Carl Friedrich Tamms

Carl Friedrich Tamms (born April 9, 1828 in Stralsund ; † January 30, 1898 there ) was the first Lord Mayor of the Hanseatic city of Stralsund.

Life

Tamms was born in 1828 as the son of Carl Heinrich Tamms, who at that time was archdeacon at the Nikolaikirche and later became a pastor there . In autumn 1847, after attending high school in Stralsund, he began to study law in Bonn , Heidelberg and Berlin . In Bonn he became a member of the Corps Rhenania in 1848 .

On October 18, 1850, he passed the examination as an auscultator in Berlin. He began his career as a court hearer in Stralsund and passed the legal trainee examination in Greifswald in 1852 . From then on, he worked in Naumburg (Saale) at the district and appeals court there until 1855 . There he met Mathilde Horn, whom he married on July 12, 1858.

After passing the assessor exam on December 15, 1855 in Berlin, Tamms worked in Halberstadt , Cottbus , Görlitz and Magdeburg . In 1859, at the request of the Stralsund council, he became a member of the local council and took over the police department. In 1873 he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle .

After many years of service in the council, he was elected in 1879 to succeed Mayor Denhard , who died on July 18 . On October 28, 1879, this choice was confirmed by the royal patent. On June 27, 1887, Tamms was named First Mayor. From 1887 until his death he represented his city in the Prussian manor house . Because of his great services to the city of Stralsund, Kaiser Wilhelm II even appointed him Lord Mayor.

In January 1898, Tamms suffered a stroke in the Stralsund town hall , from the consequences of which he died on January 30, 1898. He was buried on February 3, 1898 with the participation of large parts of the population in the St. Jürgen cemetery .

Web links

Literature about Carl Friedrich Tamms in the state bibliography MV

Individual evidence

↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 12 , 402 (individual evidence also proves the mayor , member of the manor house , place and year of death )
↑ Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 9983 .

personal data
SURNAME	Tamms, Carl Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tamms, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	First Lord Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Stralsund
DATE OF BIRTH	April 9, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stralsund
DATE OF DEATH	January 30, 1898
Place of death	Stralsund

[1] Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 12 , 402 (individual evidence also proves the mayor , member of the manor house , place and year of death )

[2] Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 9983 .