Alfred Otto Stammann

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Alfred Otto Stammann (born August 6, 1871 in Hamburg ; † February 2, 1935 there ) was a Hamburg lawyer .

Life

Stammann's father was the Senator and later First Mayor Johann Otto Stammann . After studying law and doing his doctorate in Heidelberg , during which he became a member of the Corps Vandalia Heidelberg from 1890 , he was enrolled as a lawyer in Hamburg. He joined the well-known law firm Dres. Schroeder Stammann Nolte, which later laid the cornerstone of the globally active law firm Latham & Watkins in the German market, and led it as a senior partner from 1897 until his death in 1935. Among other things, he was a contact person for the US Consul General in Hamburg. On July 8, 1904, the tribe married Anna Maria Mönckeberg, the daughter of Rudolf Mönckeberg, a member of the citizenship . The marriage produced three children.

Stammann was a well-known member of the Hamburg Society. He was a founding member and later 1st chairman of the Hamburg Golf Club , with whom he participated in the founding of the German Golf Association on May 6, 1907 on a golf day in Hamburg , and was on the board of the Hamburg Racing Club, organizer of the German derbies in Hamburg-Horn.

Stammann died on February 2, 1935 of the late effects of a pistol duel as part of the "Hamburg Turfaffair" and is buried in the family's grave in the Ohlsdorf cemetery .

Participation in the Hamburg turf affair

On June 23, 1912, during a visit by the Union Club of 1867 from Berlin to the Hamburg racing club as part of the German derby at the Hamburg-Horn racecourse , a difference of opinion resulted in a demand for a pistol duel. The reason was that members of the Union-Klub stood on chairs and a bench in order to be able to follow the racing action better, which obscured the view for members of the board of the Hamburg racing club. The request to refrain from this behavior was immediately followed by the majority of those asked, Union Club member Walther Graf v. However, Königsmarck refused to get down from his chair. In the course of the following dispute, Königsmarck was expelled from the field, whereupon he challenged the entire board of the Hamburg racing club to a pistol duel. Senator John von Berenberg-Gossler and Stammann accepted the request and dueled with Königsmarck on September 12, 1912 (Berenberg-Gossler) and October 7, 1912 (Stammann). Stammann suffered a bullet during his duel . Stammann died 23 years later of the resulting lead poisoning.

The events on the racetrack were discussed nationwide under the title "Hamburger Turfaffäre" and met with wide reception in the media. The Hamburg citizenship and the budget commission of the Reichstag also dealt with the incident. Those involved, Berenberg-Gossler and Stammann, were subsequently sentenced to 3 months of imprisonment each, and Königsmarck to 6 months of imprisonment.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reinhard Pöllath, Ingo Sänger: 200 years of business lawyers in Germany. Baden-Baden 2009, ISBN 978-3-8329-4446-9 .
  2. ^ Foreign Relations of the United States
  3. ↑ golfclub-falkenstein.de
  4. ↑ Hans-Günther Freitag: From Mönckeberg to Hagenbeck, a guide to memorable graves at the Ohlsdorfer Friedhof , 2nd edition, Hamburg 1973, p. 56.
  5. ↑ Berliner Zeitung (BZ), June 25, 1912
  6. ^ Die Presse, June 28, 1912, p. 3.
  7. ↑ Hamburg Foreign Gazette No. 244 of October 17, 1912.
  8. ↑ Berliner Tageblatt No. 322 Morgenblatt of June 27, 1912.
  9. ↑ Hamburger Echo No. 147 of June 27, 1912.
  10. ↑ Berliner Börsenzeitung No. 294 I. Supplement of June 26, 1912, p. 7.
  11. ↑ Forward No. 145, June 25, 1912.
  12. ↑ Neue Hamburger Zeitung No. 487 of October 16, 1912.
  13. ↑ Hamburger Nachrichten No. 491 of October 18, 1912.
  14. ↑ Hamburg Correspondent of February 6, 1913.
  15. ^ Berliner Tageblatt of April 9, 1913.

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personal data
SURNAME Stammann, Alfred Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1935
Place of death Hamburg