Heinrich Joseph Horwitz (28 April 1824 – 17 November 1899) was a German lawyer and liberal politician. Biography Horwitz was born in Putzig, Kingdom of Prussia (Puck, Poland), he was born to Jewish parents but later converted to Lutheranism. Horwitz started to study medicine at the University of Berlin but switched to law at the University of Heidelberg, he began to practise as a lawyer in Bad Liebenwerda in 1858 and in Grünberg (Zielona Góra) in 1862. In 1867 Horwitz moved to Berlin, where he became a town councillor in 1870. In 1877 he was elected a member of the Prussian House of Representatives and a member of the Reichstag from 1883 to 1887 and from 1890 to 1893. He represented the National Liberal Party, the Liberal Union (Germany) and the German Free-minded Party. Horwitz died in Berlin in 1899. References External links portrait 1824 births 1899 deaths People from Puck, Poland People from the Province of Prussia Heidelberg University alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni German Protestants Converts to Lutheranism from Judaism Liberal Union (Germany) politicians National Liberal Party (Germany) politicians German Free-minded Party politicians Free-minded Union politicians Members of the Prussian House of Representatives Members of the 5th Reichstag of the German Empire Members of the 6th Reichstag of the German Empire Members of the 8th Reichstag of the German Empire 19th-century Lutherans