Bernhard Behrens

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Bernhard Friedrich Behrens (born February 6, 1847 in Middelswarfen , Oldenburg , † September 12, 1931 in Niederpoyritz ) was a German businessman , councilor and conservative politician .

Life

To the left of the corner house at Nizzastraße 7 is the home of Behrens (1907)

After attending grammar school in Jever , Behrens trained as a businessman and then worked as a businessman in various cities in Germany. From 1875 he ran the Bernh company in Dresden . Behrens, manufactured goods and fashion goods including a ready-to-wear women's fashion shop. Around 1896 he sold this to Alfred W. Lewenstein, who called it Bernh. Behrens Nachf. Continued. In October 1896, Behrens moved to Oberlößnitz in today's Lößnitzgrundstraße 4 (formerly Grundstraße 4, Villa Jever ), where he ran his other shops , just like in Kötzschenbroda .

Behrens was from 1886 to September 1896 city ​​councilor in Dresden, among other things as a member of the legal committee (1889-1896). From 1891 to 1923 Behrens was chairman of the Association for the Promotion of Dresden and Tourism , from around 1900 a member of the Commercial Court at the Dresden Regional Court and from 1911 counsel for the General Management of the Royal Theater .

From 1895 to 1907 he was the Conservative National Association member of the parliament in the Kingdom of Saxony for the constituency Dresden 2 , 1908-1909 for the constituency of City Dresden 5 .

In 1915, Hofrat Behrens wore the following awards: Knight's Cross, 1st Class with the Crown of the Order of Albrecht , the war memorial for the campaigns from 1870–71 and the military service award .

literature

  • Elvira Döscher, Wolfgang Schröder : Saxon parliamentarians 1869–1918. The deputies of the Second Chamber of the Kingdom of Saxony in the mirror of historical photographs. A biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 5). Droste, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-7700-5236-6 , p. 346.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Address book Dresden with suburbs, p. 398.
  2. ^ Address book Dresden with suburbs, p. 394.
personal data
SURNAME Behrens, Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Behrens, Bernhard Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German merchant, councilor and conservative politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Middelswarfen , Oldenburg
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 1931
Place of death Niederpoyritz