Eduard Rabe

Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm Rabe (born August 29, 1844 in Schwerin ; † June 5, 1920 in Lübeck ) was a merchant and senator of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.

Life

Rabe's residential and commercial building

Rabe attended high school and then began his commercial training . He moved to the Hanseatic city in 1865 and completed his training at the large companies HL Behncke and A. Behn & Sohn . From then on he worked in the grocery store H. Drefalt and was the 1870 Senior . It blossomed under him . When he was to leave it once it had become the trading house H. Drefalt & Co developed further.

After acquiring the citizenship of Lübeck in 1869, Rabe joined the merchant class in 1874 and was elected to the citizenry in 1885 . There he was repeatedly elected to the citizens' committee . From 1901 to 1903 he was the first deputy spokesman for the citizenship, from 1903 to 1904 he was deputy spokesman for the citizens 'committee, 1904 to 1905 spokesman for the citizens' committee and from December 1905 spokesman for the citizenship. For 12 years he was a member of the tax authorities and the building deputation, and since 1895 the finance deputation (section for houses and places, Travemünde department ) as a civil deputy .

Since 1889, Rabe has been a member of the Chamber of Commerce on various occasions. His name should be inextricably linked to the Elbe-Trave Canal and was honored accordingly. After the canal was completed, he was appointed President of the Chamber twice . When the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was in the city on October 25, 1902 during his first term in office from 1901 to 1902, Rabe was awarded the Cross of Honor of the Order of the Griffin in his presence . The German Nautical Association appointed him on March 6, 1904 as its deputy president. His successor in office was Hermann Wilhelm Fehling . When he was about to leave office for the third time two years later, Rabe, as Deputy President, awarded the Chamber of Commerce's medal of honor as the highest award of the Lübeck Chamber of Commerce in its last meeting in the Office of Merchants on December 30, 1904. After Fehling, Rabe was reappointed President from 1905 to 1906.

At the time of his election to the Lübeck Senate in 1905, Rabe, who had been a member of the church council of St. Jacobi since 1898 , was chairman of the same. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Heiligen-Geist-Hospital and the supervisory board of the German life insurance company, the steamship shipping company "Horn" , as well as the newly founded stock company Hochofenwerk Lübeck .

Beginning of a Senate meeting

In the place of Senator Bertling , who retired in December of the previous year, Rabe was re-elected on January 8, in compliance with the constitutional regulations, and on the 10th, after taking the oath, he was introduced to the Senate in the presence of the citizens' committee. The appointment was something special in that he was at an age at which a member of the Senate was rarely elected. What was also remarkable about the introduction was that the speeches of the presiding mayor and the new Senate member were published in full for the first time .

Thus Rabe became a member of the committee for trade and insurance, the reserve commission and town hall administration , the commission for trade and shipping, customs commission , deputy in the commission for affairs of the poor associations , appeals authority for commercial matters , finance department, tax authority, churchyard authority , insane asylum and was responsible for the v. Brömbsen wills.

On July 22, 1906, Rabe was sent to the authority to be formed in accordance with Section 2 of the new cemetery and burial regulations as a member of the Senate.

At the general meeting of Lübecker Privatbank on February 14, 1907, Rabe was elected to its supervisory board.

Medal of honor of the Lübeck Chamber of Commerce

The honorary commemorative coin of the Chamber of Commerce was donated on February 29, 1876 with the purpose of honoring men who had performed outstanding services in Lübeck's trade , shipping and traffic . They come in silver and gold occurrence . On Rabe's 70th birthday in 1914, the Chamber awarded him the gold commemorative coin.

During the upheavals in Lübeck at the end of the First World War , on November 11, 1918 the Senate accepted the proposals of Senators Johann Georg Eschenburg , Johann Hermann Eschenburg and Eduard Rabe for their retirement.

For Rabe's services as a senator, especially for the Lübeck properties, he was awarded the Bene Merenti commemorative coin in 1918 as the highest honor of the Senate.

literature

Senator Ed. Rabe In: Lübeckische Blätter 48 vol., No. 2, edition of January 14, 1906, pp. 17-18.
Senator EFW Rabe In: Lübeckische Blätter 61 vol., No. 4, edition of January 26, 1919, p. 50.
Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeckische Ratslinie , Lübeck 1925, No. 1031
Karl-Ernst Sinner: Tradition and Progress. Senate and Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck 1918–2007 , Volume 46 of Series B of the Publications on the History of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck, published by the Archives of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck , Lübeck 2008, p. 200

Web links

Commons : Eduard Rabe - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Local Notes , In: Lübeckische Blätter , Volume 44, Number 43, Issue of October 26, 1902, p. 538.
^ The coin of honor of the Lübeck Chamber of Commerce. In: Father City Leaves , No. 3, January 15, 1905 edition, pp. 11-12.
↑ What the order was in a monarchical state has been a simple commemorative coin in a state like the Lübeck one, which was based on self-administration. Three such medals are awarded in Lübeck. The first was awarded by the Senate, the second by the Chamber of Commerce and the third by the Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities .
^ The election and introduction of Senator Rabe. In: Father City Leaves , No. 3, January 14, 1906 edition, p. 9.
^ The upheaval in Lübeck. In: Lübeckische Blätter, vol. 60, number 46, edition of November 17, 1918, pp. 577-579
↑ Senator Eduard Rabe †. In: Von Lübeck's Towers , Volume 30, No. 12, edition of June 19, 1920, p. 48.

personal data
SURNAME	Raven, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rabe, Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Senator of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
DATE OF BIRTH	August 29, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schwerin
DATE OF DEATH	June 5, 1920
Place of death	Lübeck

[1] Local Notes , In: Lübeckische Blätter , Volume 44, Number 43, Issue of October 26, 1902, p. 538.

[2] The coin of honor of the Lübeck Chamber of Commerce. In: Father City Leaves , No. 3, January 15, 1905 edition, pp. 11-12.

[3] What the order was in a monarchical state has been a simple commemorative coin in a state like the Lübeck one, which was based on self-administration. Three such medals are awarded in Lübeck. The first was awarded by the Senate, the second by the Chamber of Commerce and the third by the Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities .

[4] The election and introduction of Senator Rabe. In: Father City Leaves , No. 3, January 14, 1906 edition, p. 9.

[5] The upheaval in Lübeck. In: Lübeckische Blätter, vol. 60, number 46, edition of November 17, 1918, pp. 577-579

[6] Senator Eduard Rabe †. In: Von Lübeck's Towers , Volume 30, No. 12, edition of June 19, 1920, p. 48.