Georg Heinrich Ballheimer

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Georg Heinrich Ballheimer (born February 16, 1796 in Hamburg ; † November 3, 1874 there ) was a Hamburg butcher and member of parliament.

Life

In memory of Georg Heinrich Ballheimer at the Ohlsdorf cemetery in Hamburg

Ballheimer took over his father's business and expanded it into an export slaughterhouse. Especially during the Crimean War he was able to generate significant profits as a supplier for the English army . Ballheimer was injured by an ox while he was working. As a result, one of his legs had to be amputated. Therefore Ballheimer was also known in Hamburg as Ballheimer with one leg . From 1821 to 1828 Ballheimer acted as captain of the 7th company of the 6th battalion of the civil military , from 1829 to 1836 he was the second major of the 6th battalion.

Ballheimer was a member of the Hamburg Constituent Assembly . From 1859 to 1868 he was a member of the Hamburg citizenship ; he was elected in the general election of the 21st district.

Works

  • Nature children: random poems out of whim, Coburg: Roßteutscher, 1870

literature

  • Wilhelm Heyden : The members of the Hamburg citizenship. 1859-1862 , Hamburg 1909, p. 6
personal data
SURNAME Ballheimer, Georg Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German butcher and member of the citizenship
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH November 3, 1874
Place of death Hamburg