Georg Friedrich Harms
Georg Friedrich Harms (born November 2, 1811 in Lübeck ; † May 4, 1892 there ) was Senator of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck.
Harms had been a partner in the Lorenz Harms & Sons wine shop in Lübeck since 1835 . He was elected to Lübeck's citizenship in 1859 and became a city senator in 1866. He was a member of the city's military commission from 1866 to 1892 and was its president from 1873. Harms was also active in the auditing department (1866–1889) and in the Senate Commission for Church Affairs (1868–1889).
As consul , he represented the interests of the Kingdom of Württemberg in Lübeck.
literature
- Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeck Council Line , Lübeck 1925, No. 1001
Trivia
After Senator Mann's death on October 13, 1891, Consul Fehling and the wine merchant Krafft Tesdorpf were appointed guardians of the five children he left behind.
Thomas Mann was 16 years old at the time. In his novel Die Buddenbrooks (1901), for which he later received the Nobel Prize , we meet Georg Friedrich (Fritz) Harms as Senator James Möllendorpf .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Harms, Georg Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Senator of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 1892 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |