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Karl (Carl) Christian Mez (Born April 20, 1808 in Kandern, † May 28, 1877 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was an industrial, liberal politician and an former Protestant advocate of Christian socialism.

Already his grandfather Carl Christian Mez (1747–1816) was a bandweber and factory owner in Kandern, and he was also mayor there. His parents were Carl Christian Mez (1770-1845) and his wife Anna Maria Katharina Vollmer (1789–1845). He still had two brothers Emanuel Friedrich and Gustav (1811–65), who were co -owners of the factory, and a sister Friederike Luise (1804–1886), who was married to Professor Anton Baumstark (1800–1876).

His Seidenzwirnfabrik in Freiburg, inherited from the father, was known for the social institutions introduced by CEZ such as workers’ houses, bathing establishments and factory parking. MEZ founded his activity with reference to his religion. The company was bought up in 1930 by Scottish competitor J. & P. ​​Coats. From then on, the two companies operated as CET AG.

From 1834 to 1849 and again from 1863, MEZ was a city council in Freiburg, where he was, for example, that Evangelical pen founded and provided with considerable funds.

In 1848 he belonged to the pre -parliament. [first] From May 1848 to June 1849, MEZ belonged to the Frankfurt National Assembly as a member of Villingen. From 1843 to 1849 he was also represented in the second chamber of the Baden Stand Assembly. He was of radical democratic attitudes and, as a speaker, was primarily concerned with social issues. MEZ declined to participate in the Brentano government during the Baden Revolution, but was no longer able to politically work for more than a decade. In later years he joined the Herrnhut brothers and entertained numerous contacts with famous spirits of the time.

MEZ married the factory daughter in Lahr in 1834 in Lahr Karoline Sophie Langsdorff (1816–1888). The couple had two sons and three daughters of whom a young died, including:

  • Karl Christian (1837–1916), manufacturer and Commercial Council

May 28th in the Protestant name calendar. [2]

  • Mühlhouse: Karl mez. In: Baden biographies. (Editor Friedrich von Weech), 3rd part, Karlsruhe 1881, pp. 82–85 Online in the Baden State Library .
  • Karl Friedrich Ledderhose: Mez, karl . In: General German biography (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, pp. 664–667.
  • Klaus vom Orde: Carl Mez. In: Biographical-bibliographical church lexicon (BBKL). Band 5, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-043-3, Sp. 1431–1443. ( Article/beginning of the internet archives )
  • Rainer Witt:  Mez, karl. In: New German biography (Ndb). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2, p. 410 f. ( Digitized ).
  • Heinrich Raab, Alexander Mohr (editor): Revolutionaries in Baden 1848/49. Biographical inventory for the sources in the Generalandes Archive Karlsruhe and in the Freiburg State Archives. (= Publications of the State Archive Administration of Baden-Württemberg, Vol. 48). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-17-015373-0, p. 627.
  • Heiko Haumann, Hans Schadek: History of the city of Freiburg im Breisgau . Theses, Stutgart 2001, ISBN 3-8062-1635-5, S. 698-703
  1. ↑ Mühlhouse: Karl mez. In: Baden biographies. (Editor Friedrich von Weech), 3rd part, Karlsruhe 1881, p. 84 Online in the Baden State Library .
  2. ↑ Carl Mez in the ecumenical Heiligenlexikon