Hans Victor von Unruh
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| Prussian National Assembly | |
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In office 1848–1852 |
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| Constituency | Magdeburg |
| Second Chamber of the Prussian Landtag | |
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In office January 1849 – April 1849 |
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| Constituency | Magdeburg |
| Prussian Landtag | |
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In office 1863–1867 |
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| Constituency | Magdeburg |
| Parliament of the North German Confederation | |
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In office 1867–1871 |
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| Constituency | Magdeburg |
| Reichstag | |
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In office 1871–1879 |
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| Constituency | Magdeburg |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 28, 1806 Tilsit, East Prussia |
| Died | February 4, 1886 (aged 79) Dessau, Anhalt |
| Political party |
Progress Party National Liberal Party |
| Occupation | engineer |
| Religion | Lutheran |
Hans Victor von Unruh (March 28, 1806 – February 4, 1886) was a Prussian civil servant and politician, President of the Prussian National Assembly of 1848 and Member of the Reichstag of the German Empire.
Unruh was born in Tilsit, East Prussia to Majorgeneral Friedrich-Wilhelm von Unruh (1766–1835) and Karoline, née Freiin von Buttlar (1776–1858). He visited school in Königsberg and studied at Karl Friedrich Schinkel's Bauakademie Berlin, where he passed his exam in 1834. On September 14, 1828 Unruh married Ernestine von Risselmann, née von Knobloch (1802–1869) in Breslau, but was divorced soon after. In 1834 he married Marie Clement (1816–1849) in Frankfurt (Oder). Unruh started to work as an hydraulic engineer in Breslau and became a governmental engineer in Gumbinnen in 1839 and after an apply for transfer in Potsdam in 1843. In 1844 he took a voluntary leave of absence and became the head of the railroad construction Magdeburg-Potsdam and a member of the board of Directors of the Magdeburg-Wittenberg Railway Company, himself moving to Magdeburg with his family.
Unruh made several foreign study trips with August Borsig.
After the Revolution of 1848 Unruh was elected as Magdeburg's Member of the Prussian constitutional convention as a modest Liberal. He joined the left centre, later the right centre parliamentary group.
On October 17, 1848 Unruh was elected as the Deputy President, on October 28, 1848 President of the constitutional convention, a position he kept until the convention was dissolved in 1852. In January 1849 Unruh became the delegate of Magdeburg at the Second Chamber of the Prussian Landtag, which was dissolved in April 1849 after its opposition against the Prussian three-class franchise. As a result of Unruh's position King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia declined his appointment even though the Magdeburg town councillors had elected him as First Mayor.
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