Chain of office of the Lord Mayor of Hanover

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Lord Mayor Stefan Schostok with the chain of office 2014 at the New Year's reception of the citizens of Hanover

The chain of office of the Lord Mayor of Hanover is the chain of office worn by the Lord Mayor of the Lower Saxony state capital Hanover . The jeweled gold chain made of an alloy of around 1.75 kilograms of 18- carat yellow and white gold is mostly only worn for special celebrations and representative occasions, for example at receptions for heads of state and government in the New Town Hall , when awarding honorary citizenship or when performing obligations the break master at the beginning of the annual Hanoverian shooting festival .

history

In 1913, Kaiser Wilhelm II welcomed General Otto von Emmich ; City director Heinrich Tramm (left with chain of office) has to wait.

The chain of office was at the time of the German Empire in 1901 by the Company and W. Lameyer & Sohn, fabrication, action. Warehouse of jewels, gold and silver work for around 13,000 gold marks (approx. 89,000 euros) made as a chain of office for the then city director Heinrich Tramm .

The ribbon-like braided links of the chain of office carried a middle section on which a portrait of the crowned then German head of state was mounted: When Kaiser Wilhelm II appeared on June 20, 1913 for the inauguration of the New Town Hall , he first greeted the representative of the German Army , General Otto von Emmich , Heinrich Tramm as a representative of the citizens of the city of Hanover with his chain of office had to wait. When it was Tramm's turn, he greeted the emperor, according to an anecdote, with the slogan:

"Everything paid for cash, Your Majesty !"

although this saying was more related to the monumental construction of the New Town Hall with its works of art.

After the end of World War I , the abdication and flight of the emperor and the end of the monarchy in Germany, the chain of office was not worn since 1918 and has since been in a vault the company Bode & Troue kept. At the beginning of the Federal Republic of Germany , the chain was reworked by a jeweler in 1950: The old middle part with the portrait of the former emperor was given to the Historical Museum on the Hohe Ufer and replaced by a newly worked part: “Made of white gold and enamel , mother-of-pearl , sapphire , diamonds und Perlen ”and at the end of 2013 with a - purely material - value of around 90,000 euros , the coat of arms of the city of Hanover has since adorned the mayor's chain of office as an expression of civic self-government . But while the former mayor (today's Prime Minister of Lower Saxony ) Stephan Weil only invited selected guests to the traditional New Year's reception in the Schloss von Herrenhausen in 2013 , the mayor elected in the same year, Stefan Schostok, announced "new dialogues [... and the strengthening of urban ones ] Democracy ”: For the New Year's reception on January 7, 2014, he had, adorned with the chain of office, invited“ all Hanoverians ”to the New Town Hall - for an informal dialogue with the head of the department , with free admission and without prior notice, with free drinks and music.

In the course of more than 100 years, 13 other city leaders have carried the chain of office before the incumbent mayor. The surviving image documents of the mayors with the Hanoverian chain of office include photos of Wilhelm Weber , August Holweg around 1965 with Queen Elisabeth II , Lord Mayor Herbert Schmalstieg, for example, when the town twinning with Hiroshima was signed , the rifle march in 1972 and later with Russian President Vladimir Putin , as well as the later Prime Minister Stephan Weil and since 2013 now Stefan Schostok.

Hanover city leaders with chain of office

Web links

Commons : chain of office of the Lord Mayor of Hanover  - collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. ↑ a b c d City of Hanover: The mayor's chain of office on the hannover.de website from October 11, 2013, last accessed on January 10, 2014.
  2. ^ Waldemar R. Röhrbein : Lameyer, Wilhelm. In: Dirk Böttcher, Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 220 and others; online through google books . Note: The spelling La h meyer can be found in numerous daily newspapers and other websites . The association for computer genealogy confirms the correct spelling for the court goldsmith and jeweler W. Lameyer for 1868 on its side ; and this scan from the address book of the city of Hanover from 1942 confirmed at the address George Street 26 , the company "W. Lameyer & Son ”.
  3. ↑ a b c d Helmut Knocke , Hugo Thielen : Trammplatz 2. In: Hannover Art and Culture Lexicon , p. 206ff.
  4. ↑ Compare the documentation at Commons : File: Gustav Liersch & Co. PC 04248 The inauguration of the town hall in Hanover Greetings of the emperor by the city director, picture page Heinrich Tramm Wilhelm II.jpg
  5. ↑ a b c d Andreas Schinkel: Stefan Schostok takes over the post of mayor / Get to work! with a picture gallery of historical photographs on the page of the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung from October 11, 2013, last accessed on January 10, 2014
  6. ↑ Andreas Schinkel: Mayor Schostok invites you to a lounge evening / What a reception! , with a picture gallery on the HAZ website from January 8, 2014, last accessed on January 10, 2014
  7. ↑ Note: A photo of part of the chain of office integrated there cannot be assigned in comparison with historical photo documentation.