Abbe Nicolas Delsor was a French priest and politician.
22 Facts About Nicolas Delsor
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Nicolas Delsor represented Bas Rhin in the German Reichstag before World War I, and then in the French Senate after the war.
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Nicolas Delsor was born in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, on 5 October 1847.
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Nicolas Delsor entered the minor seminary of Strasbourg in 1858, at the age of 11.
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Nicolas Delsor was an excellent pupil, and after being ordained a priest in 1865 was asked to remain at the seminary for a while as a teacher.
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Nicolas Delsor left the seminary after Alsace had become part of Germany following the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.
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Nicolas Delsor became well known as a preacher and as a speaker, fluent in both French and German.
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Nicolas Delsor was at first active in the movement protesting the German annexation of Alsace, but then became one of the leaders of the Catholic Party of Alsace.
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Nicolas Delsor went so far as to state that logically the party should join the main Catholic Party of Germany.
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Nicolas Delsor became a member of the Alsatian Landtag, and in 1898 was elected Deputy for Alsace in the Reichstag.
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Nicolas Delsor was supported by reactionary elements in the German government, but was opposed to the Prince of Hohenlohe, prefect of Upper Alsace.
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On 7 January 1904 Nicolas Delsor visited Luneville, where he was invited to a meeting of Alsatians living in the town.
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Some said Nicolas Delsor asked that the discussion avoid politics, but others said it was a protest by reactionary Catholics against the ban on Volksfreund in France.
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Nicolas Delsor was greeted by a police commissioner who handed him a notice directing him to leave France without delay.
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Nicolas Delsor refused to sign the expulsion notice, but left France.
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In 1907 Nicolas Delsor was among the sponsors of the project to erect a monument in Wissembourg to the sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.
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The monument was dedicated on 16 October 1909, with Nicolas Delsor giving a speech on the religious aspects of sacrifice for "the homeland".
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Nicolas Delsor was elected Senator of Bas-Rhin on 11 January 1920.
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Nicolas Delsor moved to Paris and sat with the Republican Left group.
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Nicolas Delsor belonged to committees on time off, hygiene, mandatory old age assistance and education.
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Nicolas Delsor devoted most of his energy to the last.
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Nicolas Delsor did not run for reelection in 1927, and left office on 8 January 1927.