Georg Friedrich Renz

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Georg Friedrich Renz (born April 21, 1806 in Worms ; † August 8, 1864 there ) was a German merchant and mayor of the city of Worms.

Life

Renz came to Worms on April 21, 1806 as the son of the businessman Johann Gotthilf Renz and his wife Marie Luise Regine Renz, née. Schuler, to the world. Georg Friedrich Renz married Amalia Friederika Retzer on July 22, 1822. They had children together:

  • Georg Gotthilf Eduard Renz.
  • Johanna Elisabeth Emilie. She married the district councilor Johann Pfannebecker .

Georg Friedrich Renz died in Worms in 1864. The Wormser Zeitung certified him in an obituary that he was "a man of excellent intellectual gifts, in his profession one of the most capable, simple, unpretentious characters, [and] of winning friendliness [was]".

Career

After his training as a businessman, Georg Friedrich Renz was involved in politics and held the office of mayor of the city of Worms from July 21, 1837 to August 5, 1848. He was considered wealthy, thrifty and solid, but were in his Term of office also certifies a few initiatives.

Renz resigned from his position as mayor of Worms when the personal attacks on him came to a head during the revolution , traveled to the state capital Darmstadt in August 1848 and asked for his release from the office of mayor. It was granted to him immediately. In 1852, Renz decided to once again belong to the municipal council. In 1855 he resigned from the municipal council and thus finally ended his political activities.

Honors

Renzstraße bears his name today, which begins at the level of Worms main train station and runs in a north-easterly direction to Gaustraße .

Remarks

  1. ^ Ferdinand Werner : The train station and its consequences. From Karmelitergasse to Kaiser-Wilhelm Strasse - civil building in Worms 1850-1914 . In: Der Wormsgau 33/2017 (2018), pp. 127–192 (143), gives the year of birth as 1796.
  2. ^ The district council (in today's terminology: district administrator ) was the state superior of the mayor before the introduction of local self- government.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Renz. In: heidermanns.net. Retrieved February 8, 2016 .
  2. ^ Ferdinand Werner: The train station and its consequences. From Karmelitergasse to Kaiser-Wilhelm Strasse - civil building in Worms 1850-1914 . In: Der Wormsgau 33/2017 (2018), pp. 127–192 (143).
  3. ↑ Zentgraf, Johann Christian. Hessian biography. (As of March 4, 2013). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  4. ^ A b c Fritz Reuter: Worms between imperial city and industrial city 1800–1882 . Stadtarchiv Worms, 1993, p. 73 .
personal data
SURNAME Renz, Georg Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German merchant and mayor of the city of Worms
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Worms
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1864
Place of death Worms