Wegner, Leon

Leon Wegner (1824-1873). Polish lawyer, publicist, member of the Prussian Landtag and member of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation
Leon Wegner (1824-1873). Polish lawyer, publicist, member of the Prussian Landtag and member of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation

Wegner, Leon, 1854/55, 1863-73 member of the 2nd Chamber of the Prussian Landtag, 1867 member of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation. *31.3.1824 Poznan, †9.7.1873 ibid., lawyer, publicist. After passing his A-levels at the Maria-Magdalena grammar school in Poznan he studied law in Berlin and Breslau. While he was a student in Breslau he belonged to the Towarzystwo Literacko-Słowiańskie/Slavic Literature Society. After completing his studies he opened a solicitor’s office in Poznan. There he took over the role of defence lawyer for Polish citizens who had been accused during the 1848 revolution. Between 1857 and 1868 he was the first General Secretary of the Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk/Poznan Society of Friends of Sciences, and an active member and author in the history department. Although he had no professional training as a historian he published a huge number of historic studies and because of his achievements in this area he was made a corresponding member of the Towarzystwo Pomocy Naukowej/Society for the Support of the Sciences. In 1867 he was elected for the constituency of Gniezno-Wongrowitz in the constituent Reichstag of the North German Confederation. In the same year he took up the post of in-house counsel and legal adviser to the Archiepiscopal General Consistory in Poznan. picture: 1873, https://polona.pl/item/48477461/0/ Own writings: Jan Ostrorog doktor obojga prawa, wojewoda poznański i jego Pamiętnik na Zjazd Walny Koronny za króla Kazimierza Jagiellończyka o urządzeniu Rzeczypospolitej ułożony (1450-1501), Poznan 1859; Konfederacya województw wielkopolskich - poznańskiego, kaliskiego, gnieźnieńskiego i Ziemi Wschowskiej dnia 20 sierpnia 1792 r. w mieście Środzie zawiązana, Poznan 1863; Dzieje dnia trzeciego i piątego Maja 1791, Poznan 1865; Sejm grodzieński ostatni. Ustęp od 26 sierpnia do 23 września 1793, Poznan 1866; Racławice i Szczekociny, Poznan 1867; Hugo Kołłątaj na posiedzeniu Rady Królewskiéj z dnia 23 lipca 1792 r., Poznan 1869; Ostatnie dni powstania kościuszkowego. Od 12 października do 8 listopada 1794 roku, Poznan 1871; Stefan Garczyński, wojewoda poznański i dzieło jego. Anatomia Rzeczypospolitéj Polskiej (1706-1755), Poznan 1871; Tadeusz Kościuszko. Dwa ustępy z żywota jego. 1796-1798 i 1814-1817, Poznan 1872; Tadeusz Rejtan na Sejmie Warszawskim z 1773. W stuletnią rocznicę Sejmu Rozbiorowego, Poznan 1873.

Further reading:

Hirth's Parlaments-Almanach, Ausg. 2, Berlin 1867, LXXXVI; Ausg. 4, Berlin 1867, 99.

Online:

http://zhsf.gesis.org, Parlamentarierportal, BIORAB Kaiserreich online
http://www.reichstag-abgeordnetendatenbank.de/
http://www.sejm-wielki.pl

Axel Feuß, October 2016