Carl Harz

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Hans Carl Valentin Harz (born February 14, 1860 in Altona ; † August 13, 1943 in Lübeck ) was a German ship broker and writer.

Live and act

Carl Harz was a son of Joachim Harz (born May 1, 1828 in Dätgen ; † July 15, 1882 in Altona) and his wife Maria, née Behrens (born September 13, 1830 in Burgdorf ; † November 21, 1916 in Hamburg ). The father worked in Altona as an innkeeper, customs clearer and city councilor.

Harz attended a middle school and completed an apprenticeship as a book printer in Stade. He then worked as a typesetter for four years. After the early death of his father, he took over his restaurant and customs declaration office. In 1894 he married Anna Marie Sophie Aldenrath (born October 6, 1867 in Willendorf ; † October 8, 1953 in Reinfeld ). The couple had a son and four daughters.

In 1888 he called the “Schifferverband der Unterelbe e. V. “into life, which was very popular. He then worked as a shipbroker until old age. He was also involved in the board of directors of the Altona Harbor Association and thus influenced local politics.

Harz devoted himself in particular to socio-religious questions and wrote advertisements and articles that appeared in daily newspapers, magazines, leaflets and brochures. He could not realize his utopias. The associations he created, the “Union of the Religion of Humanity”, “Social Religious Society” and the “World Peace Union” also failed.

Beginning in 1902, Harz built a lake pavilion, a villa colony and a spa in Reinfeld, and had a children's playground and hiking trails laid out. In 1917 he moved to Reinfeld himself, where he was involved in urban development, as a house broker and for tourism.

In 1910 he was involved in the founding of the “Gemeinnützige Gartenstadtgesellschaft Hamburg-Wandsbek e. G. mb H. ”, which still exists today (Wandsbek-Gartenstadt).

Stumbling stone in memory of Carl Harz

In 1939 he was banned from publication. In 1943 he wrote a protest note to Adolf Hitler with the aim of ending the war , on the basis of which he was arrested. At the age of 83, he died four weeks later in Lübeck-Lauerhof prison . It was said that he killed himself.

Today in Reinfeld the Carl-Harz-Straße and a stumbling block commemorate this victim of the Nazi regime.

literature

  • Martin Ewald: Harz, Carl . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 3. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1974, pp. 136-137.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A stumbling block for Reinfelder Carl Harz www.shz.de from August 13, 2013. Accessed on May 15, 2017.

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personal data
SURNAME Harz, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harz, Hans Carl Valentin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ship broker and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Altona
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1943
Place of death Lübeck