Daniel Heinemann (entrepreneur)

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Daniel Heinemann (born January 11, 1809 ; died July 11, 1875 ) was a German entrepreneur , local politician , patron and head of the Jewish community in Hanover .

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The Heinemann house , built by Edwin Oppler in 1863 on Georgstrasse at the corner of Bahnhofstrasse , here around 1900 as a Viennese café in place of the later Magis department store (today: H & M am Kröpcke ), postcard no. 684 , anonymous photographer
Listed gravestones with the life data of Pauline and Daniel Heinemann in the Jewish cemetery An der Strangriede in Hanover

Born at the time of the kingdom of Westphalia , had, Daniel Heinemann with his wife Pauline , nee BENFEY an "Israelite orphanage for girls " founded and was elected in 1863 to the head of the Jewish community of Hanover, which at that time still a regular in the Calenberger Neustadt in The previous building of the New Synagogue on Bergstrasse . Heinemann was thus, among other things, in regular direct communication with the country rabbi Samuel Meyer .

Also in 1863, Heinemann had the Heinemann house named after him built by the building inspector Edwin Oppler at what was then Georgstraße 28 . According to the address book of the Royal Residence City of Hanover from 1868, the purveyor to the court ran a "silk, manufactory , fashion, furniture fabric and carpet dealership" in the prestigious new business building on the corner of Bahnhofstrasse .

The year before, Daniel Heinemann - as a representative of the " Steintor - District " - had been elected to the Hanoverian Citizens' Board in 1867 . He was thus - after Michael Abraham Behrens - the second Jew in the history of the city of Hanover who had succeeded in such a "rise to the rank of dignitaries " of the city. However, both personalities had to acquire the citizenship of the city of Hanover beforehand by paying the citizens' profit money .

Daniel Heinemann's gravestone can be found on an outer wall of the Jewish cemetery at An der Strangriede .

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References and comments

  1. ↑ Compare the inscription on Heinemann's tombstone
  2. ↑ a b c d Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Jews in political offices , in the same: Jewish personalities in Hanover's history , completely revised, expanded and updated new edition 2013, Hanover: Lutherisches Verlagshaus, 2013, ISBN 978-3-7859- 1163-1 , pp. 77-80, here: pp. 77f.
  3. ↑ Peter Schulze : Synagogues. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 614f.
  4. ↑ Peter Schulze: MEYER, (10) Samuel. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 254.
  5. ^ A b Architects and Engineers Association Hanover (ed.), Theodor Unger (ed.): Hanover. Guide through the city and its buildings. Festschrift for the fifth general assembly of the Association of German Architects and Engineers , Klindworth, Hanover 1882; as reprint: Europäische Hochschulverlag, Bremen 2011, ISBN 978-3-86741-493-7 ; P. 29, 142 online via Google books
  6. ↑ Note: Deviating from this, Waldemar R. Röhrbein and Hugo Thielen name the construction dates “1865/67” in their description of Jews in political offices (see literature)
  7. ↑ Compare the transcription online on the website of the Verein für Computergenealogie
  8. ^ Peter Schulze : Jews in Hanover. Contributions to the history and culture of a minority. Texts and pictures from the exhibitions "Jews in Hanover" and "Historical Torah curtains from Hanover's former synagogues" in the old preaching hall . Cultural Office of the City of Hanover, Hanover 1989 (=  Kulturinformation Nr. 19), p. 24
personal data
SURNAME Heinemann, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German textile entrepreneur and local politician, patron and head of the Jewish community in Hanover
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1809
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1875