Eck, Adolf von

Lawyer, notary

Born: 26.09.1860 in Höchst am Main

died: 10.02.1923 in Wiesbaden

Eck came from a Nassau family of lawyers and politicians who were close to the "Freisinn" - his grandfather Friedrich Arnold von Eck was already a member of the Nassau state parliament. He attended the Royal Grammar School in Wiesbaden from 1873-79 and then studied law. He then settled in Wiesbaden as a lawyer and notary. He was naturalized in 1889 and later appointed a councillor of justice. He worked for well-known commercial enterprises in the region, e.g. in 1902 as a lawyer for the Söhnlein sparkling wine cellars in the sensational "Million Trial" against Moët & Chandon, which Söhnlein won. He was also a sought-after advisor on business committees (e.g. on the advisory board of Nassauische Landesbank, supervisory board of Schulz Grünlack AG in Rüdesheim am Rhein).

Eck's political involvement included the Wiesbaden City Council and the Nassau Municipal Parliament. From 1895 until the end of his life, he was a city councillor, ultimately as parliamentary group leader of the German Democratic Party (DDP). Before 1918, Eck was an active member of the Freisinnige Vereinigung and during the Reichstag election campaign in 1907, he attempted to unite the Wiesbaden National Liberals and the Freisinnige in order to prevent the impending loss of the constituency to the Liberals. As a co-founder and committee member of the Nassau Cripple Welfare Association, he was well known in Wiesbaden.