August Helmer

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August Helmer (* 1818; † 1883) was Senator and City Syndic of Hildesheim .

From 1842, Helmer was initially an auditor at the Hildesheim City Court . In 1848 he was elected senator and in 1852 city syndic. He was a close collaborator of Paul Johann Friedrich Boysen in the introduction of gas lighting and sewer systems in Hildesheim. With Hermann Roemer he had a friendship between young and old.

On November 17, 1882 he was granted honorary citizenship. In 1891 Helmerstrasse in the east of the city ​​was named after him.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.stadtarchiv-hildesheim.de/geschichte/ehrenbuerger.htm , accessed on February 15, 2008 at 12:25 am
  2. ↑ http://www.stadtarchiv-hildesheim.de/geschichte/ehrenbuerger.htm , accessed on February 15, 2008 at 12:25 am
  3. ↑ Unless otherwise specified: Anton J. Knott: Straße, Weg, Platz und Gassen in Hildesheim. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1984, ISBN 3-8067-8082-X , p. 50
personal data
SURNAME Helmer, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Senator and City Counsel of Hildesheim
DATE OF BIRTH 1818
DATE OF DEATH 1883