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Friedrich Ludwig Leuschner (10 March 1824,

Gräfenhainichen is a town in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Geography The town was the seat of the offices of the administrative community (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of Tor zur Dübener Heide until it was disbanded in January 2011. It lies ...

– 29 December 1889,

Glauchau Glauchau (; hsb, Hłuchow) is a town in the German federal state of Saxony, on the right bank of the Mulde, 7 miles north of Zwickau and 17 miles west of Chemnitz by rail ( its train station is on the Dresden–Werdau line). It is part of the ...

) was a

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landowner, businessman and politician. In 1863 he acquired the manor house in

Limbach-Oberfrohna Limbach-Oberfrohna is a town in the district of Zwickau (district), Zwickau in Saxony, Germany. Main sights * ''Schloss '' (Castle) Wolkenburg * Protestant church in Oberfrohna * ''Wasserturm '' ("Water Tower") * Limbach Municipal Church Town h ...

, which subsequently became the town hall there. In 1868 he joined the Chamber of Commerce in

Chemnitz Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt , ) is the third-largest city in the German state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden. It is the 28th largest city of Germany as well as the fourth largest city in the area of former East Germany a ...

and in 1870 was elected to the City Council in

. He successfully stood for the Reichstag to represent the National Liberal Party for constituency No. 17, Glauchau-Meerane Reichstag constituency in 1881 and 1887.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leuschner, Friedrich Ludwig 1824 births 1889 deaths Members of the 5th Reichstag of the German Empire Members of the 7th Reichstag of the German Empire