Konstantin Fehrenbach

Konstantin Fehrenbach (born Jan. 11, 1852, Wellendingen, Baden [Germany]—died March 26, 1926, Freiburg, Ger.) was a German statesman who was chancellor of the Weimar Republic (1920–21). A noted criminal lawyer, Fehrenbach was elected to the Baden Landtag (provincial diet) in 1885 as a member of the Catholic Centre Party, but differences with the party leadership obliged him to resign his seat in 1887. Reelected in 1901, he remained a member until 1913 and in 1907–09...