Christian Riedel

Christian Riedel was a German politician active in the Kingdom of Saxony where he led the left liberals of the German [Progress Party] in the 1867 Reichstag elections. He was known as "Old Riedel". He was elected for the Zittau Reichstag constituency in the February 1867 [North German federal election|February] and August 1867 [North German federal election|August] elections of 1867. In 1873 he was elected to the Landtag of the [Kingdom of Saxony].
Riedel was a landowner and a farmer. He was self-taught and became politically active during the German [revolutions of 1848–1849#Saxony|1848 Revolution].