 He was also a representative in the Leipzig city council.In 1874, he moved into his newly built villa in Neuschleußig (Karl-Heine-Villa, "Könneritzstraße 1"), where he resided until his death.In 1876, a construction scheme was approved which encompassed merging Karl Heine's meadows and fields in the northern part of Schleußig ("Neuschleußig") with Bernhard Hüffer's (1824–1904) estate and extensive undeveloped forest land.