Adolf Hermann Hagen
| Adolf Hermann Wilhelm Hagen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 September 1820 Königsberg, East Prussia |
| Died |
17 August 1894 (aged 73) Golling an der Salzach, Austria |
| Occupation | Politician Banker |
| Spouse(s) | 1. Johanna Louise Amalie Bessel (1826–1856) 2. Anna Claussen (1831–1905) |
| Children | , physicist (1851–1923) , physician (1856–1945) Werner Hagen, diplomat (1864–1921) |
| Parent(s) | |
Adolf Hermann Wilhelm Hagen (23 September 1820 – 17 August 1894) was a public official in Prussia. He was also a banker and a liberal politician.
He is known for the "Hagen resolution", presented in the Prussian House of Representatives in 1862, which triggered a general election and heralded the end of the so-called (and as matters turned out short-lived) in Prussian politics.
Adolf Hagen (in some sources Adolph Hagen) was born into a leading family of successful intellectuals in Königsberg, the principal city in what was then East Prussia. His father was Carl Heinrich Hagen, a leading lawyer, socio-economist and senior government official. An uncle was the pioneering professor for Art history and Aesthetics, Ernst August Hagen. The chemist Karl Gottfried Hagen was his grandfather.
Hagen studied jurisprudence at Königsberg and then, in 1843, entered into public service in Königsberg. In 1854 he became for Berlin and a salaried councillor, positions he retained, following re-election in 1866, till 1871. He then switched his principal focus into the private sector, taking a directorship with the Deutsche Unionbank, and was involved in the creation of several public companies. After the bank was dissolved he returned to civic duties, and in 1876 became a .
In Königsberg he was elected a local administrator (Landrat) in 1856, and during the 1860s he was three times elected Lord Mayor of Königsberg. However, the government in Berlin refused to confirm the election results and he was accordingly prevented from taking up the offices. Between 1862 and 1876 he sat as a member of the Prussian House of Representatives (Preußisches Abgeordnetenhaus) where he represented the newly formed Progressive Party (Deutsche Fortschrittspartei/ DFP).
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