography

Horwitz was born in Putzig, Kingdom of Prussia (Puck, Poland), he was born to Jewish parents but later converted to Lutheranism. Horwitz started to study medicine at the University of Berlin but switched to law at the University of Heidelberg, he began to practise as a lawyer in Bad Liebenwerda in 1858 and in Grünberg (Zielona Góra) in 1862. In 1867 Horwitz moved to Berlin, where he became a town councillor in 1870. In 1877 he was elected a member of the Prussian House of Representatives and a member of the Reichstag from 1883 to 1887 and from 1890 to 1893. He represented the National Liberal Party, the Liberal Union (Germany) and the German Free-minded Party.[1]

Horwitz died in Berlin in 1899.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://zhsf.gesis.org/biorabkr_db/biorabkr_db.php?id=1113 Parlamentarierportal
  2. Book: Zur Geschichte und Kultur der Juden in Ost- und Westpreußen. Michael. Brocke. Margret. Heitmann. Harald. Lordick. 474 . Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute. Hildesheim, Zurich, New York. 2000. 3-487-11026-1. German.
  3. Book: Hamburger, Ernest. Juden im öffentlichen Leben Deutschlands. 300 . Leo Baeck Institute. Tübingen. 1968. 3168292923. German.