Gustav von Mevissen

Gustav Mevissen, after 1884 known as Gustav von Mevissen, (20 May 1815 – 13 August 1899), was a German businessman and politician. Mevissen was born in

Dülken Dülken is a town located in the North Rhine-Westphalia state of Germany. It has a population of about 20,000. It is a borough of the municipality of Viersen. It received its town charter in 1364 thus being the oldest part of the municipality of Vi ...

, Rhine Province. He started by investing in textile industry and later in railway construction and heavy industry. He founded numerous banks, including the

Darmstädter Bank The Darmstädter und Nationalbank (short form Danat-Bank) was a German bank. History The Darmstädter und Nationalbank was formed in 1922 from the merger of the Bank für Handel und Industrie (Darmstadt) and the Nationalbank für Deutschland ...

, and insurance companies. He is considered a pioneer of the German credit and insurance industry. As a politician he was a leading representative of

Rhineland The Rhineland (german: Rheinland; french: Rhénanie; nl, Rijnland; ksh, Rhingland; Latinised name: ''Rhenania'') is a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine, chiefly its middle section. Term Historically, the Rhinelands ...

liberalism Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality and equality before the law."political rationalism, hostility to autocracy, cultural distaste for c ...

and he was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Rhine Province, the Vereinigter Landtag, the

Frankfurt Parliament The Frankfurt Parliament (german: Frankfurter Nationalversammlung, literally ''Frankfurt National Assembly'') was the first freely elected parliament for all German states, including the German-populated areas of Austria-Hungary, elected on 1 Ma ...

. From 1866 he was a member of the

Prussian House of Lords The Prussian House of Lords (german: Preußisches Herrenhaus) in Berlin was the upper house of the Landtag of Prussia (german: Preußischer Landtag), the parliament of Prussia from 1850 to 1918. Together with the lower house, the House of Re ...

. He died in

Bad Godesberg Bad Godesberg ( ksh, Bad Jodesbersch) is a borough ('' Stadtbezirk'') of Bonn, southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1949 to 1999, while Bonn was the capital of West Germany, most foreign embassies were in Bad Godesberg. Some buildings ar ...

. 1815 births 1899 deaths Members of the Frankfurt Parliament Members of the Prussian House of Lords Businesspeople from North Rhine-Westphalia {{Germany-politician-stub