Gotthilf Berger

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Gotthilf-Berger-Strasse in Poznan

Gotthilf Berger (born May 21, 1794 in Posen ; † February 9, 1874 there ) was a Poznan merchant, benefactor and councilor.

Life

The philanthropist Berger became wealthy through the wine and timber trade . He was elected several times to the Poznan City Council and was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives from 1859 to 1870 . He was a member of the Progressive Party and in 1866 joined the National Liberal Party, which had split off from it. In 1861, with a donation of 65,000 thalers, he made it possible to build the new municipal high school , which he founded in 1853 and which has borne his name since 1890. In this high school students were accepted regardless of their nationality or denomination. There were Polish classes and half of the teaching staff belonged to the Polish part of Poznan. The building is now the Poznan University of Technology . Berger owned a classicist apartment building on today's Kolegiacki-Platz, built 1802-1893. Today the building is the seat of the Kolegiacki Hotel. After his death, the Gotthilf Berger Foundation came into being. a. financed the construction of the old people's home in the Wilda district. A street in the Wilda district bears his name.

literature

  • Marek Rezler: Sylwetki zasłużonych poznaniaków. Biogramy historyczne ("Portraits of distinguished Poznan people. Historical biograms"). In: Wielka Księga Miasta Poznania (“The Big Book of the City of Poznan”). 1st edition, Koziołki Verlag, Poznan 1994, ISBN 83-901625-0-4 , p. 730.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Atlas architektury Poznania , Wydawnictwo Miejskie, Poznań, 2008, p. 159, ISBN 978-83-7503-058-7
  2. ↑ 52 ° 23 '38 "  N , 16 ° 55' 5.3"  E
personal data
SURNAME Berger, Gotthilf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Merchant, benefactor and councilor in Poznan
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Poses
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1874
Place of death Poses