Heinrich Joseph Horwitz (28 April 1824 – 17 November 1899) was a German lawyer and liberal politician.
Heinrich Joseph Horwitz | |
|---|---|
| Prussian House of Representatives | |
| In office 1877–1879 | |
| Constituency | Liebenwerda, Torgau |
| Member of the Reichstag | |
| In office 1883–1887 | |
| Constituency | Liebenwerda |
| In office 1890–1893 | |
| Constituency | Mühlhausen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 April 1824 Putzig, Kingdom of Prussia (Puck, Poland) |
| Died | 17 November 1899 (aged 75) Berlin, Germany |
| Political party | National Liberal Party Liberal Union (Germany) German Free-minded Party |
| Alma mater | Humboldt University University of Heidelberg |
| Occupation | lawyer |
Biography
editHorwitz 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]
References
edit- ^ Parlamentarierportal (in German)
- ^ Brocke, Michael; Heitmann, Margret; Lordick, Harald (2000). Zur Geschichte und Kultur der Juden in Ost- und Westpreußen (in German). Hildesheim, Zurich, New York: Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute. p. 474. ISBN 3-487-11026-1.
- ^ Hamburger, Ernest (1968). Juden im öffentlichen Leben Deutschlands (in German). Tübingen: Leo Baeck Institute. p. 300. ISBN 3168292923.
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