Ernst Heydemann

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Ernst Wilhelm Helmut August Heydemann (born March 23, 1876 in Ticino ; † July 3, 1930 in Rostock ) was a German politician and mayor and lord mayor of the Hanseatic city of Rostock from 1919 to 1930 .

Ernst Heydemann was the son of the mayor of the small town of Ticino near Rostock. He attended grammar school in Neubrandenburg , where he graduated from high school in 1896. This was followed by law studies in Heidelberg , Berlin and Rostock . After the first state examination in 1901, the second legal examination followed in 1904, followed by a doctorate in 1905. From 1905 to 1919 he worked as a senator in Schwerin and Altona .

In May 1919 he was elected mayor of Rostock and was introduced to his office on July 7, 1919. With the introduction of the “Rostocker Notgemeinschaft”, Heydemann played a major role in alleviating the consequences of the First World War in the city and enjoyed a high reputation among the population. On June 29, 1925, the non-party Heydemann was elected Lord Mayor. He was the first to bear this title in the city's history.

A street in Rostock's Hansaviertel bears his name in his honor.

family

Heydemann's father, Karl Heydemann, was mayor in (Bad) Sülze , then in Ticino, later president of the regional court in Güstrow and finally president of the higher regional court in Rostock. His brother Carl Heydemann (1878–1939) was the last Lord Mayor of Stralsund before the National Socialists came to power. Another brother, Heinrich Heydemann (1881–1973) was a police senator, mayor, and then mayor of Güstrow .

Individual evidence

  1. See Ernst Heydemann's first and second matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal

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