Carl Meister (businessman)

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Carl Meister (born August 23, 1888 in Stettin , † April 13, 1962 in Hamburg ) was a German businessman . Until the end of the Second World War he worked in his hometown of Szczecin. After the expulsion he lived in Hamburg and became the first chairman of the re-established Society for Pomeranian History, Archeology and Art .

Life

Carl Meister came from an old family of merchants from Szczecin. His father Gustav Meister (1855–1939) was the owner of the metal wholesaler GE Meisters Söhne. Carl Meister first attended the Schiller Realgymnasium in Stettin and then a boarding school. He served as a one-year volunteer in the Cuirassier Regiment "Queen" in Pasewalk, where he later became one of the few civil officers, did a commercial apprenticeship in Hamburg and then spent a few years abroad, most recently in New York . In 1914 he returned to Germany and took part in the First World War as a soldier . He was awarded the Iron Cross First Class and the House Order of Hohenzollern .

After the First World War he worked in his hometown of Szczecin. He became co-owner of his father's metal wholesaler and then sole owner after his father's death in 1939. He was a member of the advisory board of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Stettin since 1926, chairman of the board of directors of the weighing office in Stettin and chairman of the wholesale association in Stettin. In 1931 he became Honorary Consul of the Republic of Austria. In 1934 he became a member of the board of directors of National Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG , and in 1935 a member of the supervisory board of the Stettiner Dampfschiffs-Gesellschaft JF Braeunlich .

Meister was interested in the history of Pomerania and in particular in the history of the city of Szczecin . He was a member of the Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology . In 1941 he published a commemorative publication to mark the 150th anniversary of his company, which includes contributions to the cultural history of Szczecin beyond a pure company history.

After the Second World War, Szczecin came to Poland. The displaced Carl Meister lived in Hamburg, where he worked for HADAG until his retirement in 1957 . In 1947 he co-founded the Pomeranian Landsmannschaft in Hamburg. In 1952 he became chairman of the newly founded Hans-Lange-Bund für Pommern, to which many former members of the Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology belonged. The re-established Society for Pomeranian History, Archeology and Art emerged from the Hans-Lange-Bund in 1954 , of which he was chairman until 1961. The company's activities were essentially determined by its chairman. In 1961 he was made an honorary member of the Society.

He was a legal knight of the Order of St. John .

Fonts

  • 150 years of GE Meister Söhne iron wholesaling in Stettin. Szczecin 1941.
  • The Stettin merchants and their work for Pomerania. In: Baltic Studies . Volume 46 NF, 1959, ISSN  0067-3099 , pp. 79-91.

literature

Footnotes

  1. ^ Roderich Schmidt : 175 years society for Pomeranian history, antiquity and art . In: Baltic Studies . Vol. 86 N.F., 2000, ISSN  0067-3099 , pp. 7-24. Reprinted in: Roderich Schmidt: The historic Pomerania . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne Weimar Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-412-27805-2 , pp. 712-738 (735).
personal data
SURNAME Master, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman
DATE OF BIRTH 23 August 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Szczecin
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1962
Place of death Hamburg