Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Wagener

Born in Segeletz in 1815, Hermann Wagener was a Prussian jurist, political publicist, and conservative politician. He is especially remembered as the chief editor of the Neue Preußische Zeitung, often called the Kreuzzeitung, and as an important figure in the development of the Prussian Conservative Party.

Wagener worked at the intersection of ideas and government. Alongside his journalism, he served in politics and the Prussian administration, and later observers have described him as a close associate of Otto von Bismarck. Some biographical sources also note his unusual place within conservative politics: although firmly conservative, he showed a serious interest in social policy and reform.

He died in 1889 in Friedenau, near Berlin. Today he is remembered as one of the more colorful and controversial conservative figures of his generation, with a legacy tied to both political journalism and the shaping of Prussian state conservatism.